In this issue

• A new strategic plan for the GSSA
• The effect of grazing on biodiversity
• Cowpeas as a fodder crop for lactating ewes
• Ecological Society of America Congress
• Simplified veld condition assessment in the Eastern Cape.
• tribute to Brian Hahn
  

In this issue:

• Special symposia for upcoming congress
• South African Large Herds Conference
• Dairy farmer symposium
• Effect of fire on grassland productivity
• GSSA tour: Bush encroachment in the Limpopo Province
  

In this issue:

• Congress 40 report
• Peter Edwards Award for Best Conservation Farmer
• Endophytes in pastures
• Livestock development in communal rangelands
• Prestige Award for Sue Milton
• An inventory of long-term environmental datasets in South Africa
• Effect of fire on root growth in grassland
• Soil degradation impact on seedbank sustainability
• Plant strategies in mesic grasslands
• Plant secondary compounds: effects on  herbivory
• KZN Biodiversity programme
• Regional news

In this issue:

• African countries unite for global environmental change
• The Transfrontier Transect
•  African Acacias change their name
• Ground Hornbill Working Group
• Ecological Society of America Meeting
• Response of Acacia karoo to simulated browsing
• Pasture information day at Dohne
• Black Economic Empowerment in the dairy industry
• National Grasslands Biodiversity Programme
• South African Soil Surveyor's Organisation
• Effect of fire on litter and root turnover