Pieter Botha Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, WC, ZA

Technical development and knowledge management of two global initiatives involving 18 partner organisations and over 200 local and subnational governments from 60 countries.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Designing projects and developing funding proposals for climate change adaptation, conservation and ecosystem restoration projects. Biodiversity policy. Climate finance. Advisory services. Technical Writing. Science communication. Data analysis.

Wrote about science, climate change and the living world for Vrye Weekblad and the Sunday Times.https://www.vryeweekblad.com/authors/pieter-botha/

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I developed climate change adaptation projects for clients such as UNEP, UNDP, SANBI and the GIZ, in particular writing funding proposals for the Green Climate Fund, Adaptation Fund and Global Environment Facility. This work included three projects of which I was the project leader that were approved for funding following globally competitive funding.

Cape Town

In-depth training on climate finance, adaptation and proposal development.

Translation, editing and proof-reading in English and Afrikaans.

Panama

Research Assistant at the Sumner Lab Eusocial Insect Research Group. Based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama conducting fieldwork on "The evolution of gambling in paper-wasps."https://ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/altruism-among-the-u-bends

Stellenbosch

Fossil Free Stellenbosch is an expanding group of students, alumni and faculty at Stellenbosch calling for the university to act on climate change.https://www.facebook.com/FossilFreeStellenbosch

Department Of Botany And Zoology

Teaching assistant for practical sessions and field trips of various undergraduate modules (Cell Biology, Principles of Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Vertebrate Life, Evolutionary Ecology, Global Change Biology). Assisted with instruction of students and marked tests and essays.

Stellenbosch

Project title: The world without birds: an experimental test of the ecological significance of pollinating birds for plant communitiesRead my thesis at: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/101186

Stellenbosch

Tutor for the university's BioExcel programme, a weekly support group for first year biology students.

Stellenbosch

Responsible for website, media liaison,social media and the summit's community project. Contributed to organisation of content and speakers.

Simultaneous interpreting from Afrikaans to English (and vice versa) in undergraduate engineering lectures.

El Dorado Bird Reserve

Set up and monitored camera traps for research project on the elusive Santa Marta toro (Santamartamys rufodorsalis). Assisted with general management of the reserve and worked in the tree nursery.

Taganga, Colombia

Guided international tourists on multi-day mountain biking and hiking trips in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Santa Marta, Colombia

Night-time monitoring of beaches for nesting sea turtles, data collection, community outreach.

Evolutionary Genomics Laboratory, Department Of Botany And Zoology

Conducted molecular lab work (DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis etc.) and assisted with research on small mammals and blue swallows. During university vacations as undergraduate student.

Master Of Science, Botany, Cum Laude

My thesis considered the consequences of bird pollinator loss for plant communities in the megadiverse Cape Floristic Region of South.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Cum Laude And Honours Bachelor Of Science (Honsbsc), Biodiversity And Ecology, Botany

Activities and Societies: EcoMaties Sustainability Society, TEDxStellenbosch, United Nations Association of South Africa, Habitat for.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Debating, Editor of School Newspaper, Hockey, Cycling, Athletics