Author:Ferrar, AADate:Dec 1983In South Africa there is a serious lack of understanding of the relationship between human behaviour and environmental conservation. A multidisciplinary field of study is described dealing with the causes and effects of people's attitudes and ...Read more
Author:Huntley, BJDate:Sep 1978The aims, organization and activities of the South African programme within the SCOPE project on the 'Ecological effects of fire1 are described. The short-term (1977-1980) programme is aimed at the synthesis of existing knowledge and will ...Read more
Author:Ferrar, AA; Kruger, FJDate:Jul 1983A description of the aims of the international SCOPE programme on biological invasions is provided, together with a proposed four year time table of international activities. This is followed by a brief account of the history, organization ...Read more
Author:Siegfried, WR; Frost, PGH; Cooper, J; Kemp, ACDate:Jun 1976Data sheets are provided on 101 South African bird species thought to be eligible for conservation attention. A list is also provided of 35 species which might qualify for inclusion in a revised South African Red Data Book.Read more
Author:Henning, SF; Henning, GADate:1989Currently 632 species of butterfly are known to occur within the borders of South Africa. Using the well established IUCN definitions, 102 of these are considered to be exposed to some level of threat, two species as endangered, seven species ...Read more
Author:Skelton, PHDate:1987Red data sheets are provided for 50 fish species from the continental waters of South Africa and South West Africa/Namibia. The species are arranged in four groups: endemic freshwater species, endemic estuarine species, marginal freshwater ...Read more
Author:Skelton, PHDate:Jul 1977Data sheets are provided for 28 threatened South African fish species, of which five are considered to be endangered (Barbus trevelyani, Klegethon, Treurensis, Oveodaimon quathlambae and Clarias cavernicola), one to be endangered in South ...Read more
Author:Skinner, JD; Fairall, N; Bothama, JDate:Nov 1977Data sheets are provided for 22 threatened South African large mammals, one exterminated (Liechtenstein1s hartebeest), eight endangered (cheetah, hunting dog, dugong, Cape mountain zebra, black rhinoceros, tsessebe, roan antelope, suni), one ...Read more
Author:Branch, WRDate:1988This multi-authored volume provide red data sheet for 93 species of threatened reptiles and amphibians, found within South Africa(including the national states of Venda, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei and Transkei, and the adjacent countries of Lesotho ...Read more
Author:Mclachlan, GRDate:Feb 1978Data sheets are provided for 46 threatened South African reptiles and amphibians, two being endangered (leatherback turtle, geometric tortoise) ten vulnerable (loggerhead turtle, Nile crocodile, veld monitor, water monitor, giant girdled ...Read more
Author:Meester, JAJDate:Nov 1976Data sheets are provided on 49 South African small mammal species thought to merit conservation attention, none of which is considered to be endangered.Read more
Author:Smithers, RHNDate:1986Currently, 243 species of terrestrial wild mammals are known to occur in the Republic of South Africa. Using the well established IUCN definitions, 42 of these may be considered as exposed to some level of threat of extinction. Three species ...Read more
Author:Brooke, RKDate:Dec 1984Red data sheets are provided for 102 species of birds that breed on the South African mainland and a further six species for the oceanic Prince Edward islands. Species are listed according to the established IUCN criteria of extinct, endangered, ...Read more
Author:SASCARDate:1987This document describes the South African National Antarctic Research Programme's (SANARP) physical, chemical and biological Southern Ocean research programme. The programme has three main components: ecological studies of the Prince Edward ...Read more
Author:SANCOR; SASCARDate:May 1979South African research in the Southern Ocean has already produced some important and illuminating results. Most of these efforts, however, were of an individual and uncoordinated nature. Due to increasing interest in the ocean- in South Africa ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony KDate:Nov 2013This policy note highlights some issues concerning spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) and similar systems in South Africa, which aim at providing integrated, harmonized, quality geospatial data sets readily, quickly and affordably to users. ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ERCUDate:Apr 1981The Spoeg has a relatively small catchment area and probably only flows into the sea at times of extreme flooding. As the dune covered catchment readily absorbs the run-off, the mouth does not appear to be subject to heavy fluvial sediment ...Read more