Bruce Taplin

GCBR Advisor | Natural Rangeland Ecologist

Bruce is the owner and CEO of Apex Conservation Services which he established in 2019. He is a Natural Resource Ecologist with over 18 years’ experience in the Biodiversity Conservation Sector. He gained invaluable experience working in prominent National Parks within South Africa and more recently providing environmental consulting services. Bruce is a passionate conservationist that believes in the conservation of our natural resources through sustainable utilization. Bruce and his team provide services locally and internationally and work with private business, governments, NPO’s, Universities and other tertiary institutions.

He has extensive experience in ecological restoration, invasive alien plant ecology and control, development of feasibility studies for climate mitigation and nature based solution programmes, ecological assessments and management planning, development and management of biodiversity social projects and the facilitation of restoration and conservation based skills development programmes. Bruce holds a National Diploma (Cum Laude) which he attained from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.