My name is Phumzile Queeneth Tufour from South Africa based in Cape Town, i am a monozygotic twin. i am a Nature Conservationist by profession currently working at Table Mountain Nation Park as an Environmental Monitor. i am very passionate about nature and its beauty, i love reading, travelling and spending time with my family. am an individual whose always willing to learn new things, i love exploring.
what motivates and inspires me everyday is my one and only daughter and my job. doing what am passionate with meeting deadlines, targets and achieving my goals. learning new things everyday, coming up with creative ideas to improve something, or make something new that inspires me. i enjoy helping people, putting a smile on their faces. i am individual that enjoys my own space but very accommodative as well. i believe in respect and hardworking as once a wise man said i quote," tomorrow will be just like yesterday if you don’t do something today". this is what inspires me to grab this opportunity of learning about QGIS, i found it very exciting first time learning about ArcGIS while i was doing my practical as a student in one of the reserves in Gauteng. believe i can utilize this skill to better my career.
My name is Kabelo Duiker and i must say i am excited to learn about QGIS. I completed my studies in BSc Geology then went on to do BSc Limnology as my 2nd degree, and currently just about to complete my MSc in Groundwater studies. By the way , I am from Bloemfontein, South Africa .
I`m Thanisha Kumar from Malaysia. I have completed my BSc in Animal Resource Science and Management and now continuing my MSc in Herpetology. For my masters I will be working on the latitudinal and geographical comparison of selected life history attributes in Skinks in Malaysia. Well, my motive is to understand the ecology of the skink species in various range of latitudes. In my research, data such as, thermoregulation preferences, movement, home range of the skink are needed. Therefore, this is a wonderful opportunity for me to learn QGIS to improve my knowledge, skills in the conversation field.
I am really looking forward to joining everyone on this journey.
Hi, everyone I am Merciah from South Africa. I studied GIS and remote sensing as a module,throughout my internships I have been applying GIS to produce Species distribution maps. I am looking forward to enhance my GIS skills
Hi, I am Kate Evans and I am Founder & Director of Elephants for Africa a charity and NGO studying male African savannah elephants in Botswana, trying to understand their social and ecological needs alongside those of the communities that border the Makgadikgadki Pans, National Park. Whilst I love what I do and the impact we are having, more and more of my work is administration and I would like to readjust things to be able to get back to science (I am a trained Zoologist) - I used GIS for my PhD but do not feel confident in tackling mapping at the moment, as things have moved on so much, so I look forward to taking a small step back into the science I love with this course.
Hi everyone
Im Nosiviwe Mnyaka from South Africa, I hold MSc in geography from University of South Africa . I dont have any background in GIS and i am here to learn new GIS skills
wow Botswana is such a great place to be for social study of the elephants, i would really like to visit that side one day especially at Kalahari Desert just to do few research studies on rodents family.
Hi all, I’m an MSc Marine Biology student at the dept. of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at UWC in Cape Town. I have done Biodiversity Information Management during my Hons and I have joined this course to refresh on my GIS skills.
My name is Sicelo and I have done fieldwork on the diversity of spiders mostly in protected areas within Zimbabwe. I am looking forward to enriching my skills in GIS.
I’m Becca, I’m a PhD student based in Cardiff studying the diet and parasite infection of the European turtle dove. My PhD has been very molecular work based, so I haven’t had much experience in QGIS. As I’m coming to the end of my PhD, I want to improve my mapping skills which I can take forward into my other role with the White Stork Project, and future positions.
Hello everyone,
This is Vanishree Naik from India, I am a graduate in Zoology and have also been an intern with WCS- India. Nice to know you all, looking forward to a great learning experience.
Hey. My name is Chief Tsholofelo, working for the Department of Wildlife & National Parks in Botswana. I am currently based in the part of Botswana in a place called Maun. I am the head of Research & Statistics for the Ngamiland Region. As a new comer in GIS I am will to learn a lot in order to be able to produce hot spot maps for Problem Animal Species.
My name is Annie, I’m American but have lived and worked in South Africa for 6 years now. I began my MSc in Resource Conservation Biology at the University of Witswatersrand in April. I’m going to be investigating the movement of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus around the western boundary of Kruger National Park, with particular emphasis on the impact of lion densities in neighbouring private reserves (APNR). I’m taking this course because I’ve only a basic understanding of GIS and know this will be essential to my work!
Hello, I am Kata Szitár from Vácrátót, Hungary. I am a post doc researcher at the Centre for Ecological Research. I work in the field of national green infrastructure planning, urban and restoration ecology. I have a little experience with QGIS and look forward to learn a lot here.
Best wishes,
Kata
My name is Precious Moyo (Mr), because of the name I know many people assume I am female but I am male!! I am Zimbabwean and work for an International NGO that is into Food Security and Livelihoods. I am employed as a MEL Officer, and find myself handling spatial data which I sometimes struggle to report hence my desire to acquire QGIS skills. I hope this course will open this door wider.
Hi Everyone! I’m Cassie. I’m an environmental educator turned middle school science teacher currently based in Florida, USA. My BSc is in Animal Behavior Training and Enrichment and I am currently studying for my MAT in Biological Sciences. I am looking to break into the conservation field and have volunteered with APE Malaysia to help improve the quality of care in Malaysia zoos and rescue centers, as well as replant rainforest in Sabah. I was first introduced to GIS through the Endangered Species Recovery course with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Academy, and I’m excited to dive deeper!
Hi Patience. We used to talk a lot about the Mabula Groud Hornbill Project when I worked at the Palm Beach Zoo. We had a Southern Ground-hornbill named, Darla. She was a great ambassador for the species and inspired a lot of people to donate to the project. I’m excited to be learning with you in this course.