Three African conservation leaders receive Whitley Awards

Conservationists from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are among the recipients of this year’s prestigious Whitley Awards, announced Tuesday by the United Kingdom-based sponsor organization.

Abdullahi Hussein Ali, above, is the founder of Kenya’s Hirola Conservation Programme, and works with pastoralists and local communities to protect the critically endangered antelope. Fewer than 500 individual hirola live near the border with Somalia and outside of formal wildlife protection areas.

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Source: Africa Times
Mon 18 May 2020 at 09:48