Mike has a unique understanding of the relationship between humans and nature and how they all fit into the giant puzzle together. His formal education has been environmentally based and his early working life has helped a parastatal organisation like the forestry commission of Zimbabwe to holistically manage over 1.5 million hectares of forest. Since 1995 he has managed his own safari company in an industry which has given him the experience to see how responsible tourism can perpetuate the sustenance of wildlife and human alike.
The seed for planning future field logistics and consultancy work was planted in June 1999. Mike was asked to take care of 14 Scientists on a 3 week field collecting trip in the remote Zambezi delta, Mozambique. The challenges were great and the results were invaluable. This was the first all encompassing field collecting trip ever carried out.
Since then Mike continued to build on his field experience. In April 2007 he was invited to make a field assessment of the human / elephant conflict in North Bengal, India. Mike`s proposals, using African solutions in the Asian model has been taken up in experimental trials in a far reaching project.
During 2008 and 2009 Mike helped 2 different research groups to reach remote locations. Mike helped with field logistics, planning and safety, which gave the researchers time to get on with the job at hand no matter how isolated the location can be:
Gary Haynes is continuing his Archeological research in Hwange Park. http://www.unr.edu/cla/anthro/haynes.htm
Olivier Pascal from Pro Natura in North Mozambique, Coastal dry forests. www.pronatura.org/fr
Letters of reference on request.
