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Denisha Anand

Denisha Anand holds a BSc degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, 
BSc Hons in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, majoring in Biodiversity Information Management and Plant Ecophysiology.
Currently completing a Masters degree in multispecies ethnography and plant knowledge systems at the University of the Western Cape, research site Kamiesberg, Northern Cape. 
Denisha also manages a 109ha wetland system in Cape Town as a Biodiversity Manager. She's a progressive environmental educator and advocate for restoration and rehabilitation of neglected biodiversity areas associated with BIPOC.

Photo credit: Jodi Windvogel 

                                                        Phot cred: Amanda Norrlander

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