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News from the Field
Latest stories from the world of elephant conservation and the Elephant Protection Initiative


Dr Susan Canney
Our EPI Friend of the Month for March is Dr Susan Canney, who is Director of the Mali Elephant Project, working to save one of Africa’s...

EPI Secretariat
Mar 22, 20222 min read
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Jean Louis Kakoua
Our Friend of the Month for February is Jean Louis Kakoua, who is the Deputy Technical Director for Gabon’s national parks, as well as...

EPI Secretariat
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Emmanuel Olabode
Our Friend of the Month for January is Emmanuel Olabode, project coordinator for the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, leading on the...

EPI Secretariat
Jan 22, 20222 min read
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Dr Ralph Chami
Our friend of the month for December is Dr Ralph Chami of the IMF, who has done pioneering work on the economic value of Forest...

EPI Secretariat
Dec 16, 20213 min read
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Vivek Menon
Our friend of the month for November is Vivek Menon from India. Vivek is the founder and executive director of the Wildlife Trust of...

EPI Secretariat
Nov 16, 20213 min read
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Andrew Crichton
Our Friend of the Month for October is another new member of the EPI Foundation team. Andrew Crichton, who is based in South Africa, has...

EPI Secretariat
Oct 27, 20213 min read
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Hans Magaya
Our Friend of the Month for September is Hans Magaya, a new member of the EPI Foundation team. Hans, who is based in his home country...

EPI Secretariat
Sep 23, 20213 min read
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Roger Fotso
Our Friend of the Month for August is Roger Fotso, who works for our partners WCS, as country director in his native Cameroon. Dear Roger...

EPI Secretariat
Aug 4, 20212 min read
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Teckeste Kiflemariam
We’re excited that our July Friend of the Month comes from Eritrea, whose elephant population is one of the least known in Africa....

EPI Secretariat
Jul 7, 20212 min read
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Donatus Gadiye
We’re delighted to introduce our Friend of the Month for June, Donatus Gadiye. Donatus is Elephant Monitoring Coordinator in Tanzania’s...

EPI Secretariat
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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Grant Burden
We’re delighted to introduce our Friend of the Month for May, Grant Burden. Grant recently joined the EPI Foundation team as a Special...

EPI Secretariat
May 19, 20213 min read
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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...

EPI Secretariat
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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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...

EPI Secretariat
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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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...

EPI Secretariat
Feb 10, 20212 min read
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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)....

EPI Secretariat
Jan 14, 20212 min read
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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...

EPI Secretariat
Dec 2, 20203 min read
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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.

EPI Secretariat
Nov 2, 20203 min read
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Barre Koivogui
Our Friend of the Month is Barre Koivogui, from the Republic of Guinea, an EPI Member country.

EPI Secretariat
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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James Lutalo
Our March Friend of the Month is James Lutalo, Director for the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities in Uganda.

EPI Secretariat
Mar 17, 20202 min read
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Lynn Clifford
Our February Friend of the Month is Lynn Clifford – Field Manager at Wildlife Action Group, Malawi

EPI Secretariat
Feb 20, 20203 min read
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