South Africa Archives | Conservation Careers

Interviews Scientist March 25, 2021 10 min read

Conservation is triage | Saving South Africa’s flora with botanist-conservationist Rupert Koopman

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic I was fortunate enough to steal an hour of time from Rupert Koopman, the Conservation Manager for the Botanical Society of South Africa (BotSocSA). Prior to this role Rupert spent more than a decade as a botanist with CapeNature, focusing on Fynbos, threatened species and habitats in the

Michael Henshall

Interviews Mid Career May 11, 2020 6 min read

Keeping “Elephants Alive” | An interview with Anka Bedetti

For over two decades Elephants Alive has been monitoring and researching one of the largest populations of elephants in South Africa. This work is vital during a time where elephant numbers are under immense pressure from habitat restriction, human-elephant conflict and poaching. Anka Bedetti joined Elephants Alive in 2016 as the Tracking and ID Study

Ellie Caskey

Interviews Mid Career May 7, 2020 7 min read

No substitute for getting your hands dirty

Sabelo Lindani is one of the more experienced conservationists in Cape Town, South Africa, with experience in both the governmental and private sector of conservation. In 2017 he started his own company (Contour Enviro Group) and now employs 25 other up and coming and experienced conservationists. Together they offer government and private clients Wilderness and

Michael Henshall