Forum Poetry Reflections: Healing Nature, Healing Us

Forum Poetry Reflections: Healing Nature, Healing Us

Written by Shanelle Ribeiro, NSCF Hub In her book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Kimmerer aptly notes that the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, as we work to heal the earth, the...
INTERCOM Leadership Project Survey

INTERCOM Leadership Project Survey

Museums across the globe are challenged by a combination of accelerated change and the effects of Covid-19. More than ever before, resilience and recovery in the museum sector will need leadership which is visionary and proactive. Within this context, INTERCOM has...

Obituary | Wilhelmina Gerhardina WELMAN (1944–2019)

Paul Herman, SANBI National Herbarium Wilhelmina Gerhardina Welman, generally known as Mienkie, was born in Bloemfontein, Free State, on the 21st of October 1944. She matriculated in 1961 First Class with a distinction in German from the Sentrale Hoërskool,...
Introducing Nonkazimulo Mdidimba

Introducing Nonkazimulo Mdidimba

Albany Museum Left: Rockpools; right: Tarns The recently published paper titled “Trophic interactions and food web structure of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in Afromontane wetlands: the influence of hydroperiod” is based on my BSc honours project. Here is the...
My experience of the NSCF virtual forum 2021

My experience of the NSCF virtual forum 2021

Terry Reynolds Berry, Iziko Museums of South Africa This was my first year attending the NSCF Forum, of which I was able to sit in on days 1 and 2. I was most delighted to meet several fellow entomologists in the group chats, yay for insect lovers! I really enjoyed...