Mark Graham

Dr Mark Graham is an ecologist with 30 years’ experience in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem functioning and management. Mark is actively involved in the leading of water resources research on numerous research projects for the Water Research Commission and the Department of Water and Sanitation, having co-developed numerous of the published assessment tools and EcoStatus models currently used in South Africa (e.g. SASS5, IHI, VEGRAI, MIRAI). He is a registered professional natural scientist (Pr Sci Nat), a Fellow of the Water Institute of SA (FWISA), a Research Associate with Centre for Water Resources Research (University of KwaZulu Natal). He is also a member of the UN Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Network on Education for Sustainable Development. He is a provincial SASS5 quality assurance auditor appointed by the Department of Water and Sanitation. Mark plays an active role in promoting and developing citizen science within the water sector of South Africa, with an aim to empowering and educating the public to collectively improve the state of our water resources. In his spare time he volunteers and is a Director with DUCT – the Dusi uMngeni Conservation Trust, championing the health of the Msunduzi and uMngeni Rivers.

Joined 2021

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