MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
Fox International Fellowship

Nicholas McClure

Fox International Fellowship
Academic Year: 2016-17
Direction: From Yale
Exchange Partner: University of Cape Town, South Africa
Project Title: Edible caterpillars as a woodland resource in South Africa: Tragedy in the making or opportunity for collective action?
Research Interests:

the relationship between land governance regimes and the harvest of the edible mopane worm, a delicacy and important source of income in rural southern Africa

Nick McClure holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. As a Fox Fellow, Nick will spend 2016-2017 at the University of Cape Town studying the relationship between land governance regimes and the harvest of the edible mopane worm, a delicacy and important source of income in rural southern Africa.  His research interests lie at the intersection of community-based natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, and food systems. Following the Fellowship, Nick plans to pursue a career in international conservation and development.