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Such a common issue. The developing world hostage to western "expert knowledge" backed by their economic clout. Riding roughshod over hard-one local knowledge and implementing maladaptive "adaptation", "mitigation" and even "restoration" projects that're going to hurt us!

Media Invite: Journalists are invited to attend NRF-SAEON's 21st anniversary in Cape Town on 07 Sept 2023. Representatives from @dsigovza, Environmentza and environmental science researchers will also be in attendance. Details here: nrf.ac.za/nrf-saeon-cele…

There is a general pessimism about progress in managing invasive species. But, we all know about success stories. We need to scale up and replicate such "seeds" of success! Read how we can "create alternative visions of the future" to ensure better invasive species management.

📢 Job announcement: fully funded postdoc position! Are you looking to do exciting research in beautiful South Africa? We are looking for a motivated postdoc with skills in plant ecology and physiology to work on improving our knowledge of the evolutionary ecophysiology of shrubs

We have a postdoc position available in plant ecophysiology, to work on the amazing long-term experiment at Drie Kuilen. SEEC UCT Research Adam West Deadline: 30 Sept

Join us for NASA's International Space Apps Challenge on October 7-8! Participate virtually or in person in: - Franschhoek - Stellenbosch - Cape Town - Pretoria To learn more about the BioSCape-related challenge and how to register, visit: spaceappschallenge.org/2023/

A new biodiversity research project called BioSCape, of which NRF-SAEON is a leading partner, will be launched in the Western Cape on Tuesday, 17 October. The project will link data collected from satellites and airplanes with field observations: nrf.ac.za/new-biodiversi…

After a successful wet season campaign, our BioSoundSCape team is active again! Great field work and collaborations in South Africa for BioSCape 🌿🍃🐦‍⬛🛩️

Great work #TeamCSIR! A great BioSCape aquatic team!

Truly exciting to start #fieldwork as part of the NASA BioSCape Program in S. Africa! NASA aircraft were flying over Algoa Bay today, while we were measuring #phytoplankton and #carbon dynamics in this coastal area that is one of the world’s 36 #biodiversity #hotspots!

Why study ecology you may ask? Well this week we get to do doughnuts with NASA planes 😁 BioSCape #ilovescience #sciencetwitter

Sampling South African fynbos! BioSCape !

Celebrating all the GIS scientists on the BioSCape team today! #GISDay2023

Reminder to RSVP for our event tomorrow! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

I'm loving working on the BioSCape project. There's a little something for everyone. Even the conspiracy theorists 🤣 news24.com/news24/tech-an…

This week I gave a presentation about flying and offsetting in academia for the Climate Action Research Institute Swansea University. Here's a short 🧵 of the main points...

Conformal Prediction meets #GEE for valid uncertainty quantification. Earth Engine app: …geethensingh.projects.earthengine.app/view/conformal… Code: github.com/Geethen/GEECon… Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2401.06421

Glad to have been invited to present on BioSCape at the CapeNature #ConservationReview2024 Great talks and discussions around managing and protecting the biodiversity of the Cape #CapeNature