Who we are
Dr. Ezequiel Fabiano
Founder, Lead Research Scientist
Dr. Fabiano is with the Department of Wildlife Management and Ecotourism at the University of Namibia. He has over a decade in experience in cheetah and other carnivore conservation.
Education
PhD in Zoology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
MSc in Protected Area Management, Environment and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BSc in Environmental Biology and Computer Science, University of Namibia, Namibia
Publications
Storch, I., Cristescu, B., Fabiano, E. (2025). Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence in the African Context. Wildlife Biology e01432 doi: 10.1002/wlb3.01432.
Fabiano, E. C., Verschueren, S. and Shikangalah, R. (2024). Risk perceptions of wildlife by the resident human population in the Iona National Park, southwest Angola. – Wildlife Biology e01153.
Fabiano, E., Lendelvo, S., Mosimane, A., Kosmas, S. (2023). Human—Wildlife Interaction, Rural Conflict, and Wildlife Conservation. In Conservation, markets, and the environment in southern and eastern Africa commodifying the ‘wild’. James Currey. DOI: 10.2307/jj.3643592.18
Verschueren, S., Fabiano, E., Nghipunya, E. N., Cristecu, B., Marker. L. (2023). Social organization of a solitary carnivore, the leopard, inferred from behavioural interactions at marking sites. Animal Behaviour 200(6):115-124.
Fabiano, E.C., Sutherland, C., Fuller, A.K., Nghikembua, M., Eizirik, E., Marker, L. (2020). Trends in cheetah Acinonyx jubatus density in north‐central Namibia. Population Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12045
Monterroso, P., Rocha, F., Van Wyk, S., António, T., Chicomo, M., Kosmas, S. S. N., Fernanda, L., Fabiano, E., Godinho, R. (2020). Updated ranges of the Vulnerable cheetah and Endangered African wild dog in Angola. Oryx 54(6), 851-853. doi:10.1017/S0030605319000966
Nghipunya E.N., Fabiano E.C., Nghikembua M., Marker L. 2017. Estimation of leopard (Panthera pardus) relative abundance, apparent survival and behaviour activities displayed at cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) scent marking posts around the Waterberg Conservancy, in North-Central Namibia. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Science Research Conference, University of Namibia.
Martha A., Fabian, E.C., Hansen L., Nayankala J. 2016. Diet identification of African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), and Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) using scat analysis method in the Bwabwata National Park, northeastern Namibia. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Science Research Conference, University of Namibia. 1st Prize under the Wildlife Management Category.
Fabiano E.C. 2016. The status of large carnivores at Iona National Park, southeast Angola. Proceeding from the National Cheetah and Wild Dog Strategic meeting, Luanda.
Fabiano, E.C., Nghikembua, N., Eizirik, E., Marker, L. 2015. Comparing cheetah density estimates derived using non-spatial and spatial methods. Proceedings of the national research symposium program, organized by the National Commission on Research Science and Technology, Namibia.
Dr. Hollis Stewart
Veterinarian, Research Scientist
Dr. Hollis is a wildlife veterinarian with global experience with some of the world’s most endangered species in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. She specializes in wildlife health and One Health. She has a deep interest in the historical bonds between animals and people, as well as cryptozoology and ethnoveterinary medicine.
Education
MSc Conservation Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, USA
BA Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
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