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Anel Blignaut is an expert in the field of restoration ecology of arid and semi-arid systems. She has experience of working in a number of countries including England, South Africa, Israel, United Arab Emirates and Tanzania. She is qualified in both the botanical and animal science sides of ecology. In 2000 she won the awards for the best poster and oral presentations by a young scientist at the Arid Zone Forum.

 

 

 

CV - Anel Blignaut

 

 

Proposed Position:

 

Consultant

Name of Firm:

Horus Wildlife Consultants

Profession:

Ecologist

Date of Birth:

1974

Years with Firm/Entity:

1

Nationality:

South African

Membership in Professional Societies:

 

 

 

 

Key Qualifications:

Anel has proven herself to be a first class ecologist. During her MSc studies she won prizes for the best oral paper presentation and the best poster presentation by a young scientist at the Arid Zone Forum.

Anel has also followed a course in conflict management at the University of Wolverhampton and a course in Desert Biodiversity at the University of the Negev.

Her initial training in animal science and nature conservation management has now been supplemented by her higher level training in plant restoration ecology so that she is now a fully rounded ecologist able to deal with both animal and plant systems. In addition her recent experience in a commercial environment working with the rehabilitation of Gypsum mines and commercial forests enable her to take into account the economic consequences of conservation decisions and activities.

Anel is fully computer literate.

Education:

 

University of Stellenbosch

1996

B.Sc. (Agriculture/Nature Conservation)

University of Stellenbosch

2002

M.Sc. (Nature Conservation)      

 

Employment Record:

 

2002 -

Horus Wildllife Consultants

Restoration Ecologist, Environmental Impact Assessments.

South Africa, Tanzania

2002  Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

Review and evaluation of Scoping- and Environmental Impact Assessment Reports

 

South Africa
2002 Environmental and Forestry Consultancy cc.

Land use planning and multiple resource utilization

 

South Africa

1999

University of Stellenbsoch

Student Assistant, Department of Anatomy.

South Africa

1998

UAE

Farm Manager, Endangered Species Breeding Centre.

United Arab Emirates

1997

SWAP

Marketing of SWAP programme in water quality monitoring by schools.

South Africa

 

Languages:

 

English, Afrikaans

           

 

 

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