The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is legislatively tasked with overseeing biodiversity policy, research and conservation in South Africa. See the resources page for links to sources of abundant information on biodiversity in South Africa and beyond.
The Botanical Society of South Africa provides members with useful opportunities and resources, and is a strong supporter of biodiversity conservation in South Africa.
Join
iNaturalist
managed in South Africa by SANBI. Participants can upload photographs and help each
other in identifying them. Great way to learn more about
South African biodiversity.
BirdLife South Africa
promotes the enjoyment, conservation, study and
understanding of wild birds and their habitats. There
are numerous benefits to joining this society. You can
also follow it on
Facebook.
Participate in documenting the
distribution of South African birds through the
Southern African Bird Atlas 2 project and/or follow
this project on
Facebook.
Flora of Zimbabwe is a rich and informative site
with thousands of images, many of which have been used,
with permission, on Biodiversity Explorer.
Flora of Mozambique is a companion site to Flora of Zimbabwe, rich in information and images.
November 2018. Biodiversity Explorer was recently offline due to server issues. Besides resolving the server issues, the website has been given a facelift, errors drawn to our attention have been corrected, and broken links have been fixed.