Roger Collinson is regarded as one of the leading practitioners in wildlife conservation and eco-tourism planning in southern Africa, with some 30 years practical experience in research, protected area planning, management, and development. He has worked in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Madagascar, and Lesotho. Roger has gained his experience as both a “hands-on” manager and “arms-length” technical advisor to government, non-government, and private sector organisations dealing with wildlife conservation, tourism and community-based natural resource management (CBNRM).