Current Post Grads

Nelisiwe Mpapane

Msc Nature Conservation
Title of project: Participative mapping and comparison of cultural ecosystem services (CES) that flow from a neighboring national park and protected environment. 
Study Area: Mountain Zebra National Park & Mountain Zebra-Camdeboo Protected Environment.
Promoters: Prof Dirk Roux and Dr Bianca Currie
 

Alice Bernard

Doctoral Student
Title of project: Trophic guild distorsion in anthropogenic landscapes. Testing anthropodependence in African mammal species. 
Study Area: De Hoop Nature Reserve, Overberg area, Wilderness and Garden Route National Park
Research Interests: Ecology, biodiversity conservation, human-wildlife coexistence, mammal communities 
Promoters: Prof Hervé Fritz, Dr Jan Venter & Dr Chloé Guerbois
Contact details: alice.bernard14@free.fr

Elie Pedarros

Doctoral Student 
Title of project: Combining wildlife monitoring and local ecological knowledge to understand the ecology of large mammals communities and to catalyse conservation in southern Africa.
Study Area: Garden Route National Park (South Africa) & Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe)
Research Interests: Ecology, Conservation, Socio-Ecological Systems, GIS, Anthropology of Nature
Promoters: Dr Hervé Fritz & Dr Chloé Guerbois
Contact details: elie_pedarros@hotmail.fr