OCTOBER TALK
Andrea Benn Conservation Biodiversity on Road Verges and Urban Open Spaces - Don’t Mow the Verges by Prof Gavin Maneveldt - 17 October 2015 Trained as a Marine Biologist, Gavin developed his interest in the diversity of our flora in the early nineties. He commenced his talk by listing some general aspects of biodiversity in South Africa: After Indonesia and Brazil, SA has the most biological species in the world. We have 1% of the world’s land space, but have one-third of its plant species. We have three biological hot spots – most countries don’t…read more