The Urban Ecology Citylab aims to create a forum which brings together researchers and practitioners from different disciplinary and professional areas to share knowledge, pose questions, network and identify opportunities for potential collaboration around the specific thematic area of the urban ecology of Cape Town. The plan is for the Citylab group to meet on a monthly basis, with each meeting organised around a specific urban-ecology related theme.
Urban Ecology CityLab Researcher Dr Pippin Anderson attended the Fynbos Forum in the Western Cape town of Still Bay, at the end of May 2011. This annual conference is interesting mix of practitioners ...
Apr 14, 2011 — Cape Town
African Centre for Cities' Urban Ecology CityLab will be running a field trip to the recently developed Green Point Urban Park on the 14th April 2011. This trip is open to anyone interested in kn ...
Feb 22, 2011 — Cape Town
Leif Petersen, PhD student with the University of Queensland, will be presenting his research exploring the scale and scope of illicit harvesting of wild resources for the informal economy withi ...
Oct 27, 2010 — Cape Town
The vegetation in and around the City of Cape Town is both fire-prone and fire-adapted, and the use of fire forms an integral part of the management of this conservation-worthy vegetation. In a city o ...
Sep 16, 2010 — Cape Town
This session will focus on the social side of urban nature. The primary input will be from a team from Urban Nature, SANBI in the form of Paula Hathorn and Tanya Layne who will talk about their ...
Aug 25, 2010 — Cape Town
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. In this presentation Pat Holmes and Clifford Dorse of the City of Cape Town's Biodiversity group will bring us up to date on the status of the ...
