Dr Donovan Kotze
GCBR Advisor
After completing a PhD in 2000 focussed on wetland ecology, the focus of Donovan’s work has remained on wetlands and their sustainable use. He has gained much experience in a great variety of wetlands under many different land-uses, mainly in South Africa, as well as across eastern and southern Africa. He has worked extensively on wetland ecosystem characterization and the assessment of wetland ecosystem services and ecological integrity for a variety of purposes, including evaluation of rehabilitation projects and sustainability assessments. Within the GCBR area, he has contributed to identifying and assessing priority wetlands and supporting their rehabilitation and sustainable management. Donovan has published widely on wetlands, and participated in many wetland research projects and in the development of several assessment methods such as WET-Health and WET-EcoServices.