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Tag: Environmental education

Archive/Bird ringing/Birds/Citizen Science/Nuwejaars Wetlands/Site report

Connecting to nature via bird ringing : Nuwejaars Wetlands : 2 to 7 November 2025

Posted on 09/11/2025 by Les Underhill

“How do we get people interested in the environment?” “How do people get connected to nature?” This gallery of photos, taken at the Nuwe...

BDI bird ringing courses and ringing events
Archive/Bird ringing/Birds

BDI bird ringing courses and events : links to reports

Posted on 14/07/2023 by admin

This is a list of bird ringing courses and other ringing events with reports on the BDI website. The most recent event is at the top, and we work backwards to f...

Archive/Biodiversity/Citizen scientist profile/News

Biodiversity enthusiast! ….The BDI interviews citizen scientist Lucky Okpanachi Atabo

Posted on 07/07/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

Please tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do: My name is Lucky Okpanachi Atabo. I am a young Nigerian and an active volunteer and advoca...

Biodiversity/Citizen Science/News/Trip report

Spreading the Seeds of Light

Posted on 30/07/2019 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

On Saturday, 20 July 2019, I was lucky enough to join the Saturday Girls for their Career Guidance Day at the New Dawn Centre in Acornhoek, Mpumalanga. I was as...

Biodiversity Observations

Water, birds, and biodiversity

Posted on 05/09/2018 by admin

Fincham J, Mbewu S and Hobbs J. 2018. Water, birds, and biodiversity – key elements of education. Biodiversity Observations 9.6:1-19 Biodiversity Observat...

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