Kudzai Shaun Mpakairi is an experienced geospatial researcher with the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University. He holds a BSc (Hon) in Environmental  Science from the University of Zimbabwe and an MSc in Environmental and Water Science from the University of the Western Cape. With a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry (University of Zimbabwe), Kudzai has also partnered with non-governmental organizations such as Vision RI, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) on several projects. Kudzai has numerous research publications in SCOPUS indexed journals and his research interest are multidisciplinary spanning from climate change, natural resources management and land-use
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