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NBA 2025 webinar series
The NBA 2025 Webinar Series showcases presentations and discussions related to South Africa’s 2025 National Biodiversity Assessment. These webinars unpack key findings, highlight species trends and recovery actions, and explore how assessment results inform policy, planning and conservation practice. The series forms part of SANBI’s efforts to translate biodiversity assessments into meaningful action.
Webinar 1: What the NBA 2025 tells us about the state of South Africa’s biodiversity
Webinar 2: The status of SA’s terrestrial ecosystems – where are we losing ground and why
Webinar 3: Freshwater wetlands and rivers: The backbone of South Africa’s water security remains under threat
Webinar 4: Estuaries on the edge: 99% of South Africa’s estuarine extent is threatened
Webinar 5: Coastal Ecosystems: Pressure at the land–sea interface across South Africa
Webinar 6: Genetics and biodiversity: Understanding the building blocks of life
Webinar 7: South Africa has exceptional marine biodiversity – what is its status?
Webinar 8: New species assessed in the NBA 2025
Webinar 9: Using NBA 2025 for planning, policy revision and decision-making in South Africa
Webinar 10: Recaps and the future directions of the NBA as a living assessment that will be updated more regularly
Reverse the Red webinars
Reverse the Red is a global movement encouraging strategic cooperation and action to ensure the survival of wild species and ecosystems. It is focused on recovery actions for threatened species, to deliver on the Global Biodiversity Framework Goal A and Target 4. These webinars highlight how species asssessments completed as part of the NBA support the work of Reverse the Red.
Webinar 1: Reverse the Red: NBA 2025 species findings
Webinar 2: Reverse the Red: Species recovery in freshwater and marine ecosystems
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