2006 Scholarship Winner: Kathryn Lannas

Kathryn is registered at UCT for BSc Honours in Botany, with a focus on ecology. She is currently in the Kruger National Park on a programme called Organisation for Tropical Studies which explores savanna ecology, community involvement in conservation and resource use and conservation management. For her honours research Kathryn is “hoping to do a study on a wetland in the Western Cape, looking at the plants and invertebrates found in it and the interactions between them. I am interested in conservation, ecosystem functioning and the relationship between rural communities and environmental management