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The African Sea Forests of the Cape Peninsula!

Here is a short video to give you a taster of the marine ecosystems and the inhabitants in the area of False Bay which Cape RADD biologists and student scientists explore and run the research projects in. These kelp forests, also known as the ‘African sea forests’ are beautiful 3 Read more…

By Mike Barron, 5 yearsApril 18, 2020 ago

Mission Blue

False Bay Mission Blue Hope Spot top 10 Priority Actions

In September 2019, Cape Research and Diver Development were successful in our application to become the False Bay Mission Blue Hope Spot Champions. This was a great honor to be acknowledged by Mission Blue, part of the Sylvia Earle Alliance which focuses on conservation efforts of the world’s marine biodiversity Read more…

By Mike Barron, 5 yearsMarch 13, 2020 ago

Cape RADD Student Amanda Gardiner’s field course blog

This blog also appeared on the University of Washington’s Marine Biology Student Spotlight on 15 October, 2018. Hi everybody! I’m Amanda Gardiner, a junior here at UW pursuing a BS in Biochemistry and Biological Oceanography with minors in Marine Biology and Paleobiology, along with a BA in English – Creative Read more…

By Amanda Gardiner, 6 yearsSeptember 18, 2018 ago