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Richard Cowling

Richard Cowling

Research Professor, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

rmc@kingsley.co.za

Department of Botany
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
PO Box 77000
Port Elizabeth, 6031
SOUTH AFRICA

Titles

  • Research Professor, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Biography

Cowling is a research professor in the Botany Department at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. He has published extensively—in the scientific and popular literature—on the ecology and conservation of Mediterranean-climate and arid biomes. He is widely acclaimed for his contribution to the theory and application of conservation science.