Nelsiwe 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

Contact details: Nelsiwe.Mpapane@sanparks.org


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