Mr. Iregi Mwenja (Kenya) is a conservation biologist with ten years field experience in East Africa. He has a Post-graduate Diploma in wildlife management (specialized on illegal wildlife trade), a Post-graduate Certificate in Tropical Ecology and Conservation and a Bachelors Degree in NRM.
He started his career at Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) serving as a Park Warden in Mt Elgon National Park, Saiwa Swamp National Park and as the Warden in charge of Kiunga Marine and Dodori National Reserves on the Lamu archipelago.
Mwenja has also worked with the conservation NGOs Eden Wildlife Trust and East African Wildlife Society as a Project Manager and a Marine Coordinator respectively.
He is currently an Associate Research Scientist with the Institute of Primate Research of the National Museums of Kenya. He has six years experience in rare primates’ research in Kenya and was the first wildlife biologist to study the newly discovered population of de Brazza’s monkey in northern Kenya. The de Brazza’s monkey is a rare and highly threatened species in Kenya, the eastern limit of the species range.
Mwenja developed interest on the rapid decline in wildlife populations outside protected areas in Kenya and set out to investigate the link between the restrictive policy and the rise in bushmeat poaching. His bushmeat field assessment was on The effects of the Moratorium on Game Meat Cropping to bushmeat poaching and game ranching in Kenya.
Click here to see a Fact sheet of his findings.
Mwenja is currently managing two bushmeat Project in the Tsavo Ecosystem, one on alternative protein and income and the other on Bushmeat education training in the same region. Mwenja also continues with his work on bushmeat awareness raising through articles in popular media and through blogging on the internet.
Email: iregim[at]gmail.com Tel: +254 723713642
Skype: iregi.mwenja
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