title: South Africa--serious about biodiversity science.
abstract: A new government act, the creation of several centres of excellence and an injection of funding all indicate that biodiversity science is thriving in South Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Zoology at the University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch, South Africa. mic@sun.ac.za
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cherry
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D002980:Climate; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017753:Ecosystem; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater; D013019:South Africa