Heven Hailu Tekle
Conservationist, Ethiopian Wildlufe conservation Authority
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My name is Tesfaye Golja Ayalew, and I have been working with the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority for the Past 12 years. During this time, I have served the Authority in various positions within the Information Communication Directorate. Currently, I am conducting research in the field of Law enforcement on the topic “Enhancing Wildlife Law Enforcement in Babile Elephant Sanctuary Using IoT-Enabled Anti-Poaching Networks.”
My background is mainly in species conservation, education and capacity exchange. I researched mother-young interactions in gorillas and chimpanzees, in captivity and the wild. After that, I worked for three years in Indonesia, where I developed and implemented youth ambassador and community engagement programmes on local and regional scales. I co-founded WildHub, a community of nature conservation professionals, in 2020 and work as their Community Lead. I am furthermore on the Advisory Board of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent where I obtained my PhD on capacity development for conservation in 2022.