Staff, Students & Associates

Conservation Biology Masters Students (2011/12)

Lovelater Sebele

Email: lovelater.sebele@uct.ac.za

Lovelater was born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She completed her BSc Honours degree in Forest Resources and Wildlife Management at the National University of Science and Technology in her home country. During her first degree she did her industrial attachment at a rehabilitation centre the African Birds of Prey Sanctuary, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. After completing her degree she worked as a biology teacher and was involved in facilitating science projects conducted in conjunction with the Communal Area Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE). She is a trained facilitator for such projects which aim to bring awareness of natural resources and the need to conserve them. Lovelater is passionate about the conservation of African forests and their inhabitants. She believes in educating people about the consequences of their everyday actions on natural resources as a way of improving conservation. She aims at finding ways of linking biodiversity conservation and economic growth. Besides studying, she enjoys travelling and meeting people from different cultures.

Mini-thesis

The influence of climate, age and experience on the productivity of a winter breeding bird (Supervisor: Dr Arjun Amar).