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« Salomon Joubert (Dr SCJ Joubert) started his conservation career in 1964 as a postgraduate student in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, and was appointed to the Kruger National Park as Junior Ranger at the end of 1964, stationed at the remote Klipkoppies Section on the Mozambique border (due east of Letaba). In 1967, he was granted study leave to do a BSc (Hon) (Wildlife Management) degree at Pretoria University.
In November 1967, he was transferred to the Research Section with responsibility for rare antelope, in particular roan. For his work on the social behaviour of roan, he was awarded an MSc and subsequently a DSc degree on the population ecology of roan.
In 1976, he was promoted to Head of Research and was intimately involved in monitoring large mammal populations, a study that yielded all the essentials of what later developed into a Geographical Information System. Under his watch, the research and management programmes for the KNP converted to an ecosystem approach, implying that natural processes were allowed to take their course within the constraints of
