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Biography

Following two decades in formal conservation in South Africa I consult on a freelance basis in conservation ecology. My formal conservation experience focused on using science to guide conservation management decision making. I have a master’s degree in forest ecology and a PhD in savanna ecology and am a longstanding member of the IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group and the African Elephant Specialist Group as well as the SADC Rhino Management Group which I currently chair. My email is environ1@mweb.co.za.

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Employment (1)

Nelson Mandela University: Gqeberha, ZA

(Zoology Department)
Employment
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Dave Balfour

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Cape Town Faculty of Science: Rondebosch, ZA

PhD (Ecology)
Education
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Dave Balfour

Works (7)

Survey-based inference of continental African elephant decline

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-11-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403816121
Contributors: Charles T. T. Edwards; Kathleen S. Gobush; Fiona Maisels; Dave Balfour; Russell Taylor; George Wittemyer
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African Rhino Specialist Group Chair report/Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d'Afrique

Pachyderm
2024-11-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.69649/pachyderm.v65i.1311
Contributors: Dave Balfour; Keitumetse Makoma; Sam M Ferreira
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Shepherding is not a shot in the dark: evidence of low predation losses from the Northern Cape province of South Africa

African Journal of Range & Forage Science
2023-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2022.2156610
Contributors: Heidi-Jayne Hawkins; Liaan Minnie; HN (Walter) van Niekerk; HO de Waal; Dave Balfour; Graham IH Kerley
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Private rhino conservation: Diverse strategies adopted in response to the poaching crisis

Conservation Letters
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12741
Contributors: Hayley S. Clements; Mike Knight; Pelham Jones; Dave Balfour
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A Theory of Change to grow numbers of African rhino at a conservation site

Conservation Science and Practice
2019-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.40
Contributors: Dave Balfour; Chris Barichievy; Chris Gordon; Rob Brett
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Management of African elephant populations in small fenced areas: Current practices, constraints and recommendations

Bothalia
2018-11-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/abc.v48i2.2414
Contributors: S.A. Jeanetta Selier; Rob Slotow; Dave Balfour
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Sustainable rhino horn production at the pointy end of the rhino horn trade debate

Biological Conservation
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.004
Contributors: Andrew Taylor; Dave Balfour; Diane Kirsty Brebner; Rynette Coetzee; Harriet Davies-Mostert; Peter A. Lindsey; Jo Shaw; Michael 't Sas-Rolfes
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Fire ecology. (1)
Review activity for Global ecology and conservation. (1)
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