Fundisile Mketeni New SANParks CEO

[Toko]

https://www.sanparks.org/about/news/def ... p?id=56606


Media Release: SANParks Head Elected onto United Nations Conservation Body

Date: 2016-02-29


The Chief Executive Officer of South African National Parks (SANParks), Fundisile Mketeni, has been elected to serve a second term as a Bureau member, representing African countries, of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

In responding to his election, Mketeni said the involvement of Africa in this vital global network “will assist our conservation scientists within the continent to interact with globally acclaimed scientists from other areas, while ensuring the full use of national, sub-regional and regional scientific knowledge and expertise in our respective protected areas.”

He said through this platform key collaborations will be established on biodiversity and ecosystems. “This will ensure credibility, relevance and legitimacy through peer review of scientific work, while also avoiding duplication in various research programs embarked upon – collaboration is the key to excellence in our work in this regard.”

According to Mketeni, there are over a thousand scientists from all over the world who are currently contributing to the work of IPBES on a voluntary basis. “It is for this reason that our country and parts of the continent now struggling with the effects of drought will be able to learn from our peers elsewhere and also share knowledge on our management principles of our protected areas in general.”

This important nomination was made at the IPBES session held from 22 to 28 February 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mketeni’s election, together with the African representative from Ghana, was unanimously supported by delegates from African countries present at the conference, and together they will be serving with other esteemed members from Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Latin American and Western Europe.

IPBES is placed under the auspices of four United Nations entities: UNEP, UNESCO, FAO and UNDP and administered by UNEP. IPBES strives to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development.

Issued by:
South African National Parks (SANParks) Corporate Communications
Tel: 012 426 5170

Media Enquiries:
Reynold Thakhuli
SANParks: Acting Head of Communications
Tel: 012 426 5170; cell: 073 373 4999
E-mail: rey.thakhuli@sanparks.org

[Richprins]

Excellent! No disparaging remarks about colonialists and "fortress conservation" and what not!

[Klipspringer]

Long article about Mketeni


https://www.pressreader.com/south-afric ... 8969075093

[Lisbeth]

I am very surprised that the CEO of Sanparks has worked his way up from the bottom but also delighted. It OUGHT to mean that he loves the parks and all the same the extensive commercializing that Sanparks is carrying ahead, cannot but change the Kruger National Park. He is not the only one to decide but still........

[Klipspringer]

Reappointment of Mr Fundisile Goodman Mketeni as the Chief Executive Officer of SANParks

https://www.gcis.gov.za/newsroom/media- ... ust-2019-0