2017 SYMPOSIUM OF CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATION PRACTICE 6 - 10 November Fern Hill Conference Centre, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa MONDAY, 6 November 2017 10h00-13h00 REGISTRATION 13h00-14h00 LUNCH SESSION 1 - FERN THEATRE
14h00-16h00 PLENARY OPENING PLENARY
Time Speaker Organisation Title
14:00-14:10 TBC TBC TBC
14:10-14:40 TBC TBC TBC
14:40-15:10 TBC TBC TBC
15:10-15:40 Timm Hoffman University of Cape Town KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Looking back to conserve the future: the role of historical ecology in conservation practice
15:40-16:00 DISCUSSION & ANNOUNCEMENTS
16h00-16h30 TEA SESSION 2 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 3 - CHAPEL SESSION 4 - KARKLOOF 16:30- 16:30- 16:30- Global change Threatened species Special Session: Cycad Conservation, Trade and Law Enforcement 18:10 18:10 18:10 Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
Craig 16:30- Fynbos frogs, fire frequencies and multi- 16:30- A preliminary assessment of fences as a 16:30- Threats facing the survival of Andrew Turner CapeNature Whittington- GDARD Ashleigh Dore EWT species thresholds for potential concern hazard for birds in South Africa Encephelartos cycad species 16:50 16:50 Jones 16:50
Sharing the shores: measuring and mitigating the impact of anthropogenic 16:50- Drought anomalies in tick ecology: the 16:50- 16:50- Ursina Rusch WWF-SA Selena Flores UCT disturbance on breeding white-fronted Ashleigh Dore EWT Legal framework and other regulations case of rhinoceros as hosts 17:10 17:10 plovers (Charadrius marginatus) in the high- 17:10 tourism Garden Route region
Historical ecology: insights into past 17:10- 17:10- Monique Using genetic data to infer the population 17:10- Current initiatives undertaken in an attempt Ricky Taylor Ezemvelo conditions and future trajectories of change UP Adam Pires EWT Swanepoel status of the elusive suni antelope to protect cycads 17:30 in the Mlalazi estuary 17:30 17:30
The change in meiofauna communities Diet and trophic ecology of the tiger shark 17:30- Mpilonhle 17:30- KZN Sharks 17:30- Law enforcement and compliance case UKZN following desiccation due to drought in St Matt Dicken (Galeocerdo cuvier) from South African Ashleigh Dore EWT Nyawo Board studies 17:50 Lucia Lake 17:50 waters 17:50 A global change prelude? Some observed International 17:50- impacts of the 2015-2017 "Super Drought" 17:50- 17:50- Ian Macdonald Environmental Sinazo Gqola Ezemvelo Scyphozoan diversity around South Africa TBC TBC TBC on a small protected area on the 18:10 Consultant 18:10 18:10 southernmost Lebombo mountains
18:10- 18:10- Thierry 18:10- DISCUSSION UP DNA barcoding of South Africa's linefishes DISCUSSION 18:30 18:30 Hoareau 18:30 SYMPOSIUM OF CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATION PRACTICE 2017DRAFT PROGRAMME AS AT 20170906
MONDAY, 6 November 2017 MONDAY EVENING FUNCTION SESSION 5 - ORANGE TREE ROOM AND SURROUNDS
18h30-19h30 POSTER SESSION
Siran Offman CEPAM Socioeconomic impact of capture and sale of Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775) in the Metuge community
Merrisa Naidoo UKZN The effect of varying concentrations of microplastic fragments on the filtration rate and ingestion of microplastics in Perna perna (L.) in relation to conservation practices
Nikita van Schoor UKZN Uptake of microplastic fibres in the Natal Rock Oyster, Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Oladimeji Iwalaye UKZN Microplastic ingestion in marine invertebrates: small plastics causing big problems?
Khutso Ramalepe UKZN Spatial and temporal variations of phytoplankton community attributes in relation to water quality in the uMdloti estuary
Godfrey Padare UFH A preliminary assessment of critical thermal maxima of selected species associated with mangrove forests in Mngazana estuary
Ayabulela Mrubata UFH Salinity tolerance of the caridean shrimp Palaemon peringueyi (Caridea: Palaemonidae) in Kariega estuary
Refilwe Mofokeng UKZN Assessment of debris pollution at Durban harbour
Deborah Winterton SANParks Exploring occupancy dynamics of terrestrial vertebrates in the Postberg section of West Coast National Park
Daan Loock Sasol Status of a serval population on a highly industrialised site (Sasol, Secunda) and implications to the conservation of this species
Xander Combrink TUT The value of rapid baseline surveys: documenting unexpected herpetofaunal richness at an industrialised site
Daan Loock Sasol Survey effort and seasonally effects on small mammal diversity and density estimates in a highly modified landscape
Murunwa Nelufule UniVen Comparative analysis of bat communities at two protected areas (Venetia Reserve and Mapungubwe National Park) in the Limpopo Valley
Nozipho Kheswa Ezemvelo Assessing the status of Protea caffra, the host-plant of the endangered endemic Capys penningtoni butterfly
Floristic and environmental characteristics of the Heidelberg opal butterfly (Chrysoritis aureus) habitats on the Witwatersrand and Ventersdorp geological system in Gauteng Rouxdene Deysel GDARD and Mpumalanga
Tonderai Makoni UniVen The role of heritage databases in conservation planning in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve in Limpopo
Joy Khuzwayo SANBI Forensic application of strontium stable isotopes to determine the origin of poached cycads
Rion Lerm SAEON Detecting invasive Smelter’s Bush using a simple UAV system and open source software packages
18h30-20h30 ICEBREAKER & POSTERS Cocktail Function - Orange Tree Room and Surrounds
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TUESDAY, 7 November 2017 SESSION 6 - FERN THEATRE
08h30-10h00 PLENARY TUESDAY PLENARY
Time Speaker Organisation Title
Swedish University of Agricultural 08:30-09:00 Joris Cromsigt KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Conserving Africa's mega-diversity in the Anthropocene: the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park story Sciences
09:00-09:20 Jeanetta Selier South African National Biodiversity Institute An assessment of the potential risks of the practice of intensive and selective breeding of game to biodiversity and the biodiversity economy
South African Hunters and Game 09:20-09:40 Lizanne Nel The "business" of wildlife - requirements for sustainability? Conservation Association
09:40-10:00 Michele Pfab South African National Biodiversity Institute Science into policy: setting evidence based quotas for the hunting of leopard and the export of lion bone
10h00-10h30 TEA SESSION 7 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 8 - CHAPEL SESSION 9 - KARKLOOF
10:30- Special Session: Advancing Ecological Infrastructure Thinking in the 10:30- Special Session: Camera Traps - Standardised Applications for an 10:30- Co-Management 13:00 Context of Integrated Catchment Management 13:00 Invaluable Ecological Research Tool 13:00
Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
Delineation of water resources within the Richard The Biodiversity Economy, Conservation 10:30- UDM timber and sugar sectors: a new 10:30- Camera trapping best practice using 10:30- Tembisa Lechmere- GEF5 Ross Pitman Panthera Ezemvelo and the Transformation Agenda - a baseline dataset for ecological and leopards as a case study Jordaan 10:50 Oertel 10:50 10:50 balancing act or a conundrum? hydrological analysis Exploring alternatives to poaching with Hydrological responses within the timber 10:50- Bruce Scott- 10:50- Tharmalinga Predictors of low leopard populations in 10:50- Samson dogs in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands: the NatureStamp and sugar regions to current and potential Salim Ali COMH EWT Shaw m Ramesh protected areas of Maputaland landscape Phakathi power of community engagement 11:10 delineation and buffering scenarios 11:10 11:10 facilitation
Initial calculations of the socio-economic Where to go and what to do: using simple Unpacking socio-economic challenges to Richard 11:10- costs of various wetland delineation and 11:10- camera trap data to investigate spatial and 11:10- enhance protected area management Lechmere- GEF5 Rion Lerm SAEON Nonhle Mngadi Ezemvelo buffering scenarios within the timber and temporal distributions of large herbivores effectiveness: case study of Ezemvelo 11:30 Oertel 11:30 11:30 sugar sectors across different habitats KZN Wildlife Ongoye Forest Reserves
Camera trapping as a tool for applied Implications of wetland delineation and Multi-stakeholder management of a 11:30- Janet SusFarms2018 / 11:30- Meredith University of management: an overview of statistical 11:30- Kennedy buffering, and potential scenarios of SANBI wetland in the City of Tshwane: the case of Edmonds SASRI Palmer Minnesota techniques to produce accurate abundance Nemutamvuni 11:50 implementation, within the sugar sector 11:50 11:50 Colbyn estimations from survey data
Risk-based policy responses to wetland The application of camera trapping to Collaborative conservation management 11:50- Steven 11:50- Alastair 11:50- Ncami GEF5 deliniation and buffering in the timber Eskom assess Rallidae species richness within Ezemvelo through people and parks: investigating the Germishuizen Campbell Msimang 12:10 sector 12:10 palustrine wetland habitat 12:10 possibility of a paradigm shift
Nesting strategic wetland delineation and Camera-trap data elucidate habitat Richard Wildlife, livelihood and indigenous 12:10- buffering scenarios within the gazetted 12:10- David Ehlers requirements and conservation threats to 12:10- Bahir Dar Lechmere- GEF5 UKZN Eshetu Adamu conservation practices in Guassa CMA Resource Quality Objectives for the Smith an endangered forest specialist, the University 12:30 Oertel 12:30 12:30 Community Protected Area, Ethiopia uMngeni Catchment spotted ground thrush (Zoothera guttata)
Impact of habitat fragmentation and habitat Determining sites suitable for tourism 12:30- 12:30- Manqoba 12:30- Nature and UKZN structure on the occupancy of forest William Olupot development in protected areas: a case of 12:50 12:50 Zungu 12:50 Livelihoods FACILITATED DISCUSSION mammals in eThekwini municipality Mabira Central Forest Reserve 12:50- 12:50- 12:50- DISCUSSION DISCUSSION 13:00 13:00 13:00 13h00-14h00 LUNCH
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TUESDAY, 7 November 2017 SESSION 10 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 11 - CHAPEL SESSION 12 - KARKLOOF
14:00- Special Session: Advancing Ecological Infrastructure Thinking in the 14:00- Special Session: Camera Traps - Standardised Applications for an 14:00- Estuaries 16:00 Context of Integrated Catchment Management 15:30 Invaluable Ecological Research Tool 16:00
Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
The impact of waste water on the Predators and anthropogenic disturbance 14:00- Matome Catchment management forums: 14:00- Yvette Ehlers 14:00- Cameron functioning of an urban estuary: an DWS UKZN influence spatio-temporal distribution of eThekwini Mahasha decentralised land-water use Smith McLean ecological timeline and assessment of 14:20 14:20 forest antelope species 14:20 management interventions
A conceptual framework towards more Response of crested guinea-fowl (Guttera Application of relative risk model for 14:20- Pfananani holistic freshwater conservation planning 14:20- Mfundo edouardi), a forest specialist, to spatial 14:20- UniVen UKZN Madonna Vezi UKZN evaluation of ecological risk in selected Ramulifho through incorporation of stream Maseko variation in land use in iSimangaliso 14:40 14:40 14:40 river dominated estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal connectivity and thermal vulnerability Wetland Park
Camera-trap surveys indicate seasonal 14:40- Hydro-solidarity: catchment collaboration 14:40- David Ehlers differences in habitat requirements of 14:40- Clawing back the IBA status of the uMvoti Nicky McLeod ERS UKZN Sarah Stalberg MER 15:00 for socio-ecological sustenance 15:00 Smith lemon doves (Aplopelia larvata) in the 15:00 Estuary Indian Ocean Coastal Belt Forest
Collaborative governance for ecological SPEED PRESENTATIONS (7 mins each with 10 min total discussion): 15:00- 15:00- 15:00- Liezl le Roux Living Lands infrastructure: a top-guided, bottom-based • The impact of traditional fish traps on the beta diversity and sediment 15:20 approach 15:20 15:20 dynamics of the Kosi Bay system, Amy Shurety, UKZN WORKSHOP: • Bacterial population dynamics associated with traditional fish traps within • Guidelines/considerations for survey design and implementation Kosi Bay, Travis Kunnen, UKZN • Metadata recording guidelines Towards an understanding of the value of • Spatio-temporal distribution of the macrozoobenthic fauna of Bushmans and • Data archiving options and solutions, including dealing with sensitive 15:20- Thembeka information systems in supporting social 15:20- 15:20- Kariega estuaries, Thabisa Mavubengwana, UFH UKZN species data 15:40 Mhlongo learning in a multi-stakeholder engaged 15:40 15:40 • Potential effects of altered salinity on the respiration of fiddler crabs (Uca) in • Equipment security water resource management processes Mngazana estuary, Lukhanyiso Vumazonke, UFH Desired outputs: • Ontogeny of salinity tolerance of the marsh crab,Parasesarma catenatum • Technical guideline document in relation to different objectives (Brachyura: Sesarmidae), in Mngazana estuary, Asandiswa Nonyukela, UFH • Publication on camera trap metadata and data archiving minimum Identifying critical source areas and • Comparative assessment of the prawn community of ellgrass and mangrove 15:40- Nantale 15:40- standards 15:40- UKZN transport pathways of diffuse pollution in habitat in the Mhlathuze estuary, Mary Manukuza, UniZul Nsibirwa 16:00 the uMngeni catchment 16:00 16:00 • The accumulation of lead and manganese and their effects on the osmoregulation of Chiromantes eulimene, Siyabongo Nkomo, UniZul
16h00 - 16h30 TEA
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TUESDAY, 7 November 2017 SESSION 13 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 14 - CHAPEL SESSION 15 - KARKLOOF
16:30- Special Session: Advancing Ecological Infrastructure Thinking in the 16:30- 16:30- Alien species Legal and policy 18:00 Context of Integrated Catchment Management 18:00 18:00
Time Speaker Org. Title Title Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
International law and lions (Panthera leo): Using the ecological infrastructure understanding and improving the 16:30- approach to secure water supply in a 16:30- Collette iSimangaliso Wetland Park Invasive 16:30- Arie Tilburg Pearl Gola SANBI Colterra contribution of wildlife treaties to the catchment: lessons from the uMngeni Terblanche Species Strategy and Control Plan Trouwburst University 16:50 16:50 16:50 conservation and sustainable use of an catchment iconic carnivore
Early detection, rapid response and Reintroduction of species: a legal 16:50- 16:50- Samkelo 16:50- Tilburg Ezemvelo practical work on famine weed (Parthenium Floor Fleurke assessment of desirability, duties, and Moloi University 17:10 17:10 hysterophorus) 17:10 implications
The Convention on Migratory Species' Assessing and prioritising corridors in 17:10- 17:10- Georgina 17:10- Tilburg contribution to the conservation and UP Mpumalanga for the management of alien Melissa Lewis Wilson University sustainable use of lions and other African 17:30 17:30 plants 17:30 FACILITATED DISCUSSION large carnivores The unseen invasion: the role of 17:30- 17:30- Tonna 17:30- Tilburg Technologies in environmental policy: a UP phylogeographic analysis in conservation Han Somsen Mojekwu University normative typology 17:50 17:50 of Mozambique tilapia 17:50
Detection and response to a new alien Who owns and is responsible for the 17:50- 17:50- 17:50- Andy Sharon Louw Ezemvelo plant invader (Elephantopus mollis) in Ezemvelo elephant in the room? Management plans Blackmore 18:10 18:10 Ongoye Forest Reserve 18:10 for free-roaming elephant in South Africa
TUESDAY EVENING FUNCTION Conserving Africa’s Mega-Diversity in the Anthopocene BOOK LAUNCH 18h30-21h00 Joris Cromsigt FERN THEATRE & ORANGE TREE ROOM Traditional Braai and Cash Bar
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WEDNESDAY, 8 November 2017 SESSION 16 - FERN THEATRE
08h30-10h00 PLENARY WEDNESDAY PLENARY
Time Speaker Organisation Title
Samantha de 08:30-08:50 Smith, Ndlovu & Summers Attorneys How protected are our protected areas? Villiers
08:50-09:10 Jennifer Olbers Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Offshore oil and gas exploration: an up-and-coming threat to KwaZulu-Natal marine conservation?
09:10-09:30 Hayley McLellan Two Oceans Aquarium Rethink the Bag
09:30-09:50 TBC TBC TBC
09:50-10:00 DISCUSSION
10:00-10:30 TEA SESSION 17 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 18 - CHAPEL SESSION 19 - KARKLOOF 10:30- 10:30- 10:30- Ecosystem management Microplastics Monitoring 13:00 13:00 13:00
Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
Impacts of livestock grazing intensity on Deborah 10:30- 11:00- A semi-decadal overview of marine plastic 11:00- Conservation Is biodiversity in South African protected Thami Shezi SAEON plant diversity in species-rich montane Robertson- UKZN Pete Goodman research in KwaZulu-Natal: quo vadis? Solutions areas being conserved? 10:50 grassland, northern Drakensberg 11:20 Andersson 11:20
The value of rehabilitation: monitoring 65 More than just food: mussels as 10:50- Petros 11:20- Gemma 11:20- Lize Joubert- Development of a robust, easy-to-use Ezemvelo years of veld recovery at Weenen Nature UKZN biomonitors of microplastic pollution in the SUN Ngwenya Gerber van der Merwe biodiversity index for mesic grasslands 11:10 Reserve (1948 - 2013) 11:40 KwaZulu-Natal coastal environment 11:40
Using bush-clearing as a tool to improve Climate change and microplastics: serious Establishing a National Monitoring and 11:10- Tony 11:40- 11:40- SAEON the sustainability of community-owned Gan Moodley UKZN conservation threats for the brown mussel, Andrew Whitley Wildlands Evaluation Framework for Swemmer 11:30 nature reserve in Limpopo province 12:00 Perna perna (L.)? 12:00 restoration/rehabilitation projects
Conserving ecological and evolutionary Population structure, demography, and 11:30- Gideon de processes in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer 12:00- Mathew 12:00- social dynamics of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park UP UKZN Microplastics make fish anally retentive Dave Druce Ezemvelo 11:50 Jager caffer) and common eland (Tragelaphus 12:20 Coote 12:20 elephants 35 years after reintroduction as oryx) juveniles Delineating potentially threatened Preliminary results showing the effect of The endangered Karkloof blue butterfly 11:50- Samantha evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) in the 12:20- Refilwe microplastics on the survival of the 12:20- UP UKZN Sharon Louw Ezemvelo (Orachrysops ariadne) - flying high at Mynhardt absence of a sound taxonomy for golden Mofokeng amphipod, Grandidierella lognorum, 12:10 12:40 12:40 Nkandla moles following a 10 day exposure Recreational SCUBA diver and ragged- Conservation implications of microplastic 12:10- The effectiveness of a small Marine 12:40- Wesley 12:40- Rigardt tooth shark (Carcharias taurus Rafinesque Gareth Naylor UKZN UKZN fibre uptake in the caridean shrimp UKZN Protected Area in Nuarro, Mozambique Dalton Hoffman 1810) interactions on the south-eastern 12:30 13:00 Palaemon peringueyi (Stebbing, 1915) 13:00 coast of South Africa
POSTER PRESENTATIONS (5 mins each with 15 min total discussion): Densities, value and population trends of 12:30- Impacts of SCUBA diver activity on the 12:30- 12:30- Sam Hofmeyr UKZN • The effect of varying concentrations of microplastic fragments on the Steve McKean Ezemvelo priority grassland medicinal plants in some coral reefs of Sodwana Bay, South Africa 12:50 12:50 filtration rate and ingestion of microplastics in Perna perna (L.) in relation to 12:50 KwaZulu-Natal Midlands protected areas conservation practices, Merissa Naidoo, UKZN •Uptake of microplastic fibres in the Natal Rock Oyster, Saccostrea 12:50- 12:50- cuccullata (Born, 1778), Nikita van Schoor, UKZN 12:50- DISCUSSION DISCUSSION 13:00 13:00 • Microplastic ingestion in marine invertebrates: small plastics causing big 13:00 problems? Oladimeji Iwalaye, UKZN
13h00-14h00 LUNCH
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WEDNESDAY, 8 November 2017 MID-SYMPOSIUM TOURS & WORKSHOPS MEET AT FERN HILL FRONT ENTRANCE SESSION 20 - CHAPEL SESSION 21 - KARKLOOF 14h00-17h30 MID-SYMPOSIUM TOURS OCCUPANCY MODELLING WORKSHOP FUNDRAISING WORKSHOP
Umgeni Valley Walk (limited to 22 delegates) The training workshop will focus on Occupancy Modelling. It will be run by Drs. Riddhika Kalle and T. Ramesh from the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, India. This workshop looks at how to design and develop projects in Conservation Mandela Capture Site The workshop is aimed at beginners and will cover the basic methods for modelling organisations that will increase its attractiveness to a diverse range of species occurrence using simple presence/absence data. We will focus on the funders. The workshop explores project design and development guidelines, practical use of field data in the freely available program, PRESENCE. The workshop a overview of types of funding that can be attracted and employed for Midlands Local Breweries and Vineyard (limited to 12 delegates) will begin with a lecture followed by practical exercises on how to estimate species environmental conservation outcomes and guidelines on accessing these occupancy and detection probability using program PRESENCE taking real field data, funding sources. followed by the selection of appropriate models, and interpreting results. We will focus only on the basic occupancy model i.e single-season model and demonstrate how to The workshop will be run by Augustine Morkel, the Executive Manager Impendle Wildflowers and Blue Swallows (limited to 30 delegates) analyze detection/non-detection data to determine occupancy and detection Operations for WWF SA and the Trust Manager for the WWF Nedbank probability. We will then model the impact of environmental parameters on species Green Trust, who has an MBA degree and a B.Tech:Nature Conservation detection and occupancy. By the end of the training workshop, participants will be degree with 19 years experience in the Environmental Conservation sector of Raptor Flight Display and Bearded Vulture Breeding Programme comfortable in identifying their scientific questions applicable to this technique. South Africa. Participants will be able to analyze their own data sets from point counts, camera-trap surveys, transects, trail walks, call counts and many more in an occupancy modelling Delegates should sign up for this workshop via email to Wattled Crane Recovery Programme (limited to 15 delegates) framework. [email protected], and are encouraged to bring current projects and proposals to the workshop. Places will be limited to 25 delegates, and only those that submit motivations will be considered for inclusion. Delegates will need to bring their own laptops and data, and Self-Drive Midlands Meander should consult the reading list on the webiste beforehand.
WEDNESDAY EVENING FUNCTION "Unearthed. The deeper the dig, the darker the secrets" by Jolynn Minnaar with introduction by Jolynn Minnaar MOVIE NIGHT 18h30-21h00 Introduction to the Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress: Noel Kock FERN THEATRE & ORANGE TREE ROOM Popcorn and Pizza
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THURSDAY, 9 November 2017 SESSION 22 - FERN THEATRE
08h30-10h30 PLENARY THURSDAY PLENARY
Chair
Time Speaker Organisation Title
James 08:30-09:00 The Nature Conservancy KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Building a collaborative national reserve system from public, private and indigenous lands: lessons from Australia Fitzsimons
09:00-09:20 Scotty Kyle Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Conservation in Maputaland: facts, fallacies and the future (1980 to 2017)
Harriet Davies- 09:20-09:40 Endagered Wildlife Trust Status of road ecology research in Africa: what more do we need to know? Mostert
09:40-10:00 Peter Taylor University of Venda Ecosystem services provided by bats in macadamia orchards in South Africa
10:00-10:20 TBC TBC TBC
10:20-10:30 DISCUSSION
10h30-11h00 TEA SESSION 23 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 24 - CHAPEL SESSION 25 - KARKLOOF 11:00- Special Session: Innovative Financing and Policy Mechanisms to 11:00- 11:00- Special Session: Contributing to the National Plant Conservation Special Session: Drones in Conservation 13:00 Secure Protected Areas 13:00 13:00 Strategy
Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
11:00- Conservation 11:00- Exploring the use of drones for 11:00- Vathiswa Towards meeting the goals of the National Kevin McCann Conservation finance for protected areas Debbie Jewitt Ezemvelo SANBI 11:20 Outcomes 11:20 conservation monitoring 11:20 Zikishe Plant Conservation Strategy Unlimited Application Vehicle: an South Africa’s Strategy for Plant 11:20- Biodiversity offsets as a mechanism to 11:20- Camille investigation of the value of UAVs as a 11:20- Hlengiwe Conservation Target 2: an up-to-date David Cox INR UKZN SANBI 11:40 support biodiversity stewardship sites 11:40 Fritsch monitoring tool for a variety of species in 11:40 Mtshali assessment of the conservation status of KwaZulu-Natal all South African species
11:40- Tracey BIOFIN - addressing the biodiversity 11:40- The application of UAV imagery for 11:40- Zaitoon The Botanical Society supporting National DEA Marinus Boon Kite Imagery BotSoc 12:00 Cumming finance challenge 12:00 environmental planning and monitoring 12:00 Rabaney Plant Conservation Initiatives Revolving funds and the permanence of 12:00- 12:00- Mattheuns A remotely piloted aircraft system for 12:00- Surveying threatened plants in central Matt Hardy RMIT University conservation easements – the Australian EWT Renira Boohraj SANBI Pretorius marking Eskom power lines KwaZulu-Natal 12:20 experience 12:20 12:20 Information-rich photographic surveying Aerial 12:20- Candice Private protected areas - long-term 12:20- and monitoring of protected areas with a 12:20- Ex-situ conservation of three threatened BirdLife Wynand Uys Photogrammetry Lyle Ground eThekwini Stevens sustainability light fixed wing aircraft using affordable plant species 12:40 12:40 and Mapping 12:40 equipment and software
Management of green/open spaces in 12:40- Greg Conservation 12:40- 12:40- eThekwini municipality: a case study Protected areas and the wildlife economy DISCUSSION Bongani Zungu eThekwini 13:00 Martindale Outcomes 13:00 13:00 involving the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers
13h00-14h00 LUNCH
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THURSDAY, 9 November 2017 SESSION 26 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 27 - CHAPEL SESSION 28 - KARKLOOF
14:00- Special Session: Innovative Financing and Policy Mechanisms to 14:00- Special Session: Transfrontier Conservation Areas - Catalysts for 14:00- Land-use plannning 15:30 Secure Protected Areas 15:40 Enhancing Conservation and Socio-Economic Development 15:40
Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
The role of municipal land use planning in The Table Mountain Fund's contribution An overview of the TFCAs in South and 14:00- 14:00- Willeen 14:00- biodiversity conservation in an Kerry Maree TMF towards implementing the Western Cape DEA southern Africa, and the major projects and Richard Boon eThekwini Olivier environmentally significant and contested 14:20 Protected Area Expansion 14:20 role-players involved 14:20 landscape
Bringing down fences or building walls: 14:20- The Gauteng Biodiversity Stewardship 14:20- Roelie 14:20- Natasha The history and development of open Emily Taylor EWT Wildlands borderland dynamics and the prospects of eThekwini Programme - update on progress Kloppers Govender space planning in Durban 14:40 14:40 a Lubombo Transfrontier Park 14:40
The Awelani Project: developing eco- Forest habitats in a mixed urban- 14:40- Jayshree Spatial planning in protected areas and 14:40- Rudzani 14:40- Yvette Ehlers NMMU DEA tourism and the wildlife economy on UKZN agriculture mosaic landscape: patterns of Givender their buffers Mudau Smith 15:00 15:00 communal land 15:00 mammal occupancy
Planning for persistence in the face of anthropogenic threats and environmental The implementation of the Biodiversity 15:00- Water pricing and investment in catchment 15:00- 15:00- change: novel insights from phylogenetics Duncan Hay INR Sonja Krueger Ezemvelo Management Plan for Bearded Vulture in Sarita Maree UP management: what are the options? and phylogeography enable more effective 15:20 15:20 the Maloti-Drakensberg Park TFCA 15:20 conservation of Africa’s endemic golden moles (Chrysochloridae) Do phylogenetic biodiversity metrics The role that Boundless Southern Africa provide additional information for 15:20- 15:20- Roland plays in implementing cross-border events 15:20- Michelle DISCUSSION DEA WITS conservation? A study in southern Africa Vorwerk in the TFCAs and the impact that they have Mahove 15:30 15:40 15:40 using Helichrysum (Asteraceae, on communities Gnaphalieae)
15h30-16h00 TEA
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THURSDAY, 9 November 2017 SESSION 29 - FERN THEATRE SESSION 30 - CHAPEL SESSION 31 - KARKLOOF 16:00- 16:00- 16:00- Special Session: Coastal Forest Conservation Threatened species Land-use plannning 17:40 17:40 17:40
Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title Time Speaker Org. Title
The response of bird assemblages to An analysis of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Vegetation type is the best predictor of 16:00- fragmentation reveals conservation 16:00- home range and habitat preference and the 16:00- Colin Pieter Olivier UP Taryn Gilroy Wildlife ACT UniVen epigaeic spider and beetle richness and strategies for coastal forests in a human- potential influence of competitors on their Schoeman 16:20 16:20 16:20 composition in an African savanna modified landscape mosaic movements in the Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park
The effects of habitat-patch size and patch Predicting suitable habitats for the A biodiversity assessment of Chaka's Rock 16:20- Mfundo 16:20- Riddhika 16:20- Samantha UKZN isolation on the diversity of forest birds in Salim Ali COMH reintroduction of red-billed oxpeckers in UKZN and surrounds: should special Maseko Kalle Infante 16:40 Durban 16:40 South Africa 16:40 management be implemented?
Indian Ocean Coastal Thicket is of high Zooplankton biodiversity in relation to conservation value for preserving Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) and 16:40- David Ehlers 16:40- Noziho Modelling the distribution of the blue 16:40- UKZN taxonomic and functional diversity of forest- Ezemvelo Zodidi Gwayise UKZN Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) on the Smith Mkhabela swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea 17:00 dependent bird communities in a 17:00 17:00 KwaZulu-Natal coast: implications for landscape of restricted forest availability conservation planning
How to convert evidence of a net loss of The importance of microhabitat structure in humpback dolphins into conservation Bianca 17:00- Yvette Ehlers 17:00- Shanan 17:00- The case for redefining the boundaries of UKZN maintaining forest mammal diversity in a WITS action? Halting humpback dolphin bycatch McKelvey MER Smith Atkins the Amatikulu Nature Reserve 17:20 mixed land-use mosaic 17:20 using the Human-Wildlife Conflict 17:20 Morgan framework The Maloti minnow, Pseudobarbus Spider diversity within the agricultural 17:20- Sibongiseni Ant diversity and composition in reforested 17:20- Skhumbuzo 17:20- UKZN Ezemvelo quathlambae (Barnard, 1938), is not extinct Jurie Theron SUN mosaic of the Cape Floristic Region: Xolo landscape of Buffelsdraai landfill Kubheka 17:40 17:40 in South Africa 17:40 landscape context and edge effects Assessing and documenting the cultural Kenya Marine Assessing the links between anthropogenic 17:40- 17:40- Zwelakhe use of sungazers, Smaug giganteus, by 17:40- SET UP FOR GALA DINNER SANBI James Emuria and Fisheries pollution, marine biodiversity and Zondi traditional healers within the species 18:00 18:00 18:00 Institute livelihoods, Mombasa, Kenya distribution range THURSDAY EVENING FUNCTION - FERN THEATRE Master of Ceremonies TBC Guest Speaker Gcina Mhlophe 18h30-22h00 SYMPOSIUM DINNER Music TBC Presentation of Premiers' KZN Student Award
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FRIDAY, 10 November 2017 SESSION 32 - FERN THEATRE
09h00-11h40 PLENARY Hot Topic: Rhino Conservation Update - Ensuring the Long-Term Survival of Rhinos
Time Speaker Organisation Title
09:00-09:20 Peter Goodman Conservation Solutions Population status, performance and trend of rhino populations in KwaZulu-Natal
09:20-09:40 Cedric Coetzee Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife KwaZulu-Natal rhino crime
09:40-10:00 Chris Barichievy Zoological Society of London Do armed field-rangers deter rhino poachers? An empirical analysis
10:00-10:20 Magdel Boshoff Department of Environmental Affairs Domestic rhino horn legislation
10:20-10:40 Pelham Jones Private Rhino Owners Association Legal trade in rhino horn and how it will bring benefit to rhino conservation
10:40-11:00 Chris Barichievy Zoological Society of London Rhino Impact Investment Project: developing innovative funding mechanisms for conservation
11:00-11:30 DISCUSSION
11:30-12:00 TEA SESSION 33 - FERN THEATRE
12h00-13h00 PLENARY CLOSING SESSION AND AWARDS CEREMONY
Time Speaker Organisation Title
12:00-12:30 TBC TBC Awards ceremony
12:30-13:00 TBC TBC Closing remarks and thanks
13h00-14h00 LUNCH
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