Vincent van der Merwe

Vincent van der Merwe (1983 - 16 Maris 2025) masanin kare muhalli ne na Afirka ta Kudu, masanin kimiyya, kuma mai binciken ƙasa na National Geographic.  An san Vincent da rawar da ya taka a ayyukan kiyaye damisa (Cheetah) da sake farfaɗo da su a Afirka da Asiya.  

 Ilimi da aiki 
An haifi Vincent a shekarar 1983 a lardin Limpopo na Afirka ta Kudu. Bayan kammala karatunsa a makarantar sakandare ta Pretoria Boys  inda ya yi zaman gida a gidan kwana na Rissik House  ya kammala digirin BSc (Hons) a fannin Entomology ta Jami'ar Pretoria sannan daga baya ya kammala karatunsa da digirin Master of Science (PhD) a Jami'ar Cape Town.  Ya kafa Cheetah Metapopulation Initiative (TMI) wanda ke kula da ci gaban yawan dabbobin dawaki a wurare daban-daban na namun daji a duk duniya.   Koƙarinsa ya taimaka wajen inganta bambancin kwayoyin halitta da kuma tabbatar da ɗorewar nau'in halittu a wuraren ajiya a faɗin Afirka. 

A shekarar 2017, Vincent van der Merwe ya sami kyautar Kudu daga Wuraren Shakatawa na Ƙasa na Afirka ta Kudu saboda gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen kiyayewa ta hanyar ƙaruwar yawan dabbobin dawaki a ciki da wajen tsarin wuraren shakatawa na ƙasa. 

 Mutuwa 
An sami Vincent a mace a gidansa a ranar 16 ga watan Maris, 2025, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, inda ya shiga cikin aikin Cheetah na Indiya.   Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a aikin Cheetah na Firayim Minista Narendra Modi a Madhya Pradesh, tare da jami'an yankin. 

 Lambobin yabo da karramawa 

 "Kyautar Matric Geography" a Pretoria Boys High, da kuma amincewa a matsayin ɗalibi mafi ƙwarewa a fannin Geography a lokacin jarrabawarsa ta Matric (Aji 12) (2000).

 Wanda Ya Samu Nasara Kan Kare Namun Daji Daga Hatsarin Lalacewar Namun Daji Na Shekara (2015).

 Kyautar Wuraren Shakatawa na Ƙasa ta Afirka ta Kudu ta shekarar 2017. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1983