Conservation team

Biodiversity Unit

Dr Deon Nel
Head: Biodiversity Unit

Joeline Barnato
Assistant to the Biodiversity Unit

Samantha Sithole
Assistant to the Biodiversity Unit

Freshwater

Christine Colvin
Senior Manager: Freshwater Programmes

Rodney February
Implementation Manager: Water Balance Programme

Helen Gordon
Development Manager: Water Balance Programme

Dr Mao Amis
Manager: Integrated Catchment Programme

Daisy Kotsedi
Intern: Integrated Catchment Management Programme

David Lindley
Manager: Mondi Wetlands Programme (MWP)

Sharon Wilson
Financial and General Administrator: MWP

Damian Walters
Wetland Ecologist: MWP

Vaughan Koopman
Wetland Ecologist: MWP

Michelle van der Merwe
Capacity Building: MWP

Mdu Mchunu
Intern: MWP

Nkanyiso Ndela
Intern: MWP

Marine 

Dr Samantha Petersen
Senior Manager: Marine Programmes

Roxanne Abrahams
Administrative Assistant: Marine Programmes

Peter Chadwick
Manager: Marine Parks Programme

John Duncan
Manager: Seafood Market Transformation (Fisheries, suppliers and retailers)

Janine Basson
Manager: Consumer Awareness & Outreach (WWF SASSI)

Alice Johnson
Programme Officer: Fisheries and Aquaculture

Wisaal Osman
Intern: Sustainable Fisheries Programme

Megan van der Blank
Intern: Marine Programme

Land and Stewardship

Natasha Wilson
Manager: Land Programme

Brent Corcoran
Projects Leader: Grasslands Programme

Angus Burns
Project Coordinator: Enkangala Grasslands Project

Ayanda Nzimande
Biodiversity Stewardship Officer: Land Reform and Emerging Farmers

Vanessa Stone
Biodiversity Stewardship Officer: Enkangala Grasslands Programme

Dudu Khena
Officer: Invasive Alien Plant Control and Rehabilitation

Sustainable Agriculture

Inge Kotze
Senior Manager: Sustainable Agriculture

Joan Isham
Extension Officer: Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI)

Dale Wright
Intern: Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI)

Table Mountain Fund (TMF)

Onno Huyser
Senior Manager: Table Mountain Fund (TMF)

Carla Woods
Assistant: TMF

Amy Goldblatt
Fundraiser: TMF

Black Rhino Range Expansion Project

Dr Jacques Flamand
Project Leader: Black Rhino Expansion Range Project

Pamela Sherriffs
Communications Manager: Black Rhino Expansion Range Project

African Rhino Programme (WWF Intl)

Dr Joseph Okori
Manager: African Rhino Programme
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Enkangala Grasslands Programme
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Living Planet Unit

Saliem Fakir
Head: Living Planet Unit (LPU)

Thembisa Dodo
Administrator: LPU

Adele Faasen
Coordinator: SARI

Louse Naudé
National Climate Change Policy Officer

Tasneem Essop
International Climate Change Policy Advocacy Officer

Malango Mughogho
Manager: Business & Industry Sustainable Programme

Tatjana van Bormann
Manager: Market Transformation

Richard Worthington
Manager: Climate Change Programme

Jaco du Toit
Intern: LPU 

Environmental Leadership

Dr Glenda Raven
Manager: Environmental Leadership Programme

Ziyanda Mfanta
Assistant: Environmental Leadership Programme 

Contact us

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    f: +086 535 9433

    Johannesburg office
    (for Climate Change and Trade & Investment Programmes)

    t: +27 (0)11 447 1213
    f: +27 (0)11 447 0365