@NSCF_SA

Securing Natural Science Collections | Network of 19 institutions in South Africa

 Pretoria, South Africa
nscf.org.za
Joined July 2019
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1/ Natural science collections are losing something rarer than specimens: the people who know them. Staff shortages, no succession plans, institutions in silos. At #SPNHC2026, Fulufhelo Tambani (NSCF) presented a different answer. The full talk is now on YouTube 🧵
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5/ If your collections are facing a retirement cliff, a skills gap, or a silo problem, watch the talk. The model is meant to be adapted, not copied. 🎥 Full talk: youtu.be/2RfC8LLLP-M #NSCF #SPNHC2026 #EmergingLeaders #CollectionsCare

SPNHC 2026 Talk by Fulufhelo Tambani | NSCF Emerging Leaders Programme

NSCF Emerging Leaders Programme: Growing Strong Leaders for Natural...

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Bookmark this, watch the talk, then reply with the one capacity problem your institution can't solve. #NSCF #SPNHC2026 #EmergingLeaders #CollectionsCare #Leadership
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South Africa's national parks hide a scientific treasure: four herbaria holding 35,000+ pressed plant specimens, collected over almost a century. Most visitors never see them.
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Bookmark this if you think open data matters.
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Read more: t.ly/MpBEr #NSCF #SANParks #OpenData #GBIF #Herbarium #SPNHC2026
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1/ This is what 19 institutions working together on natural history collections looks like. The NSCF network at #SPNHC2026 in Cape Town 🇿🇦
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4/ These are the people who do the unglamorous, essential work — barcoding, imaging, standardising data, freezing incoming collections, writing 99-year loan agreements, and building the leaders who'll carry this work forward.
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Were you at SPNHC 2026? What was your highlight?" #NSCF #SPNHC2026 #NaturalHistoryCollections #SANSCAL #Biodiversity #SouthAfricanScience
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