Category: South Africa 2026

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South Africa biodiversity conservation 2026: Rescue

Update from our South Africa biodiversity conservation expedition

People sitting around a table, eathing
A meal at the boma

We’re now well into our research routines during week two of group 1. Day and night car transects, bird ringing, honey bush surveys, camera trap servicing, data entry. Hot days are followed by dramatic temperature drops of 25 degrees every other day, but the African sundown never fails to impress us when we’re enjoying dinner at the boma with a view of the surrounding hills.

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South Africa biodiversity conservation 2026: Groove

Update from our South Africa biodiversity conservation expedition

A group of people in an African landscape
Getting ready for surveys

We are in the groove here in South Africa. Several teams out every day, some with very early starts, some back for more at night, others for all-day trips. All to collect as much data as we possibly can – to bear witness and to help protect this beautiful mountain area in the Western Cape.

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South Africa biodiversity conservation 2026: Refugium

Update from our South Africa biodiversity conservation expedition

A group of people sitting on a verandah and smiling into the camera
Team 1

Team 1 is here. Not without challenge due to duff cars, but it does not matter. What matters is that they are here to help and bear witness, to collect data and support our scientist Dr Alan Lee and the refugium has has built. They are here to put in their time and effort – and their money – to make it all happen. Thank you.

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South Africa biodiversity conservation 2026: People & tasks

Update from our South Africa biodiversity conservation expedition

View over the mountainous karoo landscape of Blue Hill Reserve
View over the karoo landscape of Blue Hill Reserve

The mountains of Blue Hill and beyond are as beautiful as ever. Our prep work for the expedition is continuing and the weather does not look too bad for the next few days – it’s the mountains and karoo after all.

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South Africa biodiversity conservation 2026: Starter

Update from our South Africa biodiversity conservation expedition

Two ostriches in a karoo landscape
Two ostriches in a karoo landscape

I am Malika (see my picture at the bottom), your expedition leader on our South Africa Biodiversity Conservation Expeditions. With me is Anna, our camp manager, who’ll manage all things related to food in the beautiful Hartebeest Rivier mountains.

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South Africa: Expedition with Dr Alan Lee returning in 2026

We are delighted to once again collaborate. with Dr. Alan Lee as the expedition scientist. After successful expeditions with him to the Peru Amazon from 2011 to 2016 and South Africa from 2015 to 2017, we will be back with him in his native South Africa on an expedition entitled “Much more than just leopards: Surveying biodiversity in the Cape Floral Kingdom of the fynbos mountains of South Africa.”

Dr. Alan Lee

This expedition will focus on documenting biodiversity in the western Baviaanskloof wilderness area, with a particular focus on threatened and elusive Endangered mammals such as the riverine rabbit and Cape leopard, as well as birds and other fauna recorded through Coordinated Avifaunal Roadcount (CAR) transects. The work supports long-term monitoring obligations within the Cape Floral Kingdom (fynbos), a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its exceptional biodiversity.

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