A woodland is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood, a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession. Higher-density areas of trees with a largely closed canopy that provides extensive and nearly continuous shade are often referred to as forests.
The Global 200 is the list of ecoregions identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the global conservation organization, as priorities for conservation. According to WWF, an ecoregion is defined as a "relatively large unit of land or water containing a characteristic set of natural communities that share a large majority of their species dynamics, and environmental conditions". For example, based on their levels of endemism, Madagascar gets multiple listings, ancient Lake Baikal gets one, and the North American Great Lakes get none.
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region.
Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Prior to 1 September 2004, the institute was known as the National Botanical Institute.
Dracaena hanningtonii, synonym Sansevieria ehrenbergii, is a flowering plant which grows in northeastern and eastern tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It occurs notably in proliferation along the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania
The following is a list of the political history of East Africa.
Leobordea platycarpa is a common annual plant in the drier parts of the African continent found in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.
Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton CMG was an English naturalist noted for his contributions to tsetse fly research.
Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans CMG was a Welsh-born South African botanist. Sometimes his first name is spelled Iltyd.
Panicum turgidum is an old world clumping desert bunchgrass of the genus Panicum. It is a plant of arid regions across Africa and Asia, and has been introduced to other parts of the world.
The Oman Botanic Garden is a development of the Diwan of Royal Court in Oman, with unique plants, landscapes, and cultural traditions of Oman. The gardens are located on 423 hectares in Al Khoud, about 20 kilometers from the capital Muscat. The garden showcases all of the native plant species of Oman in a series of man-made naturalistic habitats from the dry deserts to the rich monsoon cloud forests. The garden also showcases the traditionally cultivated crops, with information on how plants are used by the people of Oman. It presents an opportunity for visitors to experience the flora and vegetation of Oman while learning about the agricultural heritage, cultural traditions, and hospitality of the country.
The Rukwa Valley is a valley located in Rukwa Region, Songwe Region and Katavi Region in southwestern Tanzania. The valley is a part of the Great Rift Valley. Sparsely populated because of its harsh environment, its grassland biodiversity includes thousands of species.
George Basil Popov, was a Russian-British entomologist born in Iran, his father having been employed there by the Imperial Bank of Persia. Popov became an authority on the Desert locust.
Dr Andrew Rodger Waterston FRSE FRES was a Scottish zoologist, specialising in malacology and entomology. He was interested in the insect fauna of the Middle East and in the fauna of the Outer Hebrides. He was generally known as Rodger Waterston.
John William Bews was a Scottish born South African botanist.
Mary Alice Eleanor Richards (1885–1977) was a British botanist. Born near Dolgellau, Wales, and mainly raised in Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK, she took an early interest in natural history and studied botany part-time at Mason Science College. She married Major Henry ("Harry") Richards in 1907 and traveled extensively, including visits to India, Malaysia, China, Japan, Canada, and the United States of America.
Ronald William John Keay was a British botanist, who did much of his work in tropical Africa.
2019–2022 locust infestation is a pest outbreak of desert locusts which is threatening the food supply across the regions of East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent. The outbreak is the worst in 70 years in Kenya and the worst in 25 years in Ethiopia, Somalia, and India. The plague began in June 2019. As of November 2020, swarms were primarily found in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.
