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Mini-symposium: African savanna ecology & conservation

When:Tu 09-06-2026 09:00 - 12:00Where:Academy Building, Senate Room

This symposium is organized on the occasion of two thesis defences: "Managing human-wildlife conflict along hard boundaries of African protected areas through fencing" by Michael Kimaro and "Forage quality and resource partitioning of herbivores across a protected area and rangeland" by Yuhong Li.

Academy Building, Senate Room

09:00 Walk-in
09:20 Han Olff (GELIFES): Conservation challenges and mitigation options in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
09:50 Michiel Veldhuis (Leiden University): Management of human-wildlife conflict in Serengeti
10:20 Michael Kimaro (GELIFES): Can an electric conservation fence address human-wildlife conflicts?
10:50 Coffee break
11:20 Yuhong Li (GELIFES): Layman’s talk (in English and Mandarin)
Academy Building, Aula
& livestream
12:45 Michael Kimaro- Thesis defence
14:30 Yuhong Li- Thesis defence
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