Director: Centre for Environmental Studies
and Professor: Department of Zoology & Entomology
University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002
South Africa
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PhD, Pr. Sci. Nat. (1993 - 1999)
PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
60 peer reviewed papers
AD HOC REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING
Organisations
Foundation for Research Development
Department of Arts, Culture, Science & Technology
Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism
Scientific Journals
Science
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London
Biological Conservation
Journal of Animal Ecology
Conservation Biology
The Auk
The Herpetological Journal
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
South African Journal of Science
Ostrich
South African Journal of Zoology
South African Journal of Wildlife Research
Koedoe
LANGUAGES
English
Afrikaans
EXTRAMURAL COMMITTEES
President: Zoological Society of Southern Africa (1998 -1999).
South African National Parks – Animal Use and Care Committee (March 1999 – present).
University of Potchefstroom, Faculty of Science Appointment Committee – Director: School for Environmental Sciences (October 1998).
South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions, nominated member (1998-present).
Department of Arts, Culture, Science & Technology - Technology Foresight Working Group Member (Biodiversity Sector) - (1998).
Foundation for Research Development: Appointment committee (1996).
Foundation for Research Development: Biodiversity and Conservation Advisory Committee (1996 - 1997).
National Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Steering committee, Chair (1998 - present).
South African National Terrestrial and Aquatic Sciences, Interim Steering Committee (1998 - present) .
Invited member of World Conservation Union (IUCN) - Conservation Breeding
Specialist Group (1996 - 2000).
Zoological Society of Southern Africa - Council member (1996 - present).
COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECTS
Pretoria City Council, Biodiversity Survey; 1993.
De Beers Consolidated Mines, Biodiversity impact assessment and inventory (Venetia); 1995 - 1996.
SAFCOL, Forestry and Conservation land use planning, 1995 - 1998.
Gauteng Provincial Government, Conservation Planning Evaluation, 1997 (CSIR).
Maputu Corridor; Mpumalanga Department of Environment Affairs, Nature Conservation Planning Evaluation and Impact Assessment, 1997 (CSIR).
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism / Foundation for Research Development Consortium - South African Country Studies Program (Climate Change - Biodiversity implications), 1997-1999.
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Environmental Management Framework Development (1998-1999).
ILTER/NRF – Long-term biological data series in South Africa (1998 – 1999)
SA National Parks, Strategies for the development of a National Conservation Plan, 1999.
CSIR, Maloti-Drakensberg Conservation and Development Project, 1999.
FOREIGN RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
a. University of Texas (USA) - 1987
b. CSIRO (Australia) - 1993 to 1994
c. Global Security Fellow (Economic Dislocation and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa: policy implications and development options), Cambridge University (UK), 1995 – 1999.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biodiversity evaluation and conservation planning
Sustainable development: theory and practice
TEACHING
Undergraduate and postgraduate Zoology and Conservation courses
Honours and Masters degree courses in Sustainable Ecological Management (1997 - 1998)
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Telephone: Work (012) 420-4048
Home (012) 460247
Cell 082-789-3366
Fax: (012) 420-3210
Citizenship:South African
ASvJaarsveld@zoology.up.ac.za