BIOTA AFRICA

BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa

The uncertain future of Africa's biodiversity
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• Scientific support for sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in Africa.
• A continental observation network in Africa, contributing to GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems).
• A network for observing land degradation and for developing measures to combat desertification in Africa.
• A network for capacity development and rural development in Africa.

South Africa: The endemic "halfmen" (Pachypodium namaquanum) in the Richtersveld region, August 2006
BIOTA AFRICA/Sabine Greiner