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Sheep on Marion Island

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A team of researchers from SAEF (Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future, An Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative) has published the most complete and up-to-date dataset of alien species in the Antarctic region.    SAEF indicates this dataset “provides information on the identity, localities, establishment, eradication status, dates of introduction, habitat, and impact. It shows most […]

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Romario Valentine helps MFM

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Romario’s Seabirds Christmas Gift campaign more than doubles its target for the Mouse-Free Marion Project! Eleven-year-old Romario Valentine’s Seabirds Christmas Gift campaign for Marion Island’s beleaguered albatrosses has raised over R 20 000, more than double the R 10 000 he aimed to raise for the Mouse-Free Marion Project. The total amount received of R […]

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ALSA is hosted within the Department of Botany & Zoology at Stellenbosch University.   The department hosted its Annual Research Meeting on the 17th and 18th of November and the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB) hosted their ARM on the 22nd of November. Within the department is a number of previous Marion Island […]

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