Peter Chadwick

Peter Chadwick is a terrestrial and marine protected area specialist at the strategic and operational levels with over 30 years of extensive conservation experience gained across Africa and the Western and Southern Indian Oceans. He has been extremely privileged to have worked across the continent in some of its most special wild places, including the Gabonese and Mozambique forests, Angola’s and East Africa’s marine protected areas, the Kgalagadi and Namibia’s deserts, the bushveld of Zululand and the Kruger National Park, the mountains of the Drakensberg and the offshore islands of the Indian Ocean and the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. These amazing experiences have instilled in him a deep passion for Africa, its wild places and its peoples.

Working across these diverse habitats has allowed Peter to gain vast experience in all aspects of conservation management that has spanned the planning, direct development and management of large public and private terrestrial protected areas, marine protected areas, world heritage sites, transfrontier parks and biosphere reserves.

Peter’s special interests are in developing integrated ecosystem-based approaches to management, developing and implementing strategic and operational law enforcement and counter-poaching strategies, improving management effectiveness, developing management strategies for rare and endangered species, capacity development and mentoring of conservation personnel and the provision of high quality conservation photography and media.

Peter is also an internationally recognized award-winning photographer who specializes in photographing and writing about conservation and environmental issues on the African continent. He is a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, an Adobe Premium Photographer and his images are represented by Science Photo Library, Getty Images and Gallo Images. Peters portfolio, photographic awards, blog and full publication listings may be viewed through his website. www.peterchadwick.co.za

His most influential conservation photojournalism projects have focused on highlighting the horrific consequences of wildlife crime, showcasing the incredible diversity of South Africa’s marine protected areas and have raised awareness around the negative anthropogenic impacts facing South Africa’s seabirds. These important projects have reached millions across the globe through books, print and electronic media, publications, exhibitions and key-note presentations.