OUT NOW: #Women & #GlobalSouth strikingly underrepresented among top-publishing authors in ecology! We studied 1051 authors from 14 leading journals (1945-2019): only 11% women; >75% from 5 countries! See our 10 recommendations Conservation Letters #WomenInSTEM conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Women and girls play key roles for #sustainability & #biodiversity🌳 🧕👩 👩‍🚀 👩🏽‍🎓👩🏽‍🔬 👧🏿👩🏻‍🌾 This #InternationalWomensDay on 8 March (and every day!) let's celebrate women leaders #ForNature 🌿 unwomen.org/en/news/storie…

Interested in novel #NaturalClimateSolutions, #Rewilding and grassy biomes? Check our exciting postdoc position available within our Wilder Rangelands program, a collaboration between SLU Wild Research @SLUglobal1 Mandela University @UUCopernicus. Pls RT! slu.se/en/ew-news/202…

So excited about our new paper on responses of an afromontane grassland to fire and warming Elizabeth le Roux Sue SAEON @UUCopernicus Mandela University Geosciences UU doi.org/10.2989/102201…

It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the passing away of Prof Bob Scholes, Director of GCI and Wits Distinguished Professor, on Wednesday 28 April, following a hike in northern Namibia. This is a sad, sad day for Wits. Bob is irreplaceable.

We're delighted to announce our new YIBS Director, Prof. Eric J. Sargis, and new Associate Director, Assoc. Prof. Carla Staver (@stavercarla) - effective July 1! 👏 We also thank our current YIBS Director Prof. Michael Donoghue for his remarkable leadership. Congrats to all!

O, and last but for sure not least, also with Jan Graf, grassland lover from Maruleng!