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MY BRIEF

I am knowledgeable in my chosen field with about 12 years of cumulative and diverse experience in various fields relating to biodiversity conservation, administration, and sustainable development.
Am currently involved in the management of the foremost Sustainable Livelihood and Biodiversity Project for the Niger Delta Region. Currently managing the foremost project on Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity Project for the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Linking the restoration of local wetland ecosystem to improved Livelihoods and also strengthening civil society for promoting ecosystem-based approaches to development and facilitating policies that integrates wetland ecosystem service values into development.

I had also managed a pilot participatory natural resources management project and livelihood support programme for 37 forest-edge communities around two Forest Reserves in Edo State, Nigeria. Also, I have been involved in the management of a ground breaking biodiversity research. The research is historically, in that it is the first time biodiversity research in Nigeria and even in the Africa, would be adhering to the guiding principles of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standard 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Practice and The Equator Principles, in the conduct of a biodiversity research. The research was carried in line with policies and guidelines of various Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) such as: i) International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standard 6; ii) Convention on Biological Diversity; iii) The Equator Principles; iv) United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); v) RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands (Proposed Draft Country Policy); vi) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES); vii) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS); viii) Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) and ix) Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (Abidjan).
These experiences have given me exposure to flora and fauna of various forests types (Swamp forest, Mangrove and Low Land Rain forest) and also made me engage various stakeholders.


Specialties:Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem service valuation, Sustainable Development, Environmental Governance, Climate Change, Environmental Management & Policy

Affiliations        ·         National Focal Point (Non-Governmental) -  Ramar Convention Communication, Education and Awareness (CEPA).

      • ·         Member - Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

        ·         Commission Member - CEM Climate Change Adaptation Thematic Group

        ·         Commission Member - CEM Ecosystem Restoration Thematic Group

        ·         Commission Member - CEM Ecosystem Services Thematic Group

        ·         Commission Member - CEM West Africa

        ·         Commission Member - CEM West Africa (Wetland Thematic group Leader)

        ·         Member – World Wetland Network (WWN), Switzerland

        ·         Member- Editorial Board: International Journal of Environment (IJE), Nepal.

        ·         Member- Editorial Board: Wyno Academic Journal of Biological Sciences.

        ·         Member –Entomological Society of Nigeria (ESN), Nigeria

        ·         Board Member : Society for Conservation (SCB), (African Section)

        ·         Board Member: Foundation for Sustainability of Ecosystem, Wildlife and Climate, Nigeria.

        ·         Member- (Assistant General Secretary) German Alumni Association of Nigeria.

        ·         Member  - Global Soil Biodiversity, Colorado, USA

        ·         Member – Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Nairobi, Kenya

        ·         Member - Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Nigeria

        ·         Member-  Nigerian Climate Action Network (NigeriaCAN), Nigeria

        ·         Member-  Risk Management Academy, Abuja, Nigeria

        ·         Member-  Wildlife Migratory Network, Australia

        ·         Member – Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), Germany

        ·         Member – Adaptation Learning Mechanism to Climate Change, U.S.A.

        ·         Member – Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Switzerland

        ·         Member – Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Nigeria

        ·         Member – Sustainable Development Commission, U.K.

        ·         Member - Social Responsibility Research Network, Leicester, U.K.

        ·         Member - Royal Town Planning Institute- Environmental Planning and Protection Network, London

        ·         Member – The Checklist of Collembola of the World, Belgium


      ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

  • ·         In August, 2016, was selected by the Federal Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) to be part of the national review team in reviewing the United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) Abidjan Convention Protocols, namely:

    §  Draft Additional Protocol To The Abidjan Convention On Sustainable Mangrove Management Of The Atlantic Coast Of West, Central And Southern Africa Region,

    §  Preliminary Draft Additional Protocol To The Abidjan Convention On The Integrated Management of The Coastal Environment of The Atlantic Coast Of West, Central And Southern Africa Region;

    §  Draft Protocol to the Abidjan Convention on Applicable Environmental Standards and Guidelines Relating to Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation  in West, Central and Southern Africa.

    ·         In June, 2016, was nominated by the Federal Ministry of Environment (Ramsar  Convention Desk) as the National Focal Point (Non-Governmental) -  Ramar Convention Communication, Education and Awareness (CEPA).

    ·         In May, 2016, won the Duke University Marine Laboratory/Oak Foundation, USA, Mini-grant in Marine Conservation program, with the title “Wetlands and Biodiversity: Assessment of Brackish Mangrove Forest in the Niger Delta Region”.

           ·         In February, 2016, I was selected by the Society for Conservation Biology-Africa Section (SCB-Africa) to           be part of their global review team in reviewing abstracts for the 3rd Africa Congress for Conservation             Biology (ACCB) which will take place on the 4 – 8 September 2016 in El Jadida, Morocco.

    ·         In January, 2016, I was selected by the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) to be part of their global review team in reviewing abstracts for the 2016 North American Congress for Conservation Biology which will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, July 17-20, 2016.


    ·         In May, 2015, I was selected by the Technical Support Unit of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  (IPBES) (IPBES is an independent intergovernmental body housed by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development) as part of the Review Team to review (a part of) the Second Order Draft Report for the Methodological Assessment of Scenario Analysis and Modelling of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES Deliverable 3c).                                        

    ·         In July, 2015 I was selected to be part of the Global Review Team of Seeding Laboratory, U.S.A  in reviewing  the Seeding Labs' 2015 Instrumental Access applications, where Seeding Labs accepts applications from degree-granting institutions in low- and middle-income countries as defined by the World Bank for the supply of scientific research equipment to their laboratories. 

    ·         On 14th May, 2014, Elected as Board Member, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) (Africa Section).

    ·         On 23rd June, 2014, selected by the Progressive Sustainable Developers, Nepal (PSD-Nepal) into the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environment (IJE). http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJE/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0                                                  

    ·         In May, 2013, out of the five (5) Nigerian nominated, I was selected as the Only Nigerian by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) to be part of the Review Team that revised the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth (5th) Assessment Report (AR) Working Group (WG) II Second Order Draft . I was among those that reviewed Chapter 13 (Poverty and Livelihood) of the IPCC AR5 WGII Second Order Draft Document  http://www.pbl.nl/sites/default/files/cms/PBL-2013-Names-and-afiliations-of-Contributors-Dutch-govt-review-SOD.pdf This feat was adjudged a huge success and an article (Essay) was written by the organisers and published (online) in the Springer journal Climate Change in May, 2014. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-014-1145-9

    ·         In July, 2013, won the Duke University Marine Laboratory/Oak Foundation, USA, Mini-grant in Marine Conservation program, with the title “Wetlands and Biodiversity: Assessment of mangrove forest in the Niger Delta, Nigeria ” Grant No. OUSA-11-044 .The grant sum was           Three thousand, two hundred and fifty four U.S. dollars only (The First Nigerian to be awarded this grant back-to-back).                                

    ·         Selected by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2008, as a member of the National Entomology Team in assessing the Urban Yellow Fever vector (Aedes aegypti) Risk Assessment in Nigeria (South-South Region). The survey was carried out in three major urban cities, namely; Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Yenagoa in Bayelsa State and Uyo in Akwa Ibom State respectively (26th Feb. 2008 – 18th March, 2008).          

    ·         In June, 2011, won the Duke University Marine Laboratory/Oak Foundation, USA, Mini-grant in Marine Conservation program, with the title “Assessing bycatch of sea turtles and coastal hunting of dolphins (Delphinidae) in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: status of population and human impacts” Grant No. 382-0296. The grant sum was Two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five U.S. dollars (The First Nigerian to be awarded this grant).

    ·         In April, 2010,  was selected as the First Nigerian environmental biologist to report dolphin takes (capture, slaughter and trade of dolphin meat) in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, presented to the scientific community at the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, Agadir, Morocco, May-June 2010.

    ·         Was selected as one of the recipients of the Global Fellow in Marine Conservation of the Duke University Marine Laboratory’s 2010 Summer Term II Integrated Marine Conservation program in the United States of America. (First Nigerian ever to be selected). http://nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab/global-fellow-recipients

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