Above: HRH the Duke of Edinburgh accepts three books on the Prince Edward Islands from Mark Anderson in the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland Mark Anderson (Chief Executive Officer of Birdlife South Africa) undertakes a royal visit on behalf of the Mouse-Free Marion Project. He also presented the Duke with three books on Marion […]
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The Prince Edward Island 2023 Expedition members smile for the camera, with the S.A. Agulhas II offshore. Photo Credit: David Hedding South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands, consisting of Marion Island and Prince Edward Island (PEI), were declared a Special Nature Reserve in 1995. Together, they form an internationally important breeding site for a diversity […]
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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