Pondoland 2012

This mission is part of a Franco-South African collaboration whose project is an ATBI (All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory) study of local fauna in collaboration with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and Sustaining the Wild Coast (SWC).

The Pondoland centre of endemism extends from the south of St Faith to the south of Port St Johns, on the south-east coast of South Africa. The work area is limited to five main sites between Port Edwards and Port St Johns, along the coast:

• Mtamvuna Nature Reserve, Kwalazulu-Natal province
• Sigidi community, Eastern Cape province
• Mkambati Nature Reserve, Easter Cape province
• Mtentu/Gobodwana forest, Eastern Cape province
• Silaka Wildlife Reserve, Eastern Cape province