Nicholas McClure
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Academic Year:
2016-17
Direction:
From Yale
Exchange Partners:
University of Cape Town
Research Interest:
the relationship between land governance regimes and the harvest of the edible mopane worm, a delicacy and important source of income in rural southern Africa
Project Title:
Edible caterpillars as a woodland resource in South Africa: Tragedy in the making or opportunity for collective action?
Nick McClure holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. As a Fox Fellow, Nick will spend 2016-2017 at the University of Cape Town studying the relationship between land governance regimes and the harvest of the edible mopane worm, a delicacy and important source of income in rural southern Africa. His research interests lie at the intersection of community-based natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, and food systems. Following the Fellowship, Nick plans to pursue a career in international conservation and development.