iNaturalist Competitions, Guides and Projects that may be of interest to Nature Lovers, Gardeners, Ecotourists and Entomologists, Birders and Botanists in Botswana.

AN ANNUAL WORLDWIDE COMPETITION
Four Botswana 'City Areas' are going to take part in the CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2021 From April 30 to May 3. Please get involved wherever you are in Botswana !
These 'Cities' are

BOTSWANA SOUTH - including Kanye, Molepolole, Kweneng, Southern District, Bokspits, Kang, Goodhope and Ukwi.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-botswana-south

BOTSWANA NORTH - including Maun, Ghanzi, the North West and CKGR, Francistown, Kasane, Chobe, the Pans, Nata, Gweta , Tutume and the North East.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-botswana-north-cbd27ed6-c9f8-4038-af31-53621b58e0e6

BOTSWANA CENTRAL includes Palapye, Serowe , Mahalapye, Bobonong, Shoshong, Tuli area , Selibe Phikwe and Orapa.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-botswana-central

GABORONE AND SE BOTSWANA include Gaborone, Mochudi, Lobatse, Otse, Tlokweng and Kgatleng
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-gaborone-and-se-botswana

This competition has been organised by the Natural History Museum Los Angeles and California Academy of Science.
http://citynaturechallenge.org/

Please message @Botswanabugs for more information about the City Nature Challenge 2021
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/botswanabugs

RESULTS FOR PREVIOUS CITY NATURE CHALLENGE competitions
2020 Cape Town wins and beat 245 global city areas !
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020
In 2020 the ONLY Botswana City which entered the competition was the Gaborone Area, which managed to beat Tshwane, Tokyo, Lisbon and Montreal !
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-gaborone
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-cape-town
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-southern-africa-2020

In 2019 ONLY Cape Town entered the CNC from southern Africa and won !
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2019
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2019-cape-town

HABITATS, BIODIVERSITY and ECOLOGY of Botswana and southern Africa.

State of Botswana's biodiversity knowledge 2015 ( before iNat !) Page 47
https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/bw/bw-nr-05-en.pdf
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https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/interactions-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/habitats-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/invasive-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/roadkill-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/alien-biocontrol-s-afr

FUNGI and LICHENS

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fungi-and-lichens-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fungi-of-tropical-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lichens-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lichens-of-botswana

SPIDERS and SCORPIONS and other arachnids
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-spiders-relatives-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/jumping-spiders-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/scorpions-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/acari-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spider-eye-patterns

MOLLUSCS SNAILS and SLUGS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/snails-and-slugs-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-s-molluscs

Butterflies ,moths and caterpillars

Grasshopper, locusts, crickets
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-orthoptera

Earwigs
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/earwigs-dermaptera-of-botswana

Bugs Hemiptera and heteroptera

Lacewings and Antlions
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-neuroptera

Cockroaches and Termites
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-cockroaches-and-termites

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Bees, wasps and ants

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-s-bees-wasps-and-ants
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/african-wasps-bees-and-ants-hymenoptera
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bees-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wasps-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ants-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ants-of-africa

Praying mantis
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-mantids

Centipedes and Millipedes
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-centipedes-and-millipedes

SEX and early stages
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mating-pair-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/pupae-cocoons-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/juveniles-larvae-s-afr

FISH
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fishes-of-northern-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/freshwater-fish-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/okavango-delta-fishes

MAMMALS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mammals-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spoor-signs-s-afr

BIRDS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/southern-african-birds
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vultures-of-botswana-stop-the-poisoning

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/reptiles-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/afriherps
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/okavango-herpetology
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tadpoles-of-africa

Publicado el diciembre 28, 2020 09:18 MAÑANA por

botswanabugs

iNaturalist Competitions, Guides and Projects that may be of interest to Nature Lovers, Gardeners, Ecotourists and Entomologists, Birders and Botanists in Botswana.

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