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Lara van Niekerk is a scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. She obtained her PhD at Nelson Mandela University (NMU). Lara is part of a core team that developed the ecological flow requirement methods, strategic/operational policies and legislation required for the effective management of South Africa’s estuaries. She has been involved in over 50 estuarine freshwater flow requirement studies. Lara is the architect of the South Africa's National Estuarine Management Protocol and related planning guidelines. She led the team of specialists that assessed the ecosystem condition of all South Africa’s estuaries as part of the South Africa's National Biodiversity Assessment in 2011 and 2018.
