Botanical history burnt in UCT’s flames saved by digitisation
A hard-copy collection of ecological photographs was burnt, but foresight and decades of work will keep it in view
22 April 2021 - 18:21
It’s been a nail-biting week for those in the plant conservation unit at UCT.
On Sunday, as smoke spread over the city, so did a rumour that the department’s building, and potentially thousands of photographs and dried plant specimens, had caught alight...
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