Piet van Deventer Piet van Deventer is an environmental earth scientist (soil science and geology) and terrain analyst at the NWU Piet van Deventer is

Dr Mariam Akhtar-Schuster Dr Mariam Akhtar-Schuster is a geographer and currently the senior scientific advisor and coordinator of the German IPBES coordination office at the

Dr Graham von Maltitz Dr Graham von Maltitz is a systems ecologist and rural development specialist at the CSIR with a focus on resource ecology

Prof Hendri Coetzee Prof Hendri Coetzee is an environmental social scientist that specialises in community-based research and interventions (e.g. projects/programmes) in the southern Africa context.

Prof Dr Sarel Cilliers Prof. Sarel Cilliers’ field of study is urban ecology and along with Prof Klaus Kellner is employed at the North West

Prof Dr Kerstin Wiegand Dr. Kerstin Wiegand is a professor of Ecosystem Modelling, at the University of Goettingen, Germany and one of the principle investigators

Bastian Hess Bastian Hess is an ecological modeller from the University of Göttingen, Germany and is involved in the IDESSA program Bastian Hess is an

Dr Andre F van Rooyen Dr André F van Rooyen is one of the principle scientists at ICRISAT’s Bulawayo, Zimbabwe office and is a regular

Pierre & Lafras Bruwer Mr Pierre Bruwer & Mr Lafras Bruwer farms in the Vryburg area and provides access to their farm for research in

Tiro Mongwaketsi Mr Tiro Mongwaketsi is one of the several farmers participating in the IDESSA program, he provides access to his farm in Ganyesa, North

Jaco Fouche Previously : Jaco Fouche was working on the C4 Ecosolutions Project with Prof Klaus Kellner

Dr. Helga van Coller I am currently appointed as a research assistant under the Land degradation, Desertification and Restoration research group at the North-West University,