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Plant Conservation Unit research assistant, Hana Petersen, presented the rePhotoSA project, which she coordinates, at the Biodiversity Information Management and Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (BIM-FBIP) joint forum on 19 – 22 August 2019. The forum focused largely on biodiversity open data supporting open science, technology and innovation, following the recent white paper on Science, Technology and Innovation. Several key sessions explored regional biodiversity information efforts in Africa, biodiversity information management priorities in museums and herbaria, and innovative tools and applications to support research and development. The rePhotoSA project fell within the latter session, and was well-received by the audience, resulting in interesting discussion and brainstorming as to how historical photographs can be used in other spheres of research.
The Plant Conservation Unit is pleased to announce the publication of an exciting new paper by Lindsey Gillson, Cathy Whitlock and Glynis Humphrey in Ecology and Society. The article is titled "Resilience and fire management in the Anthropocene" and was published in August 2019. The article provides insights into the role of long-term fire data in linking climate, vegetation, fire regimes and human influences, and how this influences management. The abstract is provided below but the full paper may be downloaded here.
The Plant Conservation Unit is pleased to announce the publication of an exciting new paper by Joseph M. Hulbert, Sophia C. Turner, and Samantha L. Scott in the South African Journal of Science. The article is titled, "Challenges and solutions to establishing and sustaining citizen science projects in South Africa” and was published online in July 2019. The abstract is provided below but the full paper may be downloaded here.
Plant Conservation Unit (PCU) Ph.D. student Estelle Razanatsoa graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Friday 12 July 2019. Estelle was supervised by Associate Prof. Lindsey Gillson (PCU), Dr. Stephan Woodborne (iThemba Lab, Johannesburg) and Dr. Malika Virah-Sawmy (Geography Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin).