Phumudzo Ragimana

Phumudzo Ragimana is a second year Master of Philosophy in Environment, Society, and Sustainability student in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science (EGS) at the University of Cape Town. Her research, under ACDI's TES NbS project, is focused on "Differentiated use and value of the river and riparian ecosystem services and local perspectives on future safeguarding: A case study of the upper Mutale sub-catchment, Limpopo River Basin, South Africa". Her research aims to assess how the use and value of riparian and river ecosystem services differ between social groups (including minorities and marginalized groups and specific resource users), and the importance of these differences in exploring how ES delivery or loss could be improved or prevented respectively in ways that are equitable and sustainable.