How we can live in harmony with Baboons | Locadia Dzingwena | TEDxGeorge

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Locadia explains how chacma baboons adapt their daily activity patterns in response to diverse environments across southern Africa. Using camera trap data from 29 protected areas, the study investigates the effects of factors like temperature, food availability, and predators on baboon behavior. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these dynamics for wildlife conservation, especially given the looming impacts of climate change in the region. Locadia Dzingwena is a researcher at Nelson Mandela University (George campus), pursuing a Master of Science in Nature Conservation. Informed by environmental change, and knowledge gap, her current research focuses on the phenotypic variations of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) in southern African biomes. She holds a Bachelor of Science Honor’s degree in Forest Resources and Wildlife Management from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe where she was awarded the NUST Book Prize and the NUST Vice Chancellor’s prize in 2021.

Her research interests include behavioural ecology, primatology, conservation, and spatio-temporal analytics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at