CURRICULUM VITAE:
Proposed Position in Project: Project Leader
Company / Organization: Centre for Environmental Management (CEM)
Name: Maitland Seaman
Profession: Director of CEM
Position in Company: Director/Associate Professor (Bloem Water Chair in Water Environmental Management)
Date of Birth: 15 Feb 1947
Nationality: RSA
Membership in Professional Societies/
Affiliations: presently Chair of the Interim Certification Board for Environmental Assessment Practitioners
Member and Former chair of Southern African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists Language Capability:
SPEAKING READING WRITING
English excellent excellent excellent
Afrikaans excellent excellent excellent
German Fair Fair Fair
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
B.Sc.(Hons.) Rhodes University 1970
M.Sc. (Zoology) Rand Afrikaans University 1977 Professional Member of the SA Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
PUBLICATIONS
Author or co-author of over 80 articles, book chapters and specialist reports related to aspects described in the record of my experience, plus a large number of contributions at congresses and popular talks. Supervisor or cosupervisor of ten full masters theses, a number of masters mini- theses in environmental management and four doctoral theses. Organiser of a number of scientific and environmental congresses and courses.
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCES
more than 35 years of experience in aquatic research (Veterinary Research Inst., Onderstepoort; National Inst. For Water Research; Dept. of Zoology and Entomology, and Centre for Environmental Management, UOFS)
more than 25 years of experience lecturing in biology, ecology and environmental management.
Leader of aquatic biomonitoring team at UFS, including in-house experts on nutrient chemistry, algae, invertebrates and fish, as well as subcontracted experts at the UFS on aquatic plants, hydrology and geomorphology.
specialist knowledge of invertebrate ecology in dams, rivers and temporary waters, the ecology of fishes, and wetland inventory.
presently has the contract to biomonitor the Modder River for Bloem Water.
team has recently completed Habitat Integrity Assessment of five Free State rivers for DWAF – Orange, Caledon, Wilge, Vals and Renoster Rivers.
team presently has task to establish Environmental Water Requirements for Non- Perennial River Systems, for the Water Research Commission
presently part of team developing an Environmental Management System for Bloem Water
has analysed environmental aspects of rural development in Lesotho.
was party to the development of an environmental sensitivity atlas for the Free State.
has consulted and advised widely on the environment in general, including impact assessment, development and conservation.
in recent years taking the leadership role in developing a very successful part-time Masters Program in Environmental Management (catering annually for an intake of 40 selected students from the entire SADC region), with specialist options: Water; Pollution and Rehabilitation; and Biodiversity.
Has served as external examiner for a number of southern African universities in the fields of aquatic biology and environmental management in particularly.
presently Chair of the Interim Certification Board for Environmental Assessment Practitioners; immediate past Chair South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists. Formerly served on the boards of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa and the Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists (a number of years as Secretary).
Recently (July 2005 – February 2006) completed assignment as the ecologist for the Maloti Drakensburg Transfrontier Project (MDTP) named: “Participatory Socio- Economic Baseline Survey and the Development of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for MDTP.
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