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The Passing of Distinguished Professor Bob Scholes
THE PASSING OF DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR BOB SCHOLES The EWT is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Professor Bob Scholes, one of the world’s leading scientists on Climate Change. Professor Bob Scholes passed away on the evening of Wednesday, 28 April 2021,...
The City Nature Challenge
THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE www.iNaturalist.org The City Nature Challenge is an annual international event organised by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences and has been taken up by cities worldwide. It is tricky for...
Rescue and rehabilitation of a poisoned Egyptian Goose
RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF A POISONED EGYPTIAN GOOSE Dr Lindy Thompson ([email protected]) and John Davies (EWT Birds of Prey Programme Field Officers), Rebecca Lambert and Nikita Jackson (Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre), and Carrie Hickman (APRN Ground...
Bridging the gap for Vervet Monkeys
BRIDGING THE GAP FOR VERVET MONKEYS Courtney Maiden, EWT’s Wildlife and Transport Programme student, [email protected] Gaps caused in the forest canopy cover from linear infrastructure, such as roads, force arboreal species to come down to the...
Science Snippets: Powerline markers prevent collisions in Blue Cranes but not Ludwig’s Bustards
A recent paper published by Jessica Shaw from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town, using EWT/ESKOM data, and coauthored by three EWT staff members, describes the results of a large scale eight-year experiment that tested the efficacy of power line markers in reducing bird collisions with the lines.