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Map of South Africa showing the evolution of the borders of the Cape Colony from 1700 to 1847 as well as the migration of Griquas and Boers in the 19th century. When setting up the Cape Dutch colony in 1652, around Table Bay, Jan van Riebeeck found a forest of tall trees inland (six miles away) so difficult to exploit that he agreed it would be easier to bring in from Amsterdam or Batavia.
Kogelberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of 3,000 ha (7,400 acres) comprising the Kogelberg Mountain Range, to the east of Cape Town, South Africa.. With about 1600 plant species, it contains a floral diversity per unit area that is greater than anywhere else in the world.
The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) is a subdivision of the University of Kent, started in 1989 and named in honour of the famous British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It was the first institute in the United Kingdom to award undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas in the fields of conservation biology , ecotourism ...
Pages in category "Nature conservation in South Africa" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation is a higher learning institution, founded in 1994. The Institute's faculty buildings and support facilities are situated on a 15-hectare campus in the village of Twee Riviere , in the Langkloof valley, adjacent to the Southern Cape Region of South Africa . [ 1 ]
Center for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology; European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London; Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP), Imperial College London
A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician / technologist , game warden , park ranger , forest watcher , forest guard , forester , gamekeeper , investigator , wilderness officer , wildlife officer , or wildlife trooper .
In 2009 he was elected a Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa; In 2012 he received the John F.W. Herschel Medal from the Royal Society of South Africa for his "multidisciplinary contribution to science in South Africa through your exceptional work on the ecology of biological invasions and management strategies for introduced species".