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Particular qualifications to be a Regional Councillor:
I believe that I will bring a unique combination of experience to this position, having served on the Board of KCS, Botswana’s oldest environmental NGO for over twenty five (25) years, been at the cutting edge as a senior government officer for nine (9) years and lastly as the CEO of KCS 2017 to 2019. I have worked with IUCN since the early 1990’s, initially as a member of the Botswana IUCN Committee and then as their Chairperson and as a representative on the Regional Advisory Council to the Regional Director, at that time based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Since 2017, I have held the position of Chairperson of IUCN Botswana and am a member of the Regional Committee. In my professional life, I have had a close working relationship with IUCN and its bodies, through my position of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Botswana.

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Experience in fields of concern to IUCN:

In 2014, I led Botswana’s delegation of officials in the preparation of the first Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) conference in London. Over the same period we negotiated the re-introduction of both black and white rhinoceros to Botswana and through the start of the recent escalation of poaching in the region, I helped draft the terms of establishment and operation for the Wildlife Enforcement Network of Southern Africa (WENSA), which has now been overtaken by events. I have also been closely involved with the establishment of several Community Based Natural Resource Management Trusts (CBNRM’s), including the long-established Nata Bird Sanctuary (1994), Etsha Craft and Basket making trust in the Delta and others mainly dealing with non-wildlife Natural Resources, here in Botswana. Currently I serve as a Board member and the Environmental Chairperson of the Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) and a member of the Business Botswana (BB) (Botswana’s Chamber of Commerce), Environmental Committee.

Acceptance of Nomination
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Manifesto
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