C·I·B core team member, Olaf Weyl, was appointed as Honorary Professor in the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (DIFS) at Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
Savannah Nuwagaba has been awarded one of the prestigious Faculty for the Future Fellowships from the Schlumberger Foundation to support her PhD research in mathematical modelling of ecological systems.
The West Coast National Park (WCNP) is a unique marine protected area along the west coast of South Africa. Unfortunately the park faces many threats including pollution, urbanization, industrialization and invasion by marine alien species. One such an alien species is Sagartia ornata, a sea anemone native to the Mediterranean, Britain and Western Europe.
What would researchers at the Centre for Invasion Biology and students of the UCT’s new Environmental Humanities MPhil course have to say to each other?
Making decisions about the clearing of invasive alien plants is not an easy process. Despite a plethora of academic literature and practical examples, managers continue to rely on experience and anecdotes instead of using scientific findings.