Dr. Keoikantse Sianga
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Natural Resources
Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources (WAR)
Biography
PhD topic: Vegetation heterogeneity and its effects on large herbivores in the Savuti-Mababe-Linyanti ecosystem (SMLE), northern Botswana.
Degrees
- PhD in Natural Resources Management (Herbivore and Plant Ecology). The University of Botswana-Okavango Research Institute, Botswana (2018).
- Mphil in Natural Resources Management (Wildlife Ecology). The University of Botswana-Okavango Research Institute, Botswana (2013).
- BSC in Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology (Major), Applied Statistics (Minor). Murdoch University, Western Australia (2010).
- Wildlife Ecology and Management.
- Freshwater and Wetlands Systems Management.
- Sustainable Wildlife Utilisation.
- Seasonal migrations of wildlife in response to climate variability.
- Wildlife Ecology and management.
- Modern tools for human-wildlife coexistence.
- The effects of vegetation heterogeneity on wildlife habitat use and selection.
- Principal Investigator Technical- Botswana National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) Project. Funded by United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCMC, 2022). For a period of 4 years (2022-2027).
- Team Member- Pedagogics of biodiversity and environmental sustainability. Funded by Team Finland Knowledge programme (2022).
- Co-Investigator. The ecology of savanna elephants in their newfound habitat, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana. Funded by Conservation Trust Fund. Project is running from 2023-2025.
