Harriet DAVIES-MOSTERT

I hold the position of Director of Impact for Conserve Global, providing strategic oversight for business information systems, monitoring and impact evaluation, and scientific management. I sit on various national and international advisory and technical committees: I am the Regional Vice Chair for East and Southern Africa for IUCN WCPA and also an active member of the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group, the Canid Specialist Group, and the SSC/CEESP Biodiversity and Family Planning Task Force. 

My work bridges the domains of science, management, and policy, and promotes practical evidence‐based research as the basis for effective and impactful strategies to conserve Africa’s rich biodiversity. I have published over 50 scientific papers and book chapters covering topics from large carnivore ecology and conservation, natural resources governance and policy, the wildlife economy, road ecology, and restorative justice. With an early career focused on large carnivore conservation, I am passionate about the role of conservation evidence and applied science in driving effective action. I also understand that good decision making is both a science and an art! Born and raised in Zimbabwe, I spent more than two decades at the Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa, driving its strategic direction and later building its Conservation Planning and Science Unit. I joined Conserve Global in July 2022.

My qualifications include an MSc in Tropical Resource Ecology from the University of Zimbabwe, and a Doctorate on African Wild Dogs from Oxford University’s WildCRU.