Find below, a folder tab for each year of the Fynbos Forum from 1992 - 2004. Download the programme for each meeting.
1992
Fynbos Biome Project: Fourteenth Annual Research Meeting – 1992Sessions covered at this meeting: * A background to the global interest in biodiversity and ecosystem function of Mediterranean type ecosystems * Conceptual issues in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning with examples from South Western Australia * Function of biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems of Australia * Space and time as determinants of biological diversities in the Mediterranean region * Managing fynbos for biodiversity.
Fire in South African Mountain Fynbos: Ecosystem, Community and Species Response at Swartboskloof by B.W. van Wilgen, D.M. Richardson, F.J. Kruger and H.J. van Hensbergen (Eds). Published by Springer-Verlag, 1992.
1993
Fynbos Biome Project: Fifteenth Annual Research Meeting – 1993
Sessions covered at this meeting: * The philosophical background to monitoring * An overview of techniques for fynbos vegetation monitoring * River and wetland monitoring in the fynbos * Climate change and the monitoring in the fynbos region * Monitoring of the physical environment * Review of monitoring interior midlands * The use of remote sensing and GIS to monitor coastal fynbos.
Managing Fynbos Catchments for Water, 1993. By C.Boucher & C. Marais.
1994
Fynbos Biome Project: Sixteenth Annual Research Meeting – 1994
Sessions covered at this meeting: * The future of nature conservation in the Western Cape * Research programme on flower harvesting in natural fynbos * Plant communities of the coastal fynbos south of George, southern Cape * Ecological data catalogue * Biological control of the Port Jackson willow * The gene bank project for the conservation of fynbos genetic resources * Effects of fragmentation on insect diversity in renoster shrublands.
Left pic: Fynbos research into soil nutrient levels. Credit: Eugene Moll. .
1995
Fynbos Biome Project: Seventeenth Annual Research Meeting – 1995
Sessions covered at this meeting: * Practical & social issues: Communication in the public participation process * The environment & geography: Micro-climatic observations * Monitoring & data management: Monitoring fynbos vegetation with landsat images, the effect of scale * Resource economics: A survey on the extent of the fynbos industry in South Africa * Ecology: Invasion and persistence of bird dispersed, subtropical thicket and forest species in fire-prone fynbos.
Left pic: Professor Kader Asmal launches Working for Water - 1995
1996
Fynbos Biome Project: Eighteenth Annual Research Meeting – 1996
Sessions covered at this meeting: * Fynbos Working for Water Project * The urban fringe * Urban conservation: Politics and problems * Conservation of fynbos legumes * Fire in the fynbos * Integrated catchment management: Some lessons from the Working for Water programme * Competitive interactions amongst fynbos plants * Socio-economic challenges.
Left pic: An inventory of sources of data pertaining to the Fynbos Biome, 1996. By C. Boucher, D. Erasmus, C. Marais, DJ McDonald.
1997
Fynbos Biome Project: Nineteenth Annual Research Meeting – 1997Sessions covered at this meeting: * Ecology & restoration: Guidelines for fynbos restoration * Education: What is social ecology? * Utilisation: The dryflower industry, a fynbos ecotourism programme for the southern Overberg * Planning: Producing a strategic plan for conservation of biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Left pic: Fynbos research. Credit: Christo Marais
1998
Fynbos Biome Project: Twentieth Annual Research Meeting – 1998Sessions covered at this meeting: * Ecotourism: Can ecotourism save the Cape Floral Kingdom * Rehabilitation: Advances in fynbos restoration ecology research * Fynbos ecology & reproductive biology: Fire and fynbos – retrospective * Alien management & rehabilitation / restoration: Aliens in the fynbos * Cultivation * Ecophysiology * Conservation planning & Initiatives.
Left pic: Fynbos research. Credit: Christo Marais.
1999
Fynbos Biome Project: Twenty First Annual Research Meeting – 1999
Sessions covered at this meeting: * Cape project: Assessing the existing conservation system: gaps and priorities * Alien clearing: Recovery of fynbos vegetation after alien clearing and fire * Conservation priorities in the Cape Flora: Maintenance of biodiversity in the Western Cape * Conservation in the city.
Left pic: Fynbos research. Credit: Christo Marais
2000
Fynbos Biome Project: Twenty Second Annual Research Meeting – 2000Sessions covered at this meeting: * Curiosity research: New Century, new era in fynbos research * Conservation & management: Incentives for private conservation * Development threats: The tragedy of the fynbos * CAPE project: A framework for a strategic and systemic conservation plan for the Cape Floral Kingdom * Management and conservation: Review of invasive alien plant control on the Cape Peninsula.
2001
Fynbos Biome Project: Twenty Third Annual Research Meeting – 2001
Sessions covered at this meeting: * Fynbos Parties and Partner * Celebrating successes * Conservation planning: An action plan for conservation incentives in SA * Fynbos Research * Aquatic systems: The construction of a fish-ladder in the Olifants River, Gouritz River System * Conservation management * Poster & Paper Session.
2002
Fynbos Biome Project: Twenty Fourth Annual Research Meeting – 2002
Sessions covered at this meeting: * Cape in action: Opportunities and challenges of being an active partner * Partnerships: The value of partnerships * Renosterveld conservation and management * Ecology & Systematics * Cape in action, Renosterveld & utilization * Aquatic ecosystems * Policy & legislation * Conservation planning & management.
2003
Fynbos Biome Project: Twenty Fifth Annual Research Meeting – 2003
* CAPE in Action * Ecology & Systematics * Biodiversity & Land-use Planning * Aquatic Ecosystems * Expanding Multi–owned Protected Areas: New Approaches * Towards a research strategy to support CFR conservation * Alien vegetation/Restoration * Education * Groundwater * Modelling * Guidelines for Biodiversity Assessment in EIA’s * Partnerships * Renosterveld/ Lowlands * Utilisation.
2004
Fynbos Biome Project: Twenty Sixth Annual Research Meeting – 2004
* Institutional Partnerships & Development * Economics * Education * Spatial Planning * Biological Invasives * Environmental education processes and priorities in the Fynbos Biome * Biodiversity Guidelines and Land Use Planning * Restoration & Rehabilitation * Aquatic Systems * Stewardship * Monitoring & Evaluation * Applied Research: Flora * The Urban Environment and its impact on Biodiversity Conservation * Applied Research: Terrestrial & Aquatic Fauna.
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