It is ready! The eyes4earth survey is now online and awaiting your input.
This survey asks about individual’s highly meaningful experiences in nature. It specifically focuses on your profound encounters and ‘coincidences’ with wildlife (e.g. birds, insects, reptiles, mammals, plants).  Other questions relate to the types of environments where such experiences occur and if environmental change and degradation (e.g. the spread of exotic weeds) may influence one’s ability to have a meaningful encounter with wildlife.

The information from the survey is being used to support research on meaningful nature experiences currently being undertaken in South Africa through Stellenbosch University and the TsamaHUB. The results of the survey aim to inform public awareness initiatives, conservation management and strategies for environmental education. All going well, we would love to even compile a little book (to commemorate this Year of Biodiversity) with a selection of stories.

So please go ahead and take the survey!