Benefits & Categories
SAWMA membership is available to all wildlife managers, scientists, conservationists and decision-makers with an interest in scientific wildlife management.
Individual membership is offered to local and foreign members, pensioners and students. Currently free membership is available on a year to year basis to full-time students.
Institutional membership is available to institutions such as libraries, universities, research groups and conservation organisations.
Before becoming a member, please register a user account and complete it with as much information as possible.
After registration please proceed to purchase a membership. Please keep in mind your payment method, if you intend to pay via PayFast(credit card), please use the integrated shop platform (Add to Cart). If you intend to use EFT please follow the instructions found on the page.
If you have any questions or issues please contact Elma Marais office@sawma.co.za
Watch the video below on why it is important to be a SAWMA member:
A) Benefits for Individual Membership
- Members receive electronic access to of the association’s publication: the African Journal of Wildlife Research. Authentication is arranged via User ID and Password. The password is renewed annually and provided to all paid up members.
- Members also receive regular emails with news, jobs and bursaries available in the wildlife management and research field.
- All members receive discounted conference registration fees at the annual SAWMA conferences as well as the affiliated AWMS Society conferences.
- SAWMA members receive discount on publication fees in the African Journal of Wildlife Research. (currently @ R200/page)
- SAWMA members have the opportunity to be listed on the SAWMA website under field of expertise to promote their services as consultants and reviewers.
- All paying SAWMA members are eligible to serve on council and qualify to vote for council members.
- SAWMA members have the opportunity of sharing links to their published papers on the SAWMA website
B) Institutional Membership
(Local and abroad)
- Institutional members receive electronic access to of the association’s publication: the African Journal of Wildlife Research. Authentication is arranged via User ID and Password. The password is renewed annually and provided to all paid up members.
- Employees of the institution qualify for discounted conference fees at the annual SAWMA Conferences, but not for discounted publication fees for publication fees.
- Institutional members however are not eligible for election for the SAWMA Council and do not qualify to vote for council members
Current membership fees
(A) Individual
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Student members (Free) |
Free only for full-time unemployed students (to be renewed annually (proof of university registration to be supplied) |
| Student Members (Paid): | R 230/annum – Post Docs and students in full-time jobs |
| Pensioners: | R 230/annum |
| Local Ordinary Members: | R 450/annum |
| Foreign Ordinary Members: | $US 108/annum OR R1380 |
(B) Institutional
| Local Institutional Members: | R 830/annum |
| Foreign Institutional Members: | $US 205/annum OR R2400 |
Phasing out of the printed version of the African Journal of Wildlife Research
In line with modern trends, and taking printing costs and environmental impacts into consideration, the decision has been made to phase out the printed version of the African Journal of Wildlife Research from Volume 49, Number 1 (2019) onward.
A continuous publishing model has been adopted, meaning that contributions are published online as they are finalised. Paid up members should have the access codes to view the full text and will also be able to create publication alerts for any new additions of articles. Access codes are supplied by the SAWMA secretariat, Elma Marais (elma@mweb.co.za
Contact
The SAWMA Secretariat
PO Box 217
Bloubergstrand
7436, South Africa
Tel / Fax: (+27) 21 554 1297 or
Fax: 086 672 9882
Email: elma@mweb.co.za