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The Veld & Flora "Learning about Biodiversity" below are available for download as teaching aids.

September 2009 content

  • How no-man’s-land is now everyone’s problem: The renowned Cape flora is everywhere in retreat as runaway pine invasions transform the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains - download
  • Grass, restio or sedge? Grasslands are critically important regions of biodiversity but most of us cannot even identify an individual grass - download
  • Silverglen Nature Reserve: A jewel that sparkles in the midst of moral decay and urban sprawl - download
  • Curriculum corner - teaching ideas for the three articles above. - download

June 2009 content - download

  • Ekapa finds a home on the internet.
  • Home sweet home: A flowering Mountain Cabbage Tree, Cussonia paniculata, makes a sweet home for bees in the garden as winter approaches.
  • Curriculum corner - teaching ideas for the article "The red copper and black sugar ant" Veld & Flora June 2009.

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