Participating Institutions

Participating institutions are committed to collaborating to achieve the following objectives:

Collections secured and accessible physically and virtually for research

Data from specimens in collections accessible and used for managing collections, research and decision-making

Research on collections and associated data addresses issues of national and global relevance

Collections and associated research provide services to identify natural science specimens for a range of stakeholders including in the agriculture, health, environmental management and academic sectors

Collections used for serving broader society through education, citizen science and public understanding projects with emphasis on inspiring young scientists and promoting South Africa’s unique biodiversity assets.
Agricultural Research Council (ARC)

 

Plant Protection Research Institute
MAIN COLLECTIONS
Entomology, Arachnida, Acari, Nematodes, Fungi

 

Onderstepoort Veterinary Research
MAIN COLLECTIONS
Ticks, Helminths, Disease Vectors

 Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH)

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Mammals, Birds, Herpetology, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, General Entomology, Invertebrates, Archaeozoology, Palaeontology

Iziko Museums of South Africa (Natural History)

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Mammals, Birds, Herpetology, Fish, Marine Invertebrates, Terrestrial Invertebrates and Entomology, Palaeontology

KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZN Museum) 

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Entomology, Terrestrial Invertebrates, Malacology, Oligochaetes

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
National Herbarium, Compton Herbarium, KZN Herbarium

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Fish, Amphibia, Marine Invertebrates, Diatoms

Albany Museum

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Birds, Entomology, Freshwater Invertebrates, Palaeontology, Herbarium

Amathole Museum

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Mammals

East London Museum

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Birds, Marine Invertebrates, Malacology, Tortoises

Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Marine Mammals, Herpetology, Otoliths, Cephalopod Beaks

McGregor Museum

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Mammals, Birds, Herpetology, Terrestrial Invertebrates, Archaeozoology, Herbarium

Durban Natural Science Museum

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Mammals, Birds, Herpetology, Entomology

University of Kwazulu Natal

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Bews Herbarium

University of Cape Town

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Bolus Herbarium

University of Witwatersrand

 

MAIN COLLECTIONS
CE Moss Herbarium, Zoology Museum, Palaeontology

University of Witwatersrand

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Evolutionary Studies Institute

National Institute for Communicable Diseases

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Entomology Collection

University of Pretoria

MAIN COLLECTIONS
H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium (PRU)

Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Butterflies and Moths

South African National Parks

MAIN COLLECTIONS
Kimberley South African National Parks Herbarium (KSAN), Skukuza Biological Reference Collection, and 
Garden Route National Park Herbarium (GRNP)