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


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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Kumara Wakjira
Our January Friend of the Month is Kumara Wakjira – Director General, Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority.

EPI Secretariat
Jan 9, 20202 min read
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Futsum Hagos
Our December Friend of the Month is Futsum Hagos, Director of Wildlife Conservation in Eritrea.

EPI Secretariat
Dec 10, 20192 min read
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Andy Dunn
Our November Friend of the Month is a key partner in Nigeria- Andy Dunn, Country Director for WCS.

EPI Secretariat
Nov 12, 20192 min read
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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.

EPI Secretariat
Oct 9, 20193 min read
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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

EPI Secretariat
Sep 10, 20192 min read
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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

EPI Secretariat
Aug 7, 20193 min read
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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

EPI Secretariat
Jul 9, 20192 min read
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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

EPI Secretariat
Jun 5, 20192 min read
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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

EPI Secretariat
May 2, 20191 min read
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Getnet Ygzaw
Getnet Ygzaw is the recently appointed head of communications for the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA)

EPI Secretariat
Apr 4, 20191 min read
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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

EPI Secretariat
Mar 6, 20192 min read
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Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele
Our EPI Friend of the Month is Nigeria’s Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, the Head of Wildlife and CITES Management, in the Department of Forestry in

EPI Secretariat
Feb 5, 20192 min read
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Lt-Col Elvire-Joëlle Mailly Zouzou
Our Friend of the Month is Lt-Col Elvire-Joëlle Mailly Zouzou, who is Côte d’Ivoire’s Deputy Director-General of Forests and Fauna.

EPI Secretariat
Dec 11, 20181 min read
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Mary Molokwu-Odozi
Dr Mary Molokwu-Odozi, Country and Operations Manager in Liberia for Fauna & Flora International, an EPI partner.

EPI Secretariat
Nov 1, 20182 min read
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Albertina Nzuzi
Our EPI Friend of the Month is Albertina Nzuzi of Angola, leads the Angolan Ministry of the Environment on all CITES-related issues, and is

EPI Secretariat
Oct 9, 20181 min read
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Khamis Ding
Our EPI Friend of the Month is Khamis Ding, Director of External Relations and Natural Resources Management of the South Sudan National Wild

EPI Secretariat
Sep 11, 20182 min read
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Jadress Komugasho
Our latest EPI Friend of the Month is Jadress Komugasho, of the Uganda Wildlife Authority, who plays a crucial role in managing her country’

EPI Secretariat
Aug 5, 20182 min read
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