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		<title>Invasion biologist to serve as Professor-at-Large at American university</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2012/10/25/invasion-biologist-to-serve-as-professor-at-large-at-american-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of Prof Dave Richardson, director of the Centre for Invasion Biology (CIB), as a James March Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont (UV), is another feather in his cap. His appointment at this premier small research university, one of the USA’s best, comes just weeks after he received the John FW Herschel Medal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prof Dave Richardson appointed as new director of Centre for Invasion Biology</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2012/05/11/prof-dave-richardson-appointed-as-new-director-of-centre-for-invasion-biology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The director’s baton of the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University was handed over from one world-class scientist to another. Prof Dave Richardson has taken up this leadership role since the beginning of May. This follows the resignation of the C·I·B’s founding director, Prof Steven Chown, who is to pursue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visitors, invasive flowering plants and climate change threaten pristine Antarctica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2012/03/06/visitors-invasive-flowering-plants-and-climate-change-threaten-pristine-antarctica/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2012/03/06/visitors-invasive-flowering-plants-and-climate-change-threaten-pristine-antarctica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antarctica&#8217;s reputation as one of the most pristine environments on earth is being threatened by foreign plants and animals that are unwittingly being brought to the icy continent in the luggage of tourists and scientists. Changing climates are making matters worse, and are making it easier for these plants to establish, to become invasive, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science and Technology Minister Pandor visits C•I•B</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2012/02/22/science-and-technology-minister-pandor-visits-c%e2%80%a2i%e2%80%a2b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor, received an impressive snapshot of the globally significant activities and endeavours of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) when she recently visited the Stellenbosch University campus. The Minister, along with Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, President and CEO of the National Research Foundation (NRF) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People key to conserving Cape&#8217;s biodiversity against invasive species</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/11/25/people-key-to-conserving-capes-biodiversity-against-invasive-species/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/11/25/people-key-to-conserving-capes-biodiversity-against-invasive-species/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People, politics and social trends - and not necessarily environmental issues such as climate change - will have the biggest impact on how well the Cape’s fynbos biodiversity is protected in future from the growing problem of invasive plants and animals. That is the message after a recent scenario planning exercise on the management of invasive species [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIB student takes award for work on malaria vectors and climate change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/07/25/cib-student-takes-award-for-work-on-malaria-vectors-and-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/07/25/cib-student-takes-award-for-work-on-malaria-vectors-and-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms Candice-Lee Lyons, a doctoral student in zoology at Stellenbosch University, received the award for the best student presentation at the recent Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) Conference in Stellenbosch for her talk on the impact that climate change might have on two mosquito species that are known carriers of malaria. Her study aims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic grant for C•I•B study on invasive starlings</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/06/21/national-geographic-grant-for-c%e2%80%a2i%e2%80%a2b-study-on-invasive-starlings/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/06/21/national-geographic-grant-for-c%e2%80%a2i%e2%80%a2b-study-on-invasive-starlings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Cécile Berthouly-Salazar, a postdoctoral fellow of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University, was awarded a National Geographic Research and Exploration grant to study the spatial genetic structure of invasive common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in South Africa. The National Geographic Society awards grants for scientific field research and exploration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIB knowledge part of encyclopaedia on invasive species</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/05/06/c%e2%80%a2i%e2%80%a2b-knowledge-part-of-encyclopaedia-on-invasive-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=40453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Core team members of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C•I•B) at Stellenbosch University are among an impressive group of experts who have contributed to a new global encyclopaedia that provides easy access to various topics relating to invasive species. The bulky 792-page Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions, which includes 400 colour illustrations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New book on invasive species widely read</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/03/01/new-book-on-invasive-species-widely-read/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/03/01/new-book-on-invasive-species-widely-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The industrious pen of Stellenbosch University academic Prof Dave Richardson has produced yet another publication, one which is proving to be quite a success amongst readers interested in matters relating to the history, science and philosophy surrounding invasive species research. Just a few months after being released, publishers Wiley-Blackwell are already considering a second print [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research on Marion Island and environs encapsulated in new book</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/11/23/research-on-marion-island-and-environs-encapsulated-in-new-book/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/11/23/research-on-marion-island-and-environs-encapsulated-in-new-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first coffee-table book – one that is a pleasure both to read and to look at – on the history, beauty and conservation of South Africa’s southernmost territories, Marion Island and Prince Edward Island, has been published. The 176-page book, Marion and Prince Edward – Africa’s southern islands, was written and compiled by researchers at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop on Australian acacias held at SU</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/10/07/workshop-on-australian-acacias-held-at-su/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian acacias are the topic of discussion during an extensive workshop being held this week by the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology(C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University (SU). According to workshop organiser Prof Dave Richardson of the C·I·B, the focus falls on the ecology and management of Australian acacia as they occur outside their natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian author to speak on climate change and invasive species</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/10/01/australian-author-to-speak-on-climate-change-and-invasive-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=33825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The influence of climate change and invasive species in Australia and other countries will be discussed on 5 October during the third instalment of the public lecture series being held by the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). The talk will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about endangered giant sable lies in its genetics, SU researchers says</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/09/21/the-truth-about-endangered-giant-sable-lies-in-its-genetics-su-researchers-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terry Robinson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=33523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite looking almost identical at first glance, a big group of sable antelope found in Western Zambia are not, to the dismay of conservationists, members of the same subspecies as the critically endangered giant sable of Central Angola. This follows genetic research at Stellenbosch University, which showed that the critically endangered giant sable (Hippotragus niger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Act now to save the planet, SU expert says</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/09/16/act-now-to-save-the-planet-su-expert-says/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/09/16/act-now-to-save-the-planet-su-expert-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prof Steven Chown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=33427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Biodiversity in Southern Africa and elsewhere in the world is under serious threat due to unchecked human activity, a leading authority on invasion biology has warned. “Climate change is upon us. There is absolutely no doubt about it. Humans are warming the planet, and this is causing substantial change, which is happening very quickly,” Professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Africa’s biodiversity has changed significantly, says SU professor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/09/09/southern-africa%e2%80%99s-biodiversity-has-changed-significantly-says-su-professor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martha T Muse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[state of SA's biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Lowe]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=33186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should we be more worried than we already are about the state of southern Africa’s natural beauty? Yes, says Prof Steven Chown from Stellenbosch University, who will address issues on the extensive and rapid change to biodiversity in the region in a public lecture on 15 September in Stellenbosch. His talk is part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIB researchers to compile archive on South Africans in Antarctica and surroundings</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/09/02/cib-researchers-to-compile-archive-on-south-africans-in-antarctica-and-surroundings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=33041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wanted: the anecdotes, stories, slides, diaries and photos of the construction workers, scientists, mariners, joiners, engineers and doctors who have been involved in South Africa’s research bases in Antarctica and on Gough and Marion Islands since the start of the previous century. This request comes from Dora Scott, a researcher associated with the DST-NRF Centre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botzoo, CIB students share knowledge at National Science Week</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/08/20/botzoo-cib-students-share-knowledge-at-national-science-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>science</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=32646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from the Department of Botany and Zoology and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University took part in the National Science Week festivities at the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town, by sharing information about their research fields with local learners. The students acted as mentors during the “Speed date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C•I•B celebrates International Year of Biodiversity with lecture series</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2010/08/17/c%e2%80%a2i%e2%80%a2b-celebrates-international-year-of-biodiversity-with-lecture-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/?p=32528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity, the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University is hosting a series of public lectures, starting on 18 August 2010, that will see a selection of local and international speakers take the stage on matters relating to biodiversity decline, climate change, invasive species [...]]]></description>
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