News
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).
Prof. Timm Hoffman (PCU Director) and Gina Arena (PhD student) attended and presented some of their research at the GSSA 2019 Congress from 30 June - 4 July. The congress was held in Upington in the Northern Cape during what felt like one of the coldest weeks this winter. Gina presented some of her data from her first thesis chapter on long-term vegetation changes in the eastern Karoo. Timm gave the closing keynote address on the long-term environmental monitoring programme in Riemvasmaak in the Northern Cape.
The Plant Conservation Unit is delighted to welcome some new faces to the team.