Winnie Kiiru

Winnie Kiiru
Kiiru at an Ivory Burn in Nairobi in April 30, 2016
EducationUniversity of Zimbabwe
University of Kent
OrganizationWildlife Research Institute
Known forElephant conservation

Winnie Kiiru is a Kenyan biologist, elephant conservationist. She is the founder and past Executive Director of CHD Conservation Kenya, a CBO based in Amboseli that supports people-centered conservation.

Education

In 1995, Kiiru earned a Master's degree from the University of Zimbabwe in Tropical Resource Ecology[1] and a PhD in biology from the University of Kent in Canterbury.[2][1]

Career

Kiiru has worked for the Elephant Protection Initiative and the Stop Ivory initiative.[3][4] Dr. Kiiru is a past member the Wildlife Research Training Institute in Kenya.[5] Kiiru served as a trustee of the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants.[6][7]

Kiiru helped persuade the Kenyan government to publicly burn ivory tusks, and a video of the burning featured in the 2018 film Anthropocene: The Human Epoch.[8] In 2021, Kiiru received the State Honour “Order of the Grand Warrior” in recognition of her leadership in conservation.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr Winnie Kiiru". www.elephanttrust.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ↑ "To Count Elephants In The Forest, Watch Where You Step". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Two Sets Of Elephant Twins Born Amid Elephant Baby Boom In Kenya". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  4. ↑ "How can humans and elephants better coexist?". the Guardian. 2017-06-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Kenya starts its first national wildlife census". Reuters. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Can Economics Save The African Rhino?". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Team". www.elephanttrust.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  8. ↑ "Anthropocene project highlights the apocalyptic beauty of humans' effect on the planet". CBC. 26 Sep 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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