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Proposed Position:
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Senior Consultant, Wildlife Management and
Administration |
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Name of Firm: |
Horus Wildlife Consultants |
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Profession: |
Wildlife Biologist/Forester |
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Date of Birth: |
29
January 1947 |
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Years with Firm/Entity: |
4 |
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Nationality: |
South African |
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Membership in Professional Societies:
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South African Wildlife Management Association, National
Game Organisation, Hiking Way Owners Association, Wildlife Utilization
Forum, National Game Capture Association, Honorary Life Member of East Cape
Game Management Association |
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Key Qualifications: |
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Following a thirteen year period at the
beginning of his career when he was involved in research and development in
the conservation field, Kobus was appointed as assistant director of Nature
Conservation for the Cape Province in 1983. He was rapidly promoted and
became director of Nature Conservation in 1991 with responsibility for the
entire Cape Province including the Marine Reserves. Kobus took early
retirement from Cape Nature Conservation in 1996 to concentrate on a career
in consulting. Since 1998 he has also acted as a temporary senior lecturer
in Nature Conservation at Stellenbosch University. He has been a member of
Horus Wildlife Consultants since 1998.
He has experience and expertise in a wide
variety of fields including responsibility for tourism and wildlife
management issues at the highest levels of government. He was also the South
African representative at SCI. His recent consultancies have included the
planning establishment and operational supervision of new private nature
reserves as well as environmental impact assessments for road developments. |
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Education: |
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Stellenbosch |
1970 |
B.Sc. (Forestry/Nature
Conservation) |
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Stellenbosch |
1974 |
B.Sc. Hons. (Nature
Conservation) |
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Stellenbosch |
1980 |
M.Sc. (Nature
Conservation) |
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Stellenbosch |
1990 |
Hons. B. Public
Administration |
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Employment Record: |
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1998- |
Horus Wildlife Consultants |
Director. Wildlife
Management And Tourism Specialist |
South Africa |
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Weddervale |
Development of Wildlife and
Conservation Management System for Weddervale Estate. |
South Africa |
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Environmental Impact
Asessment, R300 Extension. |
South Africa |
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1998- |
University of Stellenbsoch |
Part Time Senior Lecturer,
Nature Conservation |
South Africa |
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November 1991 – 28 February
1996 |
Western Cape Province
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Director - overall control of all conservation matters in old Cape
Province up to 10 May 1994 and the Western Cape Province since, including
Marine Control |
South Africa |
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June 1987 - November 1991 |
C.P.A. Nature Conservation |
Deputy Director - overhead control of environmental
education, conservation management, game utilization and private
and subsidised nature reserve control for the Cape Province plus
conservation area management and research for the Western Cape. |
South Africa |
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March 1983 - June 1987 |
C.P.A. Nature Conservation |
Assistant Director - functionally in control of
environmental education, planning, training, game capture and game
utilization. |
South Africa |
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1 May 1971 – March 1983 |
C.P.A. Nature Conservation |
Senior Professional Officer
and Chief Professional officer - botanical and zoological research,
development of environmental education programmes, planning and
establishment of private and subsidised nature reserves, provincial reserve
planning and game capture. |
South Africa |
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Organising Committe for
Ecotourism Year 1996 - member |
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Development Committee of
Western Cape Tourism Board - member |
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National Hiking Way Board -
member |
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Subcommittee for Integrated
Environmental Management - member |
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Subcommittee for
Sustainable Development - member |
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Steering Committee -
Working for Water Project - Vice Chairman |
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Water Affairs Minmec
Technical Committee - member |
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Languages:
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English, Afrikaans |
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