NISC News
Rediscovery of “extinct” frog in Zimbabwe
14 December 2017 •
Announcements & Notices
The Arthroleptis troglodytes, known as the “cave squeaker” because of its preferred habitat, was discovered in 1962, and not observed again for 54 years, despite several attempts to locate it.
Robert Hopkins, an associate researcher with...
Silviculture and Management Considerations for Dryland Forests
5 December 2017 •
Announcements & Notices
Southern Forests, Volume 79, Issue 3 is a special issue titled, “Silviculture and Management Considerations for Dryland Forests”. Guest Editor, Ben du Toit and Gideon F. Malherbe present an introduction to the special issue titled,...
African Journal of AIDS Research Open Access Special Issue
21 November 2017 •
Announcements & Notices
African Journal of AIDS Research , Volume 16, Issue 4, 2017, is a Special Issue titled, “What the world can learn from Swaziland”.
The Special Issue originates from the July 2016 Swaziland National HIV and AIDS...
First African Humanities Program title now with NISC
10 November 2017 •
Announcements & Notices
The African Humanities Series is a partnership between the African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies and academic publishers NISC (Pty) Ltd.
The Series covers topics in African histories, languages, literatures, philosophies,...
Assessment of white stumpnose in Saldanha Bay
19 September 2017 •
Announcements & Notices
African Journal of Marine Science, Issue 2, Volume 39 includes an article published by Dr. D. Parker et al., documenting that catches of white stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps have decreased significantly in recent years under mounting...