Sabap2
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SABAP2 is the acronym for the second Southern African Bird Atlas Project and is the follow-up on SABAP1. The first atlas project took place from 1987-1991. The current project is a joint venture between the Animal Demography Unit (ADU
) at the University of Cape Town
, BirdLife South Africa
and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). The project wants to map the distribution and abundance of birds in Southern Africa and the atlas area includes South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. The second atlas project started on 1 July 2007 and will run to 2011.
The field work for this project is done by hundreds of volunteer citizen scientists - they collect the data from the field at their own cost and in their own time and as such they make a huge contribution to the conservation of birds and their habitat.
Adu
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) at the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
, BirdLife South Africa
BirdLife South Africa
BirdLife South Africa, formerly the South African Ornithological Society, is the South African national partner organisation of BirdLife International....
and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). The project wants to map the distribution and abundance of birds in Southern Africa and the atlas area includes South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. The second atlas project started on 1 July 2007 and will run to 2011.
The field work for this project is done by hundreds of volunteer citizen scientists - they collect the data from the field at their own cost and in their own time and as such they make a huge contribution to the conservation of birds and their habitat.