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January 2012 Over 500 photos added to the Swaziland Flora Database, bringing the total of species illustrated to over 1200. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database January 2012 Website revision completed - if you notice any errors, please let us know. May 2011 Swaziland's Reptiles Database and Swaziland's Amphibians Database are now live. If you would like to contribute records, updated information and/or photos, please contact us. Related pages: Biodiversity Swaziland's Amphibians Swaziland's Reptiles April 2011 Malolotja hiking trails map and distances/times chart added. Related pages: Hiking April 2011 More butterfly photos added to illustrate the Swaziland Butterfly Checklist. Related pages: Swaziland Butterfly Checklist February 2011 Flora Database - about 500 new photos added to the database. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database January 2011 100 new photos added to the Swaziland Flora Database. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database January 2011 About new 50 photos added to the Flora Database. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database January 2011 Assorted fauna photos added. Related pages: Photos January 2011 Butterfly photos added to the checklist of Swaziland's butterflies. Related pages: Swaziland's Fauna Checklists June 2010 Addition of photos by Peter Webb to illustrate the Swaziland Butterfly Checklist. Related pages: Swaziland Butterfly Checklist Malolotja Butterfly Checklist Mlawula Butterfly Checklist May 2010 New photos added to illustrate the Swaziland Butterfly Checklist Related pages: Swaziland's Fauna Checklists Malolotja Butterfly Checklist Mlawula Butterfly Checklist March 2010 Site map updated, cultural pages updated, reserve fish checklists linked to illustrations of fish species, Mantenga top ten bird species page added, miscellaneous fixes. Related pages: Site Map Cultural Resources Malolotja Fish Checklist Mlawula Fish Checklist Birdwatching February 2010 More photos added to the Flora Database, Swaziland Butterfly Checklist pages created, Mantenga Invertebrates and Butterflies pages created, Malolotja and Mlawula Butterfly Checklist pages updated. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database Swaziland's Fauna Checklists Malolotja Butterfly Checklist Mantenga Fauna Mlawula Butterfly Checklist February 2010 Photos added: fauna and other photos taken at Mantenga Nature Reserve by Twana Buthelezi. Related pages: Photos November 2009 Malolotja Butterfly Checklist updated, pages restructured to show photos. Related pages: Malolotja Butterfly Checklist October 2009 Addition of 100 photos to the Flora Database, which now contains 2660 photographs, 109 illustrations and 158 scans of specimens, representing 1022 out of a total of 3545 taxa. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database August 2009 Mantenga Cultural Village and Nature Reserve tariffs updated. Related pages: Tariffs July 2009 Addition of over 100 photos to the Flora Database, which now contains 2559 photographs, 109 illustrations and 158 scans of specimens. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database May 2009 Photos added, including butterflies, moths and other insects, as well as Magadzavane Camp, at Mlawula Nature Reserve. IN addition, a new slideshow of butterflies has been set up. Related pages: Photos April 2009 Tariffs pages updated. Related pages: Tariffs March 2009 Swaziland Border Gate opening times updated. Related pages: Border Gates March 2009 Flora database pages: Addition of photos requiring identifications - Fabaceae: Crotalaria spp., Eriosema spp. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database February 2009 Flora database pages: Addition of photos requiring identifications - Asparagus spp., Kniphofia spp., Hypoxis spp., Senecio spp. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database February 2009 Flora database pages: Addition of photos requiring identifications - Aloe spp., Acalypha spp., Acanthaceae, Orchidaceae. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database November 2008 Addition of 320 photos to the flora database, bringing the total of species illustrated to 1003 species. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database September 2008 Photos section of the website updated, addition of assorted photos including invertebrates. Related pages: Photos September 2008 Three interactive maps added for Malolotja Nature Reserve: Malolotja Interactive Maps Malolotja Visitor Roads and Facilities Ngwenya Mine and Lion Cavern Malolotja Picnic Site Trail Related pages: Malolotja Nature Reserve July 2008 Swaziland Fishes Checklist updated: Nomenclature as per FishBase as at 05 July 2008. Images from South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Updated 05 July 2008 to include images and links. July 2008 Scientific and common names for butterflies updated, information provided by Mark Williams. Related pages: Malolotja Butterfly Checklist Mlawula Butterfly Checklist March 2008 Malolotja Environmental Education and Community Outreach pages updated. Related pages: Environmental Education Community Outreach February 2008 Update of contact information, visitor information, facilities and activities, tariffs, new reservations email addresses. More photos added. Related pages: Contact Info Bookings Activities Facilities Tariffs Photos February 2008 Lubombo Conservancy The Lubombo Conservancy comprises of five established reserves that include Mlawula Nature Reserve, Shewula Nature Reserve, Mbuluzi Game reserve, Hlane National Park and Inyoni Yami Swaziland Irrigation Scheme (IYSIS), and is an integral part of the greater Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area (LTFCA), which was formulated through a collective trilateral agreement between the governments of Swaziland, Mozambique and South Africa. The five conservation areas are hosts to the most extensive and historical conservation area within the Kingdom of Swaziland, with approximately 60 000 hectares of continuous block of land that can be utilised to enhance conservation efforts in the country. Related pages: Lubombo Conservancy Lubombo-Goba Transfrontier Conservation Areas January 2008 Research Projects: Information on All Out's projects in Malolotja and Mlawula Nature Reserves Related pages: Research Projects Malolotja Research Mlawula Research All-Out January 2008 Updating of names in the flora database, as well as addition of more photos. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database January 2008 Over 400 new photos added to the Flora database, bringing the total number of species represented to 940 species. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database December 2007 Completion of addition of illustrations of ferns, and another batch of photos added to the flora database. This database now includes photos or illustrations of about 20% of the flora (733 out of a total of 3581 species). Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database November 2007 Swaziland Flora Database: addition of more photos, bringing the total to 1576 photos, and a total of 695 species represented. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database November 2007 Minor reorganisation of categories in the photos section of the website, and the addition of a few more photos. Related pages: Photos October 2007 Maphelephele Cottage at Mlawula Nature Reserve has been upgraded to sleep eight, with two upper (baboon-proofed) sleeping porches with a double bed on each, in addition to the two rooms inside, with two twin beds in each. The cottage includes full bath, sitting room with fireplace, braai area, gas hot water, oven/stove and refrigerator. No electricity. Kitchen utensils, bedding and towels supplied. Related pages: Facilities Mlawula Nature Reserve October 2007 Swaziland Digital Archives: Additional photos included, captions updated, website updated to a dynamic format, search feature added. Swaziland Digital Archives Related pages: Swazi History October 2007 New photo slideshow added: Umhlanga (Reed Dance) View slideshow Related pages: Photos Swazi Culture The Umhlanga January 2007 Further development of the Flora Database: addition of browse photos by family feature, addition of about 100 new photos. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database January 2007 Addition of over 300 new photos to the flora database. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database August 2006 Search by photographer feature added to Swaziland Flora Database pages Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database August 2006 About 140 photos of flowers have been added to the flora database. More will be added soon. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database June 2006 "The Lubombo Route" page added under the Tourism section of the website. This contains the Press Release of the launch of this route at Indaba 2006. Related pages: The Lubombo Route May 2006 Transfrontier Conservation Areas programme: new brochure "The Lubombo Route" now available for downloading. Related pages: Transfrontier Conservation Areas April 2006 Addition of about 150 photos to the flora database, including many tree species. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database April 2006 Photos page updated to include new Slideshows component. Related pages: Photos March 2006 Swaziland Bird Atlas - based on digital information provided by the Avian Demography Unit, , Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, distribution maps have been incorporated into this website. Related pages: Swaziland's Birds March 2006 Swaziland Tree Atlas - this project was undertaken by Linda and Paul Loffler, and has now been published by SABONET. Distribution information at the eighth degree grid square level has been incorporated into the Swaziland Plants Database. Related pages: Swaziland Flora Database Swaziland's Tree Atlas March 2006 Swaziland's Alien Plants Database - detailed species descriptions, distribution maps, illustrations and photos. Related pages: Swaziland's Alien Plants Database March 2006 Swaziland Flora Database - now available online Related pages: Objectives Swaziland Flora Database March 2006 Complete revision of website, addition of dynamic content. Related pages: Home Site Map |
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