Amber de Decker-"Human Disturbance of Blister Bush in Platteklip Gorge"

Pictured: Amber de Decker, SAEON special award recipient, standing next to her research project entitled "Human Disturbance of Blister Bush in Platterklip Gorge" during the Eskom Expo For Young scientists 2015.

Amber de Decker is grade 9 learner at Herschel Secondary School based in Cape Town. She received a framed certificate for best project in environmental monitoring and evaluation, along with a pair of binoculars and a book entitled "Observations on environmental Change in South Africa", all conferred by SAEON Education Outreach Coordinator: Sibongile Mokoena, in representation of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON).

Amber did not only receive the SAEON special award, she also received a "silver metal" award from Eskom Expo and was invited as a candidate for possible international participation in representation of South Africa.