Conservation

Read more about the article New monitoring and reporting framework aims to reduce the impacts of invasive alien species in World Heritage Sites
The Kogelberg Nature Reserve in the Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site (photo credit Ross Shackleton)
2020 / News

New monitoring and reporting framework aims to reduce the impacts of invasive alien species in World Heritage Sites

World Heritage Sites contain cultural and natural heritage of outstanding value to humanity. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed 1,121 sites worldwide, of which nine are in South Africa—including four natural sites: the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas; the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park; Vredefort Dome; and Barberton Makhonjwa Mountain Land.

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7 September 2020
Read more about the article All the better to eat you with
The Cape kurper (Sandelia capensis), endemic to rivers of the Western Cape, South Africa, is threatened by the introduced fish species. (Photo credit: Jeremy Shelton)
2020 / News

All the better to eat you with

The morphological traits of invasive largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are more specialised for preying on fish than native species counterparts. This was the finding of a collaborative project involving researchers from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands and C∙I∙B members from the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) and Stellenbosch University.

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10 August 2020
Read more about the article Alien plant invasions as a threat to native plant species – Moving beyond a focus on EXTINCTIONS
2016 / Highlighted papers

Alien plant invasions as a threat to native plant species – Moving beyond a focus on EXTINCTIONS

Alien plants are widely recognised as a global threat to biodiversity. Many invasive plant species have transformed the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Although hundreds of alien plant species are widespread invaders, there are no documented examples of native plants that have gone extinct solely as a result of alien plants...

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15 August 2016
Read more about the article Being an efficient dispersal vector in birds
One of the bird species in the study, the red-eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons, Atamari)
2016 / News

Being an efficient dispersal vector in birds

A recent study by Thabiso Mokotjomela (Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand) and colleagues at the C·I·B (core team members Karen Esler & Colleen Downs) found that a few garden birds, such as the red-winged starlings can help the spread of alien invasive plants.

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27 June 2016