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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Two researchers of the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University, Prof Melodie McGeoch and Dr Di Spear, have contributed to a new article in the leading journal Science that reports on the failure by world leaders to make good on their commitments to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. They are [...]

Invasive alien species, ranging from disease and plants, to rats and goats, are one of the top three threats to life on this planet. This is according to a new publication coordinated by the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) in which invasion biologists from the Centre for Invasion Biology took the lead.

Prof Steven Chown from Stellenbosch University (SU) has been named as the inaugural recipient of the Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica worth $100 000 (about R750 000), in recognition of his outstanding work on the study of invasive alien species and the effects of climate change and human interactions in the region.