Pieter Olivier
Director at M.A.P Scientific Services
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolPieter Olivier is a director at M.A.P Scientific Services with nearly three decades of experience applying geospatial technology and landscape ecology to conservation, sustainable development, and nature-based solutions such as REDD+. He combines a PhD in Zoology with hands-on field science—from elephant collaring and aerial surveys to specialist biodiversity assessments—bringing rare operational insight to satellite-driven monitoring and wildfire mapping. Pieter has partnered with UNEP, IUCN, Peace Parks Foundation and industry clients, translating complex ecological questions into scalable geospatial tools for protected area management and land-use/climate response prediction. Known for bridging academic rigor (NRF postdoc) with applied consulting, he often uncovers practical indicators of restoration and conservation success that are overlooked in high-level planning. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, he focuses on innovating at the intersection of conservation science, technology, and policy to make monitoring landscapes actionable.
29 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of Pretoria
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (39)
meta9
mathematica9
crossword9
pattern-matching9
rascal9
ssa9
code-golf9
compiler-construction9
checker9
dfa9
query-language9
relational-algebra9
wolfram-language9
parser8
refactoring8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cwi-swat/aterms
Apr 1998 - Jan 2003
Contributions:420 commits in 4 years 10 months
cwi-swat/meta-environment
Mar 1997 - Feb 2003
Contributions:439 commits in 6 years
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