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August 2023

PCU Paleoecology team attends INQUA Congress in Rome, Italy - Fri, 08/11/2023 - 15:28

June 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Estelle Razanatsoa - Thu, 06/08/2023 - 09:37
Editorial: Advancing past socio–environmental systems science - Thu, 06/08/2023 - 09:14

March 2023

Expansion of the Grassland Biome in the eastern Karoo corresponds with changes in rainfall and livestock numbers - Fri, 03/03/2023 - 08:57

February 2023

Late-Holocene fynbos-forest dynamics in Orange Kloof, Table Mountain National Park, South Africa - Tue, 02/28/2023 - 14:40

August 2022

Now Open Access: Nature Divided, by Hoffman & Ashwell (2001) - Fri, 08/12/2022 - 12:00
The PCU commemorates the passing of Richard Dean - Wed, 08/03/2022 - 12:00

April 2022

Tim Kirsten uncovers rare plant species in Kirstenhof wetland - Thu, 04/07/2022 - 13:00
NEW PAPER ALERT: Editorial: Mainstreaming paleoecology into ecosystem restoration - Mon, 04/04/2022 - 14:00

March 2022

NEW POPULAR ARTICLE: 'Repeat photos show change in southern African landscapes: a citizen science project' - Mon, 03/07/2022 - 12:15

February 2022

NEW PAPER ALERT: Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019) - Mon, 02/21/2022 - 11:45
NEW PAPER ALERT: Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa - Fri, 02/18/2022 - 12:30

December 2021

Plant Conservation Unit year-end round up - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 10:00

November 2021

A botanical journey through time - Prof Timm Hoffman - Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:00
A bumper crop of publications from the PCU: 'Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics – The African Pollen Database' - Fri, 11/19/2021 - 09:30

September 2021

Sustainable Development Goals Summit at UCT: how biologists can help work towards sustainability - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 10:15
'The fine art of planting yourself in a mirror spot and reading the shadows' - article in Business Day - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 09:30
NEW PAPER ALERT: Synergy between climate and human land-use maintained open vegetation in southwest Madagascar over the last millennium - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 10:30

August 2021

Trip report: Porcupine herbivory on Aloe claviflora plants in the Wolwekraal Nature Reserve in Prince Albert - Fri, 08/20/2021 - 10:00
NEW PAPER ALERT: Documenting changing landscapes with rePhotoSA: A repeat photography and citizen science project in southern Africa - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 10:15

July 2021

Rethinking the value of historical photograph collections to the LTER network - Wed, 07/28/2021 - 14:30
PCU Online Research Symposium - Fri, 07/02/2021 - 15:30

June 2021

Article: 'From the ashes: historical botanic photos destroyed in Cape Town fire resurrected' - Fri, 06/25/2021 - 13:00

May 2021

Trip report: Repeat photography trip to Tygerberg Nature Reserve - Mon, 05/31/2021 - 12:45
NEW PAPER ALERT: Fostering local involvement for biodiversity conservation in tropical regions: Lessons from Madagascar during the COVID-19 pandemic - Mon, 05/31/2021 - 10:30

April 2021

Mapping the fire on Table Mountain that destroyed the Plant Conservation Unit - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 14:15
Fire causes loss of the Plant Conservation Unit offices and photographic collections - Mon, 04/19/2021 - 10:00
Trip report: Drilling in Orange Kloof Valley - Sun, 04/11/2021 - 11:15

March 2021

Prof Timm Hoffman gives inaugural presentation to the Royal Society of South Africa - Thu, 03/18/2021 - 10:00
Dr Estelle Razanatsoa is awarded an Early Career Grant from the National Geographic Society - Thu, 03/04/2021 - 11:00
NEW PAPER ALERT: Tracking Science: An Alternative for Those Excluded by Citizen Science - Thu, 03/04/2021 - 10:00

February 2021

NEW PAPER ALERT: How FAIR are plant sciences in the twenty-first century? The pressing need for reproducibility in plant ecology and evolution - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 14:30
Congratulations to Professor Lindsey Gillson - Thu, 02/04/2021 - 09:45

January 2021

NEW PAPER ALERT: Karoo research update: Progress, gaps and threats - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 13:30
Professor Timm Hoffman wins the SAAB 2021 Silver Medal Award - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 12:00
West Coast mine monitoring app in Google Earth Engine - Tue, 01/19/2021 - 12:30

November 2020

NEW PAPER ALERT: What Are the Grand Challenges for Plant Conservation in the 21st Century? - Mon, 11/23/2020 - 13:00

October 2020

The PCU team attends the first-ever AZEF virtual conference - Mon, 10/12/2020 - 10:00

September 2020

NEW PAPER ALERT: Patterns of plant species richness and growth form diversity in critical habitats of the Nama-Karoo Biome, South Africa - Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:30
Trip report: a day in Darling - Mon, 09/14/2020 - 09:15
NEW POPULAR ARTICLE: "Trusting local knowledge: the case of fire management in a Namibian park" - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 11:00
Prof. Timm Hoffman wins WWF Living Planet Award 2020 - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 12:00

June 2020

NEW PAPER ALERT: Long-term changes in forest cover in a global biodiversity hotspot in southern Mozambique - Mon, 06/29/2020 - 13:30
NEW PAPER ALERT: How changing fire management policies affect fire seasonality and livelihoods - Mon, 06/15/2020 - 14:45

February 2020

Barcoding 'Dhingila' in Namibia - Fri, 02/21/2020 - 13:00
Call for papers for Quaternary Journal Special Issue - Fri, 02/21/2020 - 12:45

November 2019

Palaeo team field work in Namibia - Mon, 11/04/2019 - 14:00

October 2019

rePhotoSA at Google’s Geo for Good Summit in San Jose - Fri, 10/04/2019 - 09:00

September 2019

Namibian botanists visit Lubango, Angola - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 08:45
PCU members attend conference in Madagascar - Mon, 09/23/2019 - 09:00
Hana Petersen attends BIM-FBIP joint forum and explores the KZN Midlands - Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:15
NEW PAPER ALERT: climate-controlled historical olive tree occurrence and oil production - Tue, 09/03/2019 - 14:30
NEW PAPER ALERT: resilience and fire management - Tue, 09/03/2019 - 14:00

July 2019

NEW PAPER ALERT: rePhotoSA - Wed, 07/31/2019 - 09:15
Congratulations to Dr Estelle Razanatsoa - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 11:15
The PCU attends the Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) Congress 2019 - Mon, 07/08/2019 - 08:30

May 2019

The PCU gains several new students and staff members - Wed, 05/15/2019 - 09:30

April 2019

A new dot on the Global Malaise Project Map - Mon, 04/29/2019 - 11:15

February 2019

Congratulations to PCU Graduates December 2018 - Wed, 02/27/2019 - 14:30

December 2018

The Plant Conservation Unit End-of-Year Function & Farewell to Samantha Venter & Sally Mashele - Wed, 12/12/2018 - 07:15