Overview The FRC regularly runs training courses for students and practitioners informally and formally through field sessions, workshops and individual mentoring. Training in bioassessment using aquatic macroinvertebrates has been undertaken in various southern African regions. Collaboration with the Okavango Research … Continue reading →
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“Living Labs: Connecting young South Africans to their natural heritage, one river at a time.” Philosophy Living Labs is a positive reaction to the problem of growing global disconnect between young people and nature, as well as the challenge of … Continue reading →
Promoting informed decision-making in support of sustainable and equitable water use in a water-scarce, biodiversity-rich agricultural region of Southern Africa About FRC promotes biodiversity conservation of freshwater ecosystems by enhancing their resilience, adaptive capacity and restoration. The unprecedented effects of … Continue reading →
Assessing the effect of global climate change on native and non-native freshwater fishes of the Cape Fold Ecoregion About Moving forward into the 21st Century there is now little doubt that human-linked climate change will come into play as a … Continue reading →
Developing a freshwater biodiversity information system for evaluating long‐term change in rivers in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa About There is a paucity of long-term (longer than five years) monitoring data sets for freshwater ecosystems in South Africa’s Cape … Continue reading →
Cape Critical Rivers Project – Conservation of Priority Freshwater Ecosystems and Threatened Species in the Cape Floristic Region About The Cape Critical Rivers (CCR) Project is a ground-breaking initiative that aims to bridge biodiversity conservation with water resource management in … Continue reading →
