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Category: Industrial biodiversity

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Industrial biodiversity 3 : an hour spent replacing tyres in Maitland

Posted on 06/09/2024 by Les Underhill

Birds succeed in making a living in pretty hard circumstances. This includes the jungles of tar, concrete, wires with assorted purposes strung between poles, wi...

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Industrial biodiversity 2 continued : Black River in Paarden Island : stormwater drain

Posted on 04/07/2024 by Les Underhill

In October 2019, the piece of the Black River between the N1 and Section Street in the City of Cape Town looked like this: It was described in a 2019 blog as a ...

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BioMAPping at Home – Lock down on Biodiversity

Posted on 07/04/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

These are trying times for all of us. It can be hard to stay focused, it can be hard to stay positive, but there are ways we can make the lockdown more bearable...

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OdonataMAP Report for 2019

Posted on 04/02/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

OdonataMAP is the Atlas of African Odonata and forms part of the Virtual Museum. OdonataMAP was launched in 2010. The first record was uploaded into the databas...

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Industrial Biodiversity 2 : Black River in Paarden Eiland : novel ecosystem

Posted on 22/10/2019 by Les Underhill

This remarkable 200-m section of the Black River in Paarden Eiland is a novel ecosystem. There are many bird species breeding and feeding. It is a biodiversity ...

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Industrial biodiversity 1 : Epping Industria I

Posted on 20/10/2018 by Les Underhill

What motivates this blog on industrial biodiversity? Well, the BDI took occupation of its unit in Epping Industria I on Monday this past week. Director Pete Lav...

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