Archive news
May 2024
Book launch
- Wed, 05/15/2024 - 09:34
April 2024
The Plant Conservation Unit bids farewell to Professor Lindsey Gillson
- Wed, 04/24/2024 - 17:04
A paleoecological context for forest distribution and restoration in Grootbos Nature Reserve, Agulhas Plain, South Africa
- Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:20
February 2024
Modern pollen rain reveals differences across forests, open and mosaic landscapes in Madagascar
- Mon, 02/19/2024 - 09:47
The Application of Paleoenvironmental Research in Supporting Land Management Approaches and Conservation in South Africa
- Fri, 02/09/2024 - 13:00
Professor Timm Hoffman seminar
- Wed, 02/07/2024 - 14:33
December 2023
PCU honours Professor Timm Hoffman
- Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:52
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