meet the team
The BirdLife South Africa Avitourism Division consists of a vibrant and enthusiastic team who, through their initiative, passion and experience, aim to develop South Africa into the world's leading birding destination for the benefit of birds, their habitats and communities. With a focus on responsible avitourism development, the Division have created a network of Birding Routes through South Africa to showcase the country's rich diversity to the birding world and to promote bird and bird habitat conservation, as well as sustainable community development.
Meet the team
Martin Taylor
Avitouism Division Manager
Martin Taylor joined the BirdLife South Africa team as project manager for the Kruger to Canyons Bird Route project as of the 1st of February 2007. He has a strong ecological background having recently completed researching the colonisation of rehabilitating coastal dune forest by birds as part of his Masters thesis. In addition, Martin has five years experience in the field of project and environmental management having being involved in a number of projects across a variety of sectors in African countries such as Mozambique, Egypt, Kenya, Central African Republic and Malawi.
- Cel: 072 2777 254
- E-mail: tourism@birdlife.org.za