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 African Conservation Foundation

• The African Conservation Foundation has a lively website representing a large network of conservation organisations throughout Africa. It contains a wealth of accurate, up to date information about conservation activities in numerous African countries. It is an essential web site to visit to keep up to date on conservation in Africa.
• http://www.africanconservation.com

Africa Geographic Online

• Africa Geographic is South Africa's leading wildlife and environmental magazine (formerly Africa - Environment and Wildlife). Visit the associated website for additional information not found in the magazine and for online shopping for books, videos and other wildlife/environment essentials.
• http://www.africa-geographic.com

Agricultural Research council - Fynbos Research Western Cape

• The Agricultural Research Council has a unit at Elsenburg in the Western Cape doing research on fynbos and proteas in particular. This site gives details about the activities of the unit.
• http://www.arc.agric.za

Alien invasive Plants in South Africa

• This site is a comprehensive documentation of information concerning alien invasive plants in South Africa. The site is maintained by Willem Hofland in KwaZulu-Natal under the auspices of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa.
• http://www.geocities.com/wessaaliens/

Alpine Garden Society

• The Alpine Garden Society of the United Kingdom for gardening enthusiasts interested in alpine and rock garden plants.
• http://www.alpinegardensociety.org

Australian Botanic gardens  & Arboreta

• http://www.anbg.gov.au/chabg/bg-dir/

Australian National Botanic Gardens

• http://www.anbg.gov.au/anpc

Australian Network for Plant Conservation

• http://www.anbg/gov.au/anpc

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Baviaanskloof Conservation Area

• Find out more about the Baviaanskloof Conservation Area and the role of the Terrestrial Ecological Research Unit at the University of Port Elizabeth in conserving this very special part of South Africa.
• http://www.zoo.upe.ac.za/teru

Be Water Wise

• This is Rand Water's website and it is full of interesting tips for waterwise gardening and water-saving. There is an article on how Rand Water is greening the All Africa Games Village in Alexandra and a list of waterwise gardens in Gauteng.
• http://www.waterwise.co.za

Biodiversity Action Network

• http://www.bionet-us.org

Bio-Ed Project

• The University of the Western Cape has an exemplary web site for Std 8 Biology. It includes all the cornerstones of a good web site. You will find excellent resources, links, forums, etc. for Std 8 teachers and learners.
• http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

• http://www.bgci.org.uk

Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa

• The BAASA is a nonprofit organization with the aim of promoting and publicizing botanical art in southern Africa
• http://www.baasa.co.za

Botanic Gardens and Arboreta around the World

• http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botgard.html

Botany Department - University of Cape Town

• This site gives all the information needed on the Botany Department at the University of Cape Town
• http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/botany

Botany Department - University of Stellenbosch

• Details about the Botany Department at the University of Stellenbosch
• http://www.sun.ac.za/botany/

Botany& Zoology (School of), University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg

• A detailed site of all you need to know about the School of Botany and Zoology at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
• http://www.botany.unp.ac.za/

Botany.com - Encyclopaedia of Plants

• A very full resource for many aspects of gardening
• http://www.botany.com

Botany, Internet Directory of...

• A directory of over 4000 sites pertaining to botany and botanical institutions.
• http://www.botany.net/IDB/

Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA

• http://www.bbg.org

Bulbs

• International Bulb Society which has references to South African species and features one on its home page.
• http://www.bulbsociety.com

Bulbweb

• A great web site showing bulbs, many of which are South African species, grown by Audrey Cain of Southampton, United Kingdom.
• http://www.bulbweb.co.uk

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Cape Action for People and the Environment (C.A.P.E.)

• C.A.P.E. is a partnership programme to secure the conservation of the Cape Floral Kingdom and through this to deliver sustainable economic benefits to the people of the region. A national priority, lead by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, C.A.P.E. provides the framework in which its partners will achieve biodiversity conservation while eradicating poverty and strengthening institutions and governance.
• http://www.capeaction.org.za

CapeNature

• The Board is the lead implementing agent for C.A.P.E. (Cape Action for People and the Environment), a twenty-year strategy to secure the biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom while delivering local social and economic benefits.
• http://www.capenature.org.za

Catalogue of New World Grasses

• This new site has: suprageneric classification, nomenclature (over 75,000 names with standardized publication citations and authorities); taxonomy (synonomies proposed in hundreds of floras, monographs and revisions); type information; specimens; distributions; maps; bibliographic references; illustrations and photographs (few at this point); and CNWG accepted names for grasses occurring in the New World according to the authors and project collaborators; as completed so far) with links to the accepted names from accepted synonyms. The data in the present publication, Contr. U.S. Natl. herb. 39: 1-128 (2000), were downloaded from TROPICOS (Missouri Botanical Gardens taxonomy database). The website directly reflects the data in TROPICOS which are continuously updated and expanded.
• http://mobot.mobot.org/Pick/Search/nwgc.html

Colorado Alpine Plants

• A new site on the alpine plants of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, USA. This site is sponsored by the Denver Botanic Gardens.
• http://www.coloradoalpineplants.org/htm/index_ie.htm

Biodiversity GIS - SANBI

• The BGIS is a core C.A.P.E project aimed at generating and distributing environmental sensitivity maps to guide sustainable development and planning, and to highlight important areas for the conservation of biodiversity. The CPU has been established to ensure that high quality, up-to-date biodiversity maps based on data from a variety of reputable institutions are easily accessible to inform conservation planning, land use planning, IDP's and SDF's, development proposals in critical areas such as agriculture, urban planning, tourism and water supply, mining and research
• http://BGIS.SANBI.org

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Delta Envio

• The Delta Environmental Education Centre at Delta Park in Johannesburg
• http://www.deltaenviro.org.za

Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

• The South African government authority responsible for the environment and tourism
• http://www.environment.gov.za

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

• The South African government authority responsible for the conservation of water resources and that oversees indigenous forest conservation and commercial plantation forestry activities.
• http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za

Desert botanical Garden -- Phoenix, Arizona USA

• The Desert Botanical Garden is situated in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit this site for information on North American succulent flora including agaves, cacti etc.
• http://www.dbg.org

Desert Research Foundation of Namibia

• The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia is dedicated to furthering awareness of arid environments and developing skills and knowledge to manage them.
• http://www.drfn.org

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

• Useful internet site giving the meaning and derivation of many species names (non South African)
• http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html

Durban Botanic Gardens

• The official site of the Durban Botanic Gardens, Durban, South Africa
• http://www.durbanbotgardens.org.za

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Enviro-Facts

• A useful site for information on a wide range of environmental issues. Particularly good as a source for school projects. Well worth a visit!!!!!
• http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/Envfacts/index.htm

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Fine Bush People - farming in the fynbos

• Visit this site for an interesting "fynbos" experience.
• http://www.finebushpeople.co.za

Fynbos -- Stellenbosch Hoerskool / High School

• This is the web site that won first prize in the environmental section of the 1998 world competition for schools; it covers the Cape Fynbos.
• http://www.wcape.school.za/hstellen/cf98/index.html

Fynbos Facts

• Factsheet from the World Wide Fund for Nature.
• http://www.panda.org/resources/factsheets/general/25fynbo.htm

Fynbos- Western Cape Schools Network Page

• This site was composed by Mr Tony White, formerly a biology teacher at SACS High School. It has many useful facts about fynbos that are essential to any school project on the subject. An important site to visit.
• http://www.wcape.school.za/subject/biology/fynbos/index.htm

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G

Greater Addo National Park, Proposal on the expansion of the....

• This site gives up-to-date information on the proposals for the expansion of the Addo National Park. Visit this site to keep in touch with developments
• http://www.upe.ac.za/zoo/addotoc.htm

Green Industries of South Africa

• The web-site that includes information on a large number of "green" industries in South Africa. Visit this site for some really interesting information.
• http://www.gisa.co.za

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Hortworld

• International Horticultural Network in USA
• http://www.hortworld.com

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K

Kids for Forests

• Children from all over the world are joining forces to preserve the past and secure the future -- they are aiming to save the world's last ancient forests. Greenpeace invites anyone who wants to contribute to saving ancient forests to take part in the 'Kids for Forests' project. Visit this site for a 'WOW!' experience.
• http://www.greenpeace.org/kidsforforests/

Kwazulu-Natal Nature conservation Services (Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife)

• http://www.kznwildlife.com

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Missouri Botanical Gardens, St Louis, USA

• http://www.mobot.org

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Namaqualand

• A superb private site by a visitor who was entranced by the flora on a trip around the area.
• http://www.araly.com

Natal Flora Publications Trust

• The Natal Flora Publications Trust was established in 1992 to raise sponsorship for the publication of popular, affordable books on the indigenous plants of KwaZulu-Natal & the Eastern Region, with the object of stimulating greater care and understanding of our exceptionally rich environment.

  KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region of South Africa is home to over 10 000 species of plants, one of the richest floral regions in Africa. Within in this region three centres of plant diversity (CPDs) or 'hot spots' were identified in a world atlas published by IUCN in 1994: Maputaland, Pondoland and the Drakensberg Alpine regions. A CPD is an area of global botanical importance with high diversity and large numbers of endemic or threatened species with social, economic, cultural or scientific importance.

  The Trust's publications have been very successful owing to the comprehensive, user-friendly nature of the books and the affordable price, made possible by the generous contributions from sponsors, both corporate and individual. The books are illustrated with more full colour photographs than any other guides in South Africa, generously donated by the photographers.

• http://www.floratrustkzn.com

National Botanical Gardens of South Africa

• This provides links to all eight national gardens in South Africa
• http://www.sanbi.org/frames/gardensfram.htm

New York Botanical Gardens, USA

• http://www.nybg.org/

New York Botanical Gardens:: Electronic Catalogue of vascular plant types

• http://www.nybg/org/bsci/hcol/vasc/

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Plantzafrica

• A site describing plants, vegetation types and the uses of South Africa plant species. The site is new and has good photographic images of vegetation representative of the biomes found in South Africa. A companion site to the National Botanical Institute main site.
• http://www.plantzafrica.com

Protea Atlas Project

• This web site is dedicated to the family Proteaceae in Southern Africa.
• http://protea.worldonline.co.za

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Royal Botanical gardens, Edinburgh

• http://www.rbge.org.uk

Royal botanical Gardens, Kew

• http://www.rbgkew.org.uk

Royal Horticultural Society, London, U.K.

• The largest horticultural society in the world. Lots of interest!
• http://www.rhs.org.uk

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SABONET -- Southern African Botanical Network

• This site describes the Southern African Botanical Network hosted by the National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
• http://www.sabonet.org

South African Biodiversity Insittute - SANBI

• A national institute that has jurisdiction over eight botanical gardens countrywide and research directorate that covers taxonomy/systematics, ecology, desertification, climate change, horticultural science.
• http://www.sanbi.ac.za
• http://www.sanbi.ac.za/climrep (Climate Change Report)

South African National Parks- Official Site

• Visit this site for all the official information about South African National Parks.
• http://www.parks-sa.co.za/

South African National Parks, Travel to.....

• Visit this site for information on South African National Parks, particularly if you intend visiting one in the near future. A wealth of useful travel information.
• http://www.ecoafrica.com/saparks/

South African Protea Producers and Exporters-- SAPPEX

• The site of SAPPEX giving details about membership, events, regulations, news etc. pertaining to the growing and exporting of South Africa's fynbos but particularly proteas.
• http://www.sappex.org.za

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Trees of Gauteng

• This fine private site is provided by an admirer of his local indigenous trees, covering 60 Highveld trees for gardeners in the Gauteng and greater Highveld area.
• http://www.websight.co.za/treehouse/

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Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa  (WESSA)

• This is the website of our sister NGO society.
• http://www.wildlifesociety.org.za

Worldwide Fund for Nature (international site)

• http://www.panda.org/wwfintlink/

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Zandvlei  

• Zandvlei Trust is an NGO (Non government organization) with a paid up membership of approximately 100 people. It has a Constitution and has been in existence since 1988. The Executive Committee (voluntary, non paid members) have and continue to monitor the developments in and around the Zandvlei and its rivers and tributaries. The Trust produces a quarterly Newsletter, which aims to inform and educate our members and friends on numerous topics related to Zandvlei.

  The aim of the Trust is to conserve the indigenous fauna and flora of the Zandvlei and to enhance this natural resource for the benefit of all.

• http://www.pretext.co.za/zandvleitrust

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