Areas of Interest
Australia,   California / Baja California,   Chile,   South Africa,   Climate change adaptation,   Coastal development,   Conservation finance mechanisms,   Ecosystem restoration,   Ecosystem services valuation and strategies,   Fire management,   Freshwater resource management (including ecological flows),   Invasive species management,   Private lands conservation mechanisms,   Protected area management,   Raising a conservation ethic amoung targeted stakeholders,   Sustainable agriculture (e.g. wine),   Sustainable tourism practicies and infrastructure planning  

I have managed the Capenature Stewardship Program since its inception in 2003. The program's primary focus has been to leverage landowner and sector investment in the globally signifcant biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom, the Succulent Karoo and other associated habitats of the Western Cape, South Africa. Key areas of interest include the understanding and implimenting of legal and incentive mechanisms which provide investment platforms and incentives to behavoural change in landowners respectively. Prior to my involvement with the stewardship program I have managed protected areas in Mediterranean systems for20 years with a focus on fire and invasive alien plants.