Winnie Kiiru

Winnie Kiiru is a Kenyan biologist, elephant conservationist, and the chairperson of the Wildlife Research Institute in Naivasha. She is currently the chairperson of Friends of Karura Forest, a Community-Based Organization (CBO) that helps manage Karura forests.

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

She is also the founder and Executive Director of CHD Conservation Kenya, a CBO based in Amboseli that believes in people-centered conservation.

Education

In 1995, Kiiru earned a Master's degree from the University of Zimbabwe in Tropical Resource Ecology.[1] Kiiru earned 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 the chairperson of the Wildlife Research Institute in Naivasha[5] and the acting chairperson of the Wildlife Research Training Institute in Kenya.[6] Kiiru is a trustee of the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants.[7][8]

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.[9]

References
  1. "Dr Winnie Kiiru". www.elephanttrust.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. "To Count Elephants In The Forest, Watch Where You Step". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  3. "Two Sets Of Elephant Twins Born Amid Elephant Baby Boom In Kenya". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  4. "How can humans and elephants better coexist?". the Guardian. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  5. Koech, Gilbert (22 Dec 2021). "Challenges facing elephants outlined after 631km walk". The Star. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  6. "Kenya starts its first national wildlife census". Reuters. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  7. "Can Economics Save The African Rhino?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  8. "Meet the Team". www.elephanttrust.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  9. "Anthropocene project highlights the apocalyptic beauty of humans' effect on the planet". CBC. 26 Sep 2018.
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