Agrobiodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge and Protected Area Management in the Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Year

Location

Client

Position held

Role

January 2018- present

Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica

Jamaica -  South Africa Joint Scientific And Technological Cooperation/ Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust

Lead Researcher

Working with a team of researchers to assess the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) of the Windward Maroons of the Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica and the indigenous peoples of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa as it relates to protected area management and biodiversity conservation for both and farming and hunting/ gathering practices for the former to improve conservation particularly in light of climate change and to address issues of marginalisation