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South African National Biodiversity Institute
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<p>The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is an organisation tasked with research and dissemination of information on biodiversity, and legally mandated to contribute to the management of the country's biodiversity resources. </p><p>It was established in 2004 in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, No 10 of 2004, under the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (later named <a href="/facts/Department_of_Forestry%2c_Fisheries_and_the_Environment/gLAVmntz">Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment</a>). </p>