Ms Roseline Mandisodza-Chikerema

AWEI Expert Associate - Wildlife Management (2020-2025)

Bio

Ms Roseline Mandisodza-Chikerema is passionate about wildlife. She holds a Master of Science in Tropical Resource Ecology from the University of Zimbabwe and several on the job courses in wildlife conservation. Rose currently works as Chief Ecologist for Terrestrial Ecosystems at the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

Rose has extensive experience in wildlife ecology, wildlife use inside and outside of Protected Areas, wildlife research and monitoring, wildlife ranching and use on private land. She believes that there is the need for wildlife to contribute to the economy of Zimbabwe and to sustain livelihoods for people living with wildlife.

@AWEI

Rose contributes here expertise on wildlife management and trade, in particular with respect to the implementation of CITES and its implications for southern Africa.

Selected outputs

Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade (2024)

Evaluating key evidence and formulating regulatory alternatives regarding the UK's Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill (2024)

Anthropogenic edge effects and aging errors by hunters can affect the sustainability of lion trophy hunting (2023)

Making adaptive management more user friendly to encourage manager buy-in (2023)

CITES SC74 Agenda Item 39 - Closing of Domestic Ivory Markets (2022)

Evaluating the spatial intensity and demographic impacts of wire-snare bush-meat poaching on large carnivores (2020)