Abi Vanak

Dr Abi T. Vanak is the Director of the Centre for Policy Design and Senior Fellow (Professor) at ATREE. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa. An ecologist by training, Dr Vanak combines his interests across the fields of animal movement ecology, restoration ecology, savannah dynamics, and disease ecology to better understand the outcomes of interactions among humans, domestic animals, and wildlife in rapidly changing landscapes. In his current role, Dr Vanak leads programs to restore degraded landscapes with benefits for carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and the improvement of rural livelihoods.