Laura Conde-Aller graduated in Business Management when she became interested in sustainable development matters especially, at the time, in environment-people relationships and nature-based approaches to economic development. Consequently she proceeded to further her studies with a Msc in Environmental Management from Brighton 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 in the United Kingdom. Since her formal training Laura has invested 20 years working in the environmental and development sector initially as a VSO (Volunteer Services Overseas) volunteer in Central America and Southern Africa followed by thirteen years as a senior manager and water programme manager with focus on integrated catchment management for the oldest environmental NGO in South Africa. During this period Laura also pioneered the establishment of the international Foundation for Environmental Education Eco-School programme with over 1000 schools across the country and the introduction of miniSASS citizen monitoring networks. During the past five years Laura has been working as an associate researcher and PhD scholar at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 focusing on social learning and transformative pedagogies with rural communities in water-land resource management as well as spearheading the Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services Community of Practice within the Tsitsa Project. 

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