{"id":508,"date":"2025-07-07T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/?p=508"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:50:12","slug":"burnett-scholar-featured-in-wildlife-conservation-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/2025\/07\/07\/burnett-scholar-featured-in-wildlife-conservation-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnett Scholar Featured in Wildlife Conservation Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2025, Wildlife Conservation Action (WCA) hosted their first ever international student. Edith January is a Burnett Scholar, currently pursuing her master’s degree in Conservation Science<\/a> with DICE. The Burnett Scholarship scheme<\/a> was launched in 2024, for applicants from Africa’s KAZA region, through the generosity of the Notsew Orm Sands Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Edith’s research focuses on understanding community perspectives on human-lion mitigation strategies in Nyaminyami District, and her work provided “fresh academic insights into WCA\u2019s human-wildlife coexistence work” during her time with the WCA.<\/p>\n

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“I worked with WCA officers and a team of research students, who assisted throughout the study. They were welcoming, and provided all the support and assistance that I required,” Edith said. “I conducted surveys and community interviews with a total of 326 participants. I met the four chiefs, who serve as the gatekeepers in the communities in Nyaminyami and was given the grace to conduct the study. Before commencing my research, I also met the local authorities, who gave me permits prior to my travels. Both the traditional leadership and local authority were very welcoming and supportive.”<\/p>\n

Edith even picked up some of the local language during her time with WCA. “The host organisation provided local employees, who assisted as I went into different homesteads, especially in the Tonga-speaking communities. By the time I left, I was able to exchange greetings and speak a bit about conservation in the native language.”<\/p>\n

We would like to congratulate Edith on her work and her feature in the WCA’s newsletter, and we wish her all the best with her future studies and research.<\/p>\n

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