Congratulations, Ed!

Mammal diversity will take millions of years to recover from the current biodiversity crisis pnas.org/content/early/…

#PCU team heads to the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden with Kimberlie & Michael McCue from Phoenix in the USA: pcu.uct.ac.za/news/pcu-team-….

The PCU attended the Arid Zone Ecology Forum (#AZEF) annual conference in Robertson from 16-18 October 2018: pcu.uct.ac.za/news/plant-con…. #aridzone #aridzoneresearch #karoo #AZEF2018

The Plant Conservation Unit would like to give a warm welcome to Amy Hoffenberg who has recently joined us as an MSc Candidate in Conservation Biology under the supervision of A/Prof Lindsey Gillson & co-supervision of Cherié Forbes: pcu.uct.ac.za/news/welcome-a…

PCU PhD Candidate Kirsti Nghidinwa attends the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation conference recently held from 28-30 August 2018 at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town: pcu.uct.ac.za/news/building-…

South African community wins court battle over mining rights theguardian.com/environment/20…

Plio-Pleistocene decline of African megaherbivores: No evidence for ancient hominin impacts science.sciencemag.org/content/362/64…

The decline of Africa's largest mammals science.sciencemag.org/content/362/64…

Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Drought and its legacy modulate the post‐fire recovery of soil functionality and microbial community structure in a Mediterranean shrubland 📝buff.ly/2H3VHAX #gcbearlyview

Dare to declare capitalism dead – before it takes us all down with it | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history? theguardian.com/environment/20…

New results from our 17-year-old cattle grazing experiment has been published in Journal of Applied Ecology. Fakultät der Agrarwissenschaften | Uni Göttingen

So, Amazonian trees cheat and take up water directly, which doesn't contribute to sap flow but allows more stomatal opening and photosynthesis. Game changing. Congrats to Oliver Binks and the Caxiuana crew for figuring out this piece of the puzzle #thatsnotinourmodels

EARLY VIEW Species‐specific and temporal scale‐dependent responses of birds to drought Samantha Cady Tim O'Connell 📝buff.ly/2ZeTIj1

According to new research from Katrina Davis et al, when improving environmental management in a coupled social ecological system, neither social or ecological information is inherently more valuable. Read their #openaccess article now: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New paper by Joseph M. Hulbert, Sophia C. Turner, and Samantha L. Scott (previous project coordinator for rePhotoSA) in the South African Journal of Science, "Challenges and solutions to establishing and sustaining citizen science projects in South Africa” sajs.co.za/article/view/5…

2 x PhD opportunities: Plant Conservation Unit (PCU) at the University of Cape Town Applications close on 13 February 2020 facebook.com/pcu.uct/posts/…

PAGES Palaeosciences Symposium - 26 March 2020, at the University of Cape Town Theme: Using long-term data for sustainability, resilience and biodiversity conservation Free event. Registration closes on 16 March 2020. Further info and registration: tinyurl.com/s7l6c22