Deeva Lata Shree

Owned and operated Earthwise Pet Supply Richardson & Allen and Mutts Canine Cantina Allen.

• Improved marketing to attract new customers and promote business.
• Oversaw employee recruitment, training, and evaluation to build a highly-skilled workforce committed to company success.
• Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
• Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
• Analyzed industry trends and tracked competitor activities to inform decision making.
• Oversaw business-wide changes to modernize procedures and organization.
• Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve product offerings.

• Responsible for managing and overseeing operational aspects of the eThekwini Reforestation Project (Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Programme, South Africa).
• Programme implementation
• Team management and mentoring
• Compiling monthly and annual narrative and financial report
• Compiled minutes of monthly CRP (community Reforestation Program) meeting
• Compiling and managing program budget
• Stakeholder and Community engagement
• Coordinating and implementing training and event initiatives
• Planned and hosted a stand at the annual Municipal exhibit
• Assisted with management of an on site indigenous plant nursery

• Biodiversity planning
• Monitoring & Evaluation of planted sites across KZN
• Organizing and overseeing ecological restoration projects around South Africa
• Compiling ecological restoration management plans for various sites
• Conducting monitoring and evaluation assessments to ensure that management plans are effective as well as to identify any gaps in restoration plans
• GIS field data collection, mapping, spatial analysis
• Stakeholder engagement
• Organized and scheduled field trips (administration, logistics)

• Biodiversity planning
• GIS
• Site visits
• Mapping

• Compile applications for environmental authorization
• Compile Basic Assessment Reports (BAR), Environmental Impact Assessment reports (EIA), and Environmental Management Programmes (EMPr’s) for projects relating to construction, land development, sanitation and electricity.
• Conduct environmental compliance audits (ECO)
• Write up monthly audit reports.
• Various project related administration.
• EnAq consulting cc. is a company specializing in environmental, civil, water and earth management.

• Facilitated undergraduate practical sessions and tutorials, including grading practical assignments for the following courses:
  
• GEOG110: Human geography
• ENVS210: Biophysical environments of southern Africa
• ENVS314: Biogeography and climate change