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Duclair Makaya
We’re delighted to include another new country for our Friend of the Month. Duclair Makaya is from the Republic of Congo, where he works...
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News from the Field
Latest stories from the world of elephant conservation and the Elephant Protection Initiative
EPI Secretariat
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Ulysse Sinagabé Korogone
We’re delighted to introduce a Friend of the Month from the Republic of Benin, which has West Africa’s largest remaining elephant...
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EPI Secretariat
Feb 10, 20212 min read
Dr Akankwasah Barirega
Our Friend of the Month for February is Dr Akankwasah Barirega, who is head of Uganda’s Department of Wildlife Conservation and the EPI’s...
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Jan 14, 20212 min read
Miles Zidana
Our Friend of the Month for January is Miles Zidana, Head of Investigations in Malawi’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW)....
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Dec 2, 20203 min read
Maureen Kinyanjui
Our friend of the month is Maureen Kinyanjui from Kenya, who works with our partner organisation, Save The Elephants, on the front line...
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Nov 2, 20203 min read
Jose Agostinho
Our November Friend of the Month is Jose Agostinho in Luanda, who has recently joined the EPI team, helping to secure Angola’s ivory.
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Apr 8, 20202 min read
Barre Koivogui
Our Friend of the Month is Barre Koivogui, from the Republic of Guinea, an EPI Member country.
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Mar 17, 20202 min read
James Lutalo
Our March Friend of the Month is James Lutalo, Director for the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities in Uganda.
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Feb 20, 20203 min read
Lynn Clifford
Our February Friend of the Month is Lynn Clifford – Field Manager at Wildlife Action Group, Malawi
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Jan 9, 20202 min read
Kumara Wakjira
Our January Friend of the Month is Kumara Wakjira – Director General, Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority.
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EPI Secretariat
Dec 10, 20192 min read
Futsum Hagos
Our December Friend of the Month is Futsum Hagos, Director of Wildlife Conservation in Eritrea.
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Nov 12, 20192 min read
Andy Dunn
Our November Friend of the Month is a key partner in Nigeria- Andy Dunn, Country Director for WCS.
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Oct 9, 20193 min read
John Scanlon
Our Friend of the Month is John Scanlon, Special Envoy for our partners, African Parks. John was Secretary-General of CITES from 2010-2018.
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Sep 10, 20192 min read
Salimata Kone
Our EPI friend of the month is Salimata Kone, who is one of Côte d’Ivoire’s senior conservationists, as Director of Wildlife in the Ministry
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EPI Secretariat
Aug 7, 20193 min read
Tunde Morakinyo
Our Friend of the Month is Tunde Morakinyo, a founder of African Nature Investors, working to protect some of Nigeria’s wild places and rema
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EPI Secretariat
Jul 9, 20192 min read
Dr Pete Morkel
Our Friend of the Month is Dr Pete Morkel, wildlife veterinarian, who earlier this year helped the EPI’s Dr Dolmia Malachie with a collaring
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EPI Secretariat
Jun 5, 20192 min read
Jim Justus Nyamu
Our friend of the month is Jim Justus Nyamu from Kenya. Jim is an indefatigable walker for elephants and the Executive Director of the Eleph
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EPI Secretariat
May 2, 20191 min read
Paula Francisco Coelho
Our EPI Friend of the Month is Angola’s Minister of the Environment, Paula Francisco Coelho, who has championed the cause of elephant conser
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Apr 4, 20191 min read
Getnet Ygzaw
Getnet Ygzaw is the recently appointed head of communications for the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA)
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Mar 6, 20192 min read
Maria do Rosário Bom Jesus Lima
Maria do Rosário Bom Jesus Lima, an Angolan lawyer, helped the EPI earlier this year in the successful implementation of Angola’s first ever
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