Robert Palmer

Rob is an aquatic ecologist with a PhD in Zoology from Rhodes University, South Africa.  He has over 30 years’ experience as an independent consultant. He has specialist knowledge of the biodiversity of African rivers and wetlands, including aquatic flora, invertebrates and fish.  He has participated in numerous ESIAs throughout Africa, many to environmental standards required by the IFC or World Bank.  He has been a team leader for various mining and water resource development projects and environmental impact assessments involving coordination of multi-disciplinary teams. He is a member of the SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions and an accredited SASS5 biomonitoring practitioner.