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Willem Odendaal
Coordinator, Land, Environment & Development (LEAD) Project
Willem joined the LAC's GR&AP in 1999, left in 2003 to study for a LLM in International Law at Oxford Brookes University and returned in 2004 to take up his present post.

Dr. Ute Dieckmann
Programme Coordinator, Xoms |Omis Project
Dr. Dieckmann completed her masters in social anthropology at the University of Cologne in 1998. In 2005, she completed her PHD about history and ethnicity of Hai||om, one
of the six San groups in Namibia, which was published in 2007 as "Hai||om in the Etosha Region. A History of Colonial Settlement, Ethnicity and Nature Conservation". Meanwhile she already worked as a consultant for the LAC and WIMSA. Since May 2008, she has worked as the programme coordinator for the Xoms |Omis Project at LAC, seconded by the EED.

John Hazam
Consultant
During his 30 year career, John has worked in several African countries with parks, community-based natural resources management and environmental policies and legislation. Prior to working with the LAC, he was a technical advisor with Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism for seven years.

Leslé Jansen
Legal Consultant
Leslé was appointed as a legal consultant to LEAD during July 2009. Leslé is a South African attorney who previously worked for the South African Human Rights commission as a legal consultant, before she began with LAC, completed her master degree in the area of indigenous people in international law at the University of Arizona in USA.

Theodor Muduva
Paralegal & Public Outreach Officer
Theodor was appointed to LEAD as Paralegal & Public Outreach Officer during August 2009. He has a B.Tech degree in Agricultural Management from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Prior to joining LEAD, Theodor worked as Development Planner/ Researcher at the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement. He is currently enrolled for post graduate studies in Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa.

Peter Watson
Consultant
Peter graduated from the university of Kwazulu Natal with a BA LLB degree in 1993 and practiced as an attorney for 10 years. subsequently as an environmental legal consultant. Peter is currently completing an LLM degree, specializing in environmental and international development law.

Sophie van Wyk
Project Assistant
Sophie has been with LAC since 1992. She currently works with the Land, Environment and Development Project.

 




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