Elephant management (ePub)

epidemiologist. He has been employed as a State Veterinarian in the Kruger National Park for the past 30 years.

Henk Bertschinger is emeritus professor of the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science and is a veterinary reproductive specialist (European College of Animal Reproduction).

Harry Biggs qualified originally as a veterinarian, but has also worked as an epidemiologist, database administrator, and biometrist, later moving into systems ecology as a programme manager. Today his main interests are in adaptive management and governance as it relates to freshwater biodiversity outcomes and ecosystem services.

James N. Blignaut is an ecological economist attached to the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and director of three companies aimed at economic development and the restoration of natural capital.

André Boshoff is a Research Fellow at the Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Jane Carruthers is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Africa, a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and President of the South African Historical Society.

Guy Castley is a terrestrial ecologist and currently lectures in Ecology, Wildlife Management and Conservation Biology at Griffith University in Australia.

Tony Conway has worked for the Natal Parks Board/Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife since 1983, and is currently the EKZNW Conservation Manager for the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World Heritage Site.

Warwick Davies-Mostert has been involved in biodiversity conservation for 14 years and the management of large conservation areas within the De Beers Group and Ecology Division since 1995.

Yolandi de Beer completed Honours and Master’s degrees at the University of Pretoria.

Willem F (Fred) de Boer is a lecturer at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. and is coordinator of the Tembo integrated programme, aimed at predicting elephant spatio-temporal distribution.

Audrey Delsink is a freelance elephant ecologist and resident research ecologist at Makalali Private Game Reserve.

Martin de Wit is an applied environmental and natural resource economist and is an extraordinary associate professor at the University of Stellenbosch and an associate researcher at the Stellenbosch-based Sustainability Institute

Saliem Fakir is senior lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Planning and Associate Director of the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies at the University of Stellenbosch.

Sam M. Ferreira’s research focuses on mammal and bird conservation biology and coordinates aspects of the Elephant Programme at CERU.

Andre Ganswindt, University of Pretoria, received his Ph.D. in Biology at the University of Muenster for his work on endocrine, physical and behavioural correlates in African elephants.

Marion E. Garaï has a Ph.D. in animal behaviour from the University of Pretoria and has been a member of the IUCN/African Elephant Specialist Group for the past 12 years. She founded the EMOA and is currently Chairperson of the Space for Elephants Foundation.

Angela Gaylard has focused on terrestrial conservation issues, with a decade of work in the Kruger National Park.

Katie Gough is a Ph.D. student at the Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

C C (Rina) Grant qualified as a veterinarian but is now the Programme Manager: Systems Ecology in SANParks’ Scientific Services, based at Skukuza, Kruger National Park.

Douw Grobler has worked for the past 20 years in the wildlife industry, 13 years in the Kruger National Park, and now as a private wildlife veterinarian and consultant.

Robert Guldemond conducted his Ph.D. at the Conservation Ecology Research Unit at the University of Pretoria and currently coordinates aspects of the Biodiversity and Restoration Programme at CERU.

Peter Hartley was the officer in charge (Conservator) of Umfolozi Game Reserve and now heads the Conservation Compliance Unit at iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority.

Michelle Henley is a research ecologist and programme co-ordinator for the Transboundary Elephant Research Programme under the auspices of Save the Elephants.

Markus Hofmeyr received his BVSc from the University of Pretoria in 1994 and is currently the head of the SANParks Veterinary Wildlife Services.

Lisa Hopkinson is Head of the Corporate Legal Services Division of South African National Parks and has a specialist interest in wildlife and conservation law.

Tim P. Jackson has 18 years of research experience in mammalogy and his present research with CERU aims at the conservation and management of elephants throughout southern Africa.

Jessica Junker is a postgraduate student at the University of Pretoria and is currently conducting her MSc project under the auspices of CERU.

Graham Kerley is Director of the Centre for African Conservation Ecology and Professor of Zoology at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, and also serves as a Director of the Eastern Cape Parks Board, and as a member of the Minister’s Science Round Table on Elephant Management.

Hanno Killian is the Research Ecologist at the Welgevonden Private Game Reserve in the Waterberg of Limpopo.

Jay Kirkpatrick is Director of the Science and Conservation Center at ZooMontana, in Billings, Montana.

Laurence Kruger is director of the Organization for Tropical Studies, South Africa, whose ‘study abroad’ programme is based in the Kruger National Park.

Marietjie Landman is a Ph.D. student within the Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Keith Lindsay joined the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya in 1977 and his continuing research focuses on feeding ecology, habitat interactions, demography and ecosystem change.

Rob Little is Conservation Director at WWF South Africa. He is leader of the WWF-SA Species Programme and a member of the global WWF Species Working Group. He is also the WWF-SA representative on the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Since October 2006, he has been Chairman for the Elephant Management & Owners Association (EMOA).

H P P (Hennie) Lötter is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg. He specialises in political philosophy and environmental ethics.

Robin L. Mackey is a lecturer in the School of Biological and Conservation Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Johan Malan is an Operations Manager at Veterinary Wildlife Services with South African National Parks, based in the Kruger National Park.

Wayne Matthews is the Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Regional Ecologist for Maputaland and, based in the Tembe Elephant Park, he is currently involved in planning the Futi-Tembe Transfrontier Area that will straddle the South Africa/Mozambique border.

Pieter Olivier is currently a master’s student at the Conservation Ecology Research Unit in the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria.

Theresia Ott is a Ph.D. student at CERU, studying elephant movements in a landscape ecology context.

Norman Owen-Smith is Research Professor in African Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Bruce Page has worked on the relationship between elephants and their habitats over the past 32 years in many localities in southern Africa.

Mike J. S. Peel is Senior Researcher at the Agricultural Research Council – Livestock Business Division (Range and Forage) and is project leader of the Savanna Ecosystem Dynamics Project.

Michele Pickover was Curator of Manuscripts: Historical Papers at the library of the University of the Witwatersrand and was also a Board Member for the South African History Archives and Chairperson of the National Committee of the South African Society of Archivists.

Mogobe Ramose is Professor of Philosophy in the University of South Africa and is currently Director of the University of South Africa Regional Learning Center in Ethiopia.

Jeremy Ridl is an attorney and environmental law specialist having founded the first specialist environmental law practice in South Africa in 1990.

Rob Slotow is Director of the Amarula Elephant Research Programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.

Izak Smit is currently employed by the South African National Parks as Research Manager: GIS and Remote Sensing.

Morgan Trimble is an MSc student with CERU at the University of Pretoria.

Wayne Twine is an ecologist based at the Wits Rural Facility, where he manages a research programme for the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand.

Rudi J. van Aarde, Director of the Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), focuses on the restoration of populations and communities as a contribution to conservation.

J. J. van Altena served for seven years in the Kruger National Park during where he was involved with the game capture department and elephant contraception research project and is currently a partner in Catchco Africa.

Marius van Staden is an attorney and takes a keen interest in nature conservation and environmental law.

Ian Whyte was involved in the research environment in Kruger National Park for 37 years of which 24 were as co-ordinator of elephant research. He has been a member of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission – African Elephant Specialist Group since 1992.