Steve Boyes
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| Born | Rutledge Stephen Boyes 16 February 1979 Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Education | University of Stellenbosch University of KwaZulu-Natal | ||
| Occupation | Conservationist | ||
| Years active | 2000-present | ||
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Dr Rutledge Stephen Boyes (born 16 February 1979) is a South African conservationist, who specializes in ornithology. Boyes has served as the director of the Wild Bird Trust, a nonprofit organization devoted to keeping birds safe in the wild.[1] Boyes obtained a Masters degree in Environmental Development (Protected Areas management) at the University of Natal, South Africa, in 2002.[2] Since obtaining his degree, Boyes has published a number of peer-reviewed works. In 2015, Boyes launched the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project which aims to protect the Okavango Delta's Drainage divide|watershed and wildlife.[3] As part of this project, Boyes and his team poled and paddled dug-out canoes over 1,500 miles across the Okavango River Basin from source-to-sand.[4]. In April of 2015, Boyes hosted a TED (conference)|TED talk in which he discussed his experiences in the Okavango, and what work he and the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project are doing to try save it.[5]
Articles
- Research and conservation of the larger parrots of Africa and Madagascar: a review of knowledge gaps and opportunities (Journal of African Ornithology: Vol 85, 2014)
- Annual intake trends of a large urban animal rehabilitation centre in South Africa: a case study (Animal Welfare: Vol 19, 2010)
- Beak and feather disease viruses circulating in Cape parrots (Poicepahlus robustus) in South Africa (Archives of Virology: Vol 160, 2015)
- The feeding ecology of Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri in the Okavango Delta, Botswana (Journal of African Ornithology: Vol 80, 2009)
- Patterns of daily activity of Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana (Emu - Austral Ornithology: Vol 110, 2010)
- Generalists, specialists and opportunists: niche metrics of Poicephalus parrots in southern Africa (Journal of African Ornithology: Vol 80, 2009)
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