Experience

Southern African Wildlife College

• South Africa
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Department of Applied Research Unit

  • 2016 - Present

  - Initiated with Sandy Slater-Jones CBNRM/RISE Rural Initiative for a sustainable Environment Department - Initiated Universities and short courses Department - Initiated Applied Research/Learning Unit.

• Head of Department of Wildlife Area Management

  • 2011 - 2016



Blackcrystal Environmental Consultants

• Environmental Consultant

  • 2011 - 2011

  Consultant for Blackcrystal Environmental Consultants assessing the invertebrate diversity at Indarama Mine near Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Consultant for Blackcrystal Environmental Consultants assessing the invertebrate diversity at Indarama Mine near Kwekwe, Zimbabwe.



University of the Witwatersrand

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• University Lecturer

  • 2009 - 2011

  WITS University Lecturer for Overseas Tropical Studies based in Skukuza, Kruger National Park. In this capacity I was in charge of the following courses:1) Conservation & biodiversity, 2) Savanna Ecology and 3) Statistics. WITS University Lecturer for Overseas Tropical Studies based in Skukuza, Kruger National Park. In this capacity I was in charge of the following courses:1) Conservation & biodiversity, 2) Savanna Ecology and 3) Statistics.



Zambezi Resources Ltd

• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Consultant

  • 2007 - 2008

  Involved in a baseline inventory EIA for the Cheowa and Chakwenga prospecting areas (gold & copper) Zambia, for Zambezi Resources Ltd. in the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. Involved in a baseline inventory EIA for the Cheowa and Chakwenga prospecting areas (gold & copper) Zambia, for Zambezi Resources Ltd. in the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia.



Biodiversity Foundation for Africa

• Consultant Ecologist

  • 1994 - 2007

  Consultant Ecologist for the Biodiversity Foundation for Africa. For instance involved in WWF’s Miombo Ecoregion Conservation plan (WWF- Southern Africa Regional Programme Office, 10 Lanark Rd. Harare, Zimbabwe). Consultant Ecologist for the Biodiversity Foundation for Africa. For instance involved in WWF’s Miombo Ecoregion Conservation plan (WWF- Southern Africa Regional Programme Office, 10 Lanark Rd. Harare, Zimbabwe).



NRI (Nomura Research Institute)

• Japan
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ecologist and Field Coordinator

  • 2000 - 2006

  Ecologist and Field Co-ordinator for NRI project titled: Mopane Woodlands and the Mopane Worm: Enhancing Rural Livelihoods and Resource Sustainability. (Based in Maunatlala, Botswana). Ecologist and Field Co-ordinator for NRI project titled: Mopane Woodlands and the Mopane Worm: Enhancing Rural Livelihoods and Resource Sustainability. (Based in Maunatlala, Botswana).



Biodiversity for Africa

• Lecturer

  • 2004 - 2004

  Lecturer for a training course in Monitoring Biodiversity and setting up of sampling transects and plots, organized by BFA (Biodiversity for Africa), Victoria Falls Zimbabwe. Lecturer for a training course in Monitoring Biodiversity and setting up of sampling transects and plots, organized by BFA (Biodiversity for Africa), Victoria Falls Zimbabwe.



International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Kenya
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Consultant

  • 2000 - 2003

  Consultant, livestock & people issues, for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI, Nairobi Kenya). Consultant, livestock & people issues, for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI, Nairobi Kenya).



International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Kenya
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Leader

  • 1995 - 1998

  Project Leader for an Environmental Impact Study. The project looked at the long term ecological impacts of tsetse fly removal. In this work the effects of different land use systems, wildlife and communal farmland, on the diversity and structure of the flora, certain faunal groups (large mammals, rodents, birds, dung beetles and butterflies) and soil nutrients were investigated.The study took place in three countries, two areas of northern Zimbabwe, Gokwe (Chizarira National Park/Simuchembu Communal Land and Kanyati Omay wildlife area/Kanyati Communal Land), one site in Burkina-Faso (Maoon Valley), and one site in Ethiopia (Ghibe Valley).



WWF

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • 1989 - 1994

  Research fellow for the Multispecies Animal Production Systems Project, Comparing ecological changes in wildlife and domestic livestock systems. Part of this work resulted in the production of my thesis. Research fellow for the Multispecies Animal Production Systems Project, Comparing ecological changes in wildlife and domestic livestock systems. Part of this work resulted in the production of my thesis.



Mazoe Citrus Estates

• Estate Entomologist

  • 1987 - 1988