Information resources

Providing biodiversity information is central to SANBI's mandate. The links below lead to many databases and other resources developed by SANBI & partners. Visit the Research and Programmes section to find out about SANBI's information generating units.

Last updated on 02 July 2012

DocumentsDocuments to download
LinksLinks to useful websites
FAQsFrequently asked questions
Infobases A collection of electronic resources developed by SANBI and partners
- Biodiversity Advisor: Website that assist individuals in finding the right biodiversity information from other SANBI websites.
- Plantzafrica: SANBI website providing information on popular southern African plants and related topics.
- SIBIS: SIBIS provides access to all SANBI scientific databases: over 1.6million occurrence records and taxonomic details for over 22 000 species.
- Invasive Alien Plant Alert: A list of plants features in the Invasive Alien Plant Alert series together with a list of proposed categories of invasive alien plants.
- iSpot: Your gateway to sharing and identifying southern African biodiversity.
- Red List of South Africa plants: Online version of SANBI's Red List of South African plants
- BGIS ( Biodiversity GIS): The main SANBI resource for GIS with interactive mapping, biodiversity data, training and legislation.
- Vegetation Map of South Africa: Access to an interactive map showing vegetation types of South Africa. Use Internet Explorer to access it.
- POSA: Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist provides access to plant names and floristic details for southern African plant species.
- SABIF: This website contains data of species in southern Africa, gathered by SANBI and partner organisations.
- DEAT Environmental Indicators: This is the database that stores the SA indicators for biodiversity reporting purposes
- Land Degradation Report: Land Degradation Report, previous at www.SANBI.org/landdeg
- Collection Permits: How to obtain legal permits to collect South Africa' natural genetic material
Atlases Recording species distribution
- SABAP2 - South African Bird Atlas Project: Website of the second South African Bird Atlas Project, run by the Animal Demography Unit, UCT, in collaboration with SANBI and BirdLife SA.
- SABCA - South African Butterfly Conservation Assesment: About butterflies, and Lepidoptera in general.
- SANSA - South African National Survey of Arachnida: About spiders, scorpions and other arachnids.
- SARCA - South African Reptile Conservation Assesment: About reptiles and amphibians.
LibrariesSANBI's libraries
- Harry Molteno Library
- Mary Gunn Library

Information resources

DocumentsDocuments to download

LinksLinks to useful websites

FAQsFrequently asked questions

Infobases A collection of electronic resources developed by SANBI and partners

Atlases Recording species distribution

LibrariesSANBI's libraries