Assoc. Prof. Emily Bennitt

Email: ebennitt@ub.ac.bw

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Work Experience

Associate Professor, Okavango Research Institute (Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs)

Okavango Research Institute (Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs)

Associate Professor, Okavango Research Institute (Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs)

Okavango Research Institute (Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs)

Research Focus Area

"Emily's research focuses on applied ecology, which ensures that results from ecological studies can be used to improve the effectiveness of conservation efforts. In particular, she is interested in foraging and movement ecology, predator-prey interactions, resource selection, population ecology and the influence of anthropogenic impacts on wildlife ecology.

Emily is currently planning a biodiversity data repository for Botswana https://jrsbiodiversity.org/grants/okavango-research-institute-2020"

Research Areas

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Projects as PI

Citizen science project on leopards (01/04/2021 - 31/12/2023)

Effects of release from semi-captivity on African elephant sociality and behaviour (01/12/2021 - 01/07/2026)

Okavango Repository for Biodiversity Data (01/09/2020 - 31/05/2021)

Release of African elephants from semi-captivity into the wild (01/12/2021)

The ecology of Temminck’s pangolin in northern Botswana (01/11/2021 - 31/03/2024)

Projects as Co-Investigator

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Projects as Team Member

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