Books
As part of its corporate social investment focus on environmental preservation and conservation, Sappi sponsors the publication of a range of titles aimed at making natural history information accessible to the general reader.
The most popular of these are the comprehensive bird books by renowned birding writer, Ken Newman. Published by Struik, they are widely regarded as the most comprehensive guides to birding in southern Africa. Sappi also sponsors a similarly accessible series of tree-spotting books, which are published by Jacana.
Apart from these, two of the group’s most innovative publishing projects in recent years have been the sponsorship of the Sappi Raptor Identification Guide for Southern Africa and Sappi Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. Researched, compiled and written by experts in their fields, these two books open up previously-uncharted territory for nature lovers.
As part of its corporate social investment focus on environmental preservation and conservation, Sappi sponsors the publication of a range of titles aimed at making natural history information accessible to the general reader.
The most popular of these are the comprehensive bird books by renowned birding writer, Ken Newman. Published by Struik, they are widely regarded as the most comprehensive guides to birding in southern Africa. Sappi also sponsors a similarly accessible series of tree-spotting books, which are published by Jacana.
Apart from these, two of the group’s most innovative publishing projects in recent years have been the sponsorship of the Sappi Raptor Identification Guide for Southern Africa and Sappi Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. Researched, compiled and written by experts in their fields, these two books open up previously-uncharted territory for nature lovers.
Sappi Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa
Kenneth Newman
Struik Publishers
ISBN: 1868727351
Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa is a classic favourite and is constantly updated to reflect the latest research into the region’s abundant and varied bird species.
The user-friendly format classifies species in a colour-coded format, making it particularly easy for the reader to find and identify them. Newman’s own delicate and scrupulously accurate paintings are used to illustrate the book and the introductory section gives readers a handy step-by-step process to follow when bird watching in the field.
Kenneth Newman
Struik Publishers
ISBN: 1868727351
Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa is a classic favourite and is constantly updated to reflect the latest research into the region’s abundant and varied bird species.
The user-friendly format classifies species in a colour-coded format, making it particularly easy for the reader to find and identify them. Newman’s own delicate and scrupulously accurate paintings are used to illustrate the book and the introductory section gives readers a handy step-by-step process to follow when bird watching in the field.
Sappi Tree Spotting, Highveld and the Drakensberg
Rina Grant and Valerie Thomas
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1874955506
The Sappi Tree Spotting series has been developed to provide a range of accessible, easy-to-use guides to South Africa’s trees. The books, each of which deals with a specific region, make tree identification easy and enjoyable, providing readers with clues to characteristic features and locations. Written in plain language, they also provide colour-coded lists and give information on local parks, lodges and hiking trails.
Sappi Tree Spotting, Highveld and the Drakensberg is an attractive volume, including photographs, illustrations and maps, which enables the recreational tree spotter to identify indigenous trees in these two regions.
Rina Grant and Valerie Thomas
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1874955506
The Sappi Tree Spotting series has been developed to provide a range of accessible, easy-to-use guides to South Africa’s trees. The books, each of which deals with a specific region, make tree identification easy and enjoyable, providing readers with clues to characteristic features and locations. Written in plain language, they also provide colour-coded lists and give information on local parks, lodges and hiking trails.
Sappi Tree Spotting, Highveld and the Drakensberg is an attractive volume, including photographs, illustrations and maps, which enables the recreational tree spotter to identify indigenous trees in these two regions.
Sappi Tree Spotting, Lowveld and the Kruger National Park
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1919777776
The second in the Sappi Tree Spotting series, this volume deals with the trees of the Lowveld and the Kruger National Park. Written with both the tree enthusiast and the general nature lover in mind, it uses simple terminology, offers detailed photographs and illustrations and gives an easy-to-use method of identifying trees by their most striking features.
Clear, accurate maps provide precise location information and species are listed in colour-coded sections.
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1919777776
The second in the Sappi Tree Spotting series, this volume deals with the trees of the Lowveld and the Kruger National Park. Written with both the tree enthusiast and the general nature lover in mind, it uses simple terminology, offers detailed photographs and illustrations and gives an easy-to-use method of identifying trees by their most striking features.
Clear, accurate maps provide precise location information and species are listed in colour-coded sections.
Sappi Tree Spotting, Bushveld
R. Grant
Jacana Media
ISBN: 191977775X
Sappi Tree Spotting, Bushveld deals with the indigenous tree species of Gauteng, Limpopo, the North-West province and the northern areas of Mpumalanga. Attractive artwork, photographs, maps and grids help the reader to develop knowledge of and pride in South Africa's wealth of indigenous tress and larger shrubs.
R. Grant
Jacana Media
ISBN: 191977775X
Sappi Tree Spotting, Bushveld deals with the indigenous tree species of Gauteng, Limpopo, the North-West province and the northern areas of Mpumalanga. Attractive artwork, photographs, maps and grids help the reader to develop knowledge of and pride in South Africa's wealth of indigenous tress and larger shrubs.
Sappi Tree Spotting, KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape
Rina Grant and Valerie Thomas
Jacana Media
ISBN: 177009038X
Until recently, trees have been an inaccessible enigma to all but the most devoted, botanically minded, tree-key followers. With the Sappi tree spotting series, which makes identification easy and enjoyable, this is no longer the case.
Sappi Tree Spotting, KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape deals with the indigenous trees in these two semi-tropical provinces. As with all the other titles in the series, this book features attractive photographs, accurate illustrations and handy maps indicating the different locations where various trees can be found.
These titles are invaluable resource guides for bonsai enthusiasts, indigenous gardeners, landscape designers and tree lovers of all ages and degrees of expertise.
Rina Grant and Valerie Thomas
Jacana Media
ISBN: 177009038X
Until recently, trees have been an inaccessible enigma to all but the most devoted, botanically minded, tree-key followers. With the Sappi tree spotting series, which makes identification easy and enjoyable, this is no longer the case.
Sappi Tree Spotting, KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape deals with the indigenous trees in these two semi-tropical provinces. As with all the other titles in the series, this book features attractive photographs, accurate illustrations and handy maps indicating the different locations where various trees can be found.
These titles are invaluable resource guides for bonsai enthusiasts, indigenous gardeners, landscape designers and tree lovers of all ages and degrees of expertise.
Sappi Tree Spotting, Lifer List
Balkwill, Boon, Coates, Palgrave, Glen, Jordaan, Lotter, Schmidt and Thomas
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1770090363
The Sappi Tree Spotting Lifer List is designed to enhance this fast-growing eco-hobby in southern Africa. It provides the avid tree-spotter with the facility to record memorable tree sightings by habitat, ecozone or biome - or even by province or recreational destination. The lists given are easy to understand, accurate and give preference to more the descriptive names by which the trees are commonly known.
Balkwill, Boon, Coates, Palgrave, Glen, Jordaan, Lotter, Schmidt and Thomas
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1770090363
The Sappi Tree Spotting Lifer List is designed to enhance this fast-growing eco-hobby in southern Africa. It provides the avid tree-spotter with the facility to record memorable tree sightings by habitat, ecozone or biome - or even by province or recreational destination. The lists given are easy to understand, accurate and give preference to more the descriptive names by which the trees are commonly known.
Sappi What’s in a Name
Hugh Glen
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1770090401
Latin isn’t as widely used as it once was, so plant names that may previously have been self-explanatory can now appear somewhat obscure. They are, however, an accurate indication of certain characteristics and features, so an understanding of what the names mean can be very useful to the avid tree-spotter.
Sappi What’s in a Name is a mini-dictionary that lists the names and their meanings for all trees occurring in southern Africa. The names listed include those for indigenous and exotic trees, and the national tree number is given for each one.
Hugh Glen
Jacana Media
ISBN: 1770090401
Latin isn’t as widely used as it once was, so plant names that may previously have been self-explanatory can now appear somewhat obscure. They are, however, an accurate indication of certain characteristics and features, so an understanding of what the names mean can be very useful to the avid tree-spotter.
Sappi What’s in a Name is a mini-dictionary that lists the names and their meanings for all trees occurring in southern Africa. The names listed include those for indigenous and exotic trees, and the national tree number is given for each one.
Sappi Raptor Identification Guide for Southern Africa
Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillie
Rollerbird Press and Random House, South Africa
ISBN: 0958419574
The Sappi Raptor Identification Guide is the first book of its kind and is endorsed by both the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Raptor Conservation Group and Birdlife South Africa.
A combined photographic and illustrated guide, it offers the reader detailed information on all southern African raptor species, including identifying characteristics, behaviours, colour morphs and flight patterns. The text also deals extensively with field recognition, calls, habitats, distribution and breeding biology.
Species are grouped in sections to make identification easier, a feature which is particularly useful for beginner raptor-watchers. Of special interest is the section dealing with the origin of names, where the derivation of each species’ Latin name is explored.
Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillie
Rollerbird Press and Random House, South Africa
ISBN: 0958419574
The Sappi Raptor Identification Guide is the first book of its kind and is endorsed by both the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Raptor Conservation Group and Birdlife South Africa.
A combined photographic and illustrated guide, it offers the reader detailed information on all southern African raptor species, including identifying characteristics, behaviours, colour morphs and flight patterns. The text also deals extensively with field recognition, calls, habitats, distribution and breeding biology.
Species are grouped in sections to make identification easier, a feature which is particularly useful for beginner raptor-watchers. Of special interest is the section dealing with the origin of names, where the derivation of each species’ Latin name is explored.
Sappi Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa
Phil and Elaine Heemstra
NISC-SA and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
ISBN: 1920033017
This up-to-date guide to over 400 fish species living off the coast of southern Africa is intended to facilitate greater knowledge and insight into both the fish and the eco systems in which they live. It is written for anyone interested in marine fish, including the lay reader, students, divers, fishermen, fishery biologists and ichthyologists.
Accessible and easy to navigate, Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa features over 600 detailed original paintings. These show, for example, changes in appearance that occur with growth, as well as colour differences that indicate gender. Informative listings for each species make them easy to identify and to compare with other species.
Phil and Elaine Heemstra
NISC-SA and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
ISBN: 1920033017
This up-to-date guide to over 400 fish species living off the coast of southern Africa is intended to facilitate greater knowledge and insight into both the fish and the eco systems in which they live. It is written for anyone interested in marine fish, including the lay reader, students, divers, fishermen, fishery biologists and ichthyologists.
Accessible and easy to navigate, Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa features over 600 detailed original paintings. These show, for example, changes in appearance that occur with growth, as well as colour differences that indicate gender. Informative listings for each species make them easy to identify and to compare with other species.
Essence of a Land - South Africa and its World Heritage Sites
Contributing authors - Graeme Addison, Francis Thackeray, Johann van As,
Sian Tiley-Nel, Ernst van Jaarsveld, Amanda Gouws
Tim Hauf Photography in assocation with Green Vision Foundation
ISBN - 10 0-9720743-8-4
ISBN - 13 978-0-9720743-8-4
CD ROM ISBN - 978-0-9788219-0-6
Photographer Tim Hauf and writer Max du Preez blend their superb talents to capture the Essence of a Land, a book on south Africa and its World Heritage Sites with contributing authors who are specialists on these sites.
Contributing authors - Graeme Addison, Francis Thackeray, Johann van As,
Sian Tiley-Nel, Ernst van Jaarsveld, Amanda Gouws
Tim Hauf Photography in assocation with Green Vision Foundation
ISBN - 10 0-9720743-8-4
ISBN - 13 978-0-9720743-8-4
CD ROM ISBN - 978-0-9788219-0-6
Photographer Tim Hauf and writer Max du Preez blend their superb talents to capture the Essence of a Land, a book on south Africa and its World Heritage Sites with contributing authors who are specialists on these sites.
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