eNews
#05 2024
NRF-SAEON in the media
By Staff Writer
Arid Lands Node
An article on the Prince Albert Vygie written by arid land scientists Sue Milton and Helga van der Merwe, and published in the previous edition of SAEON eNews, appeared in Mail & Guardian (The Green Guardian) of August 30: Drought and warming a threat to endangered Western Cape vygie – The Mail & Guardian (mg.co.za). The article was also republished in the October 2024 edition of Prince Albert Friend.
The Prince Albert Vygie, Bijlia dilatata, is an endemic species found in the Prince Albert region of the Western Cape, South Africa. (Photo: C. Hundermark)
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