Dr. B. F. Nero is currently a lecturer in the Department of Forest Resources Technology with expertise in plantation forestry (restoration ecology), forest soil management, urban ecosystem management, climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity conservation. He conducts research on a wide range of contemporary issues at the interface of science and society. His research adopts inter and transdisciplinary approaches to address complex demand driven, science centred, and problem oriented questions. His research scope encompasses temperate and tropical landscapes as well as a  range of ecological systems including wetlands, forests, mine spoils, grasslands/savannahs and human settlements (particularly urban ecosystems).