Peace Parks Foundation
Gillian Rhodes is an experienced professional in wildlife conservation, currently serving as Project Manager for Combatting Wildlife Crime at Peace Parks Foundation since April 2022. Having held a position as Resource Developer for the same initiative since 2016, Gillian has demonstrated a long-term commitment to addressing wildlife crime. Prior experience includes a tenure at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife from 2007 to 2016, where Gillian held roles as Project Manager for the Rhino Protection Programme in KwaZulu-Natal and as Programme Coordinator for KwaZulu-Natal Small-scale Fisheries.
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Peace Parks Foundation
Peace Parks Foundation facilitates the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas (peace parks) in southern Africa. The non-profit organisation was founded by Dr Nelson Mandela, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Dr Anton Rupert in 1997. Together, they shared a dream of cross-border peace parks initiatives linking established conservation areas, fostering economic and tourism development that would benefit local communities, conserving biodiversity and promoting regional peace and stability. Southern Africa’s peace parks today incorporate over half of the declared conservation estate in the region. The foundation's approach combines conservation with socio-economic development, to ensure the long-term preservation of protected areas.