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Arend de Haas

Co-founder, Programme Director at The Rewilding Academy

Areas of expertise

  • - Conservation ecology
  • - Ecosystem conservation and restoration
  • - Ecotourism
  • - Sustainable community development
  • - Vegetation mapping
  • - GIS and remote sensing

Major works

Co-founder of the Rewilding Academy.

Core member of the Rewilding Community of Practice on GLFx.

Director of the African Conservation Foundation.

Developing rewilding and landscape restoration programmes in Eastern and Southern Europe, Africa and India.

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About me

Arend de Haas is a conservation ecologist with over 20 years of experience with ecosystem conservation and restoration, ecotourism and sustainable community development.

His research and field experience include protected area development, wildlife ecology, community-based conservation, capacity building, GIS and remote sensing, wildlife tracking, biodiversity and vegetation mapping in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Arend coordinates curricula development and establishing partnerships with training institutions and other organisations providing learning experiences.