Winnie Kiiru

Winnie Kiiru
Kiiru at an Ivory Burn in Nairobi in April 30, 2016
Nationality	Kenyan
Alma mater	University of Zimbabwe University of Kent
Organization	Wildlife Research Institute
Known for	Elephant conservation

Winnie Kiiru is a Kenyan biologist, elephant conservationist, and the chairperson of the Wildlife Research Institute in Naivasha. She is currently the chairperson of Friends of Karura Forest, a Community-Based Organization (CBO) that helps manage Karura forests.

She is also the founder and Executive Director of CHD Conservation Kenya, a CBO based in Amboseli that believes in people-centered conservation.

Education

In 1995, Kiiru earned a Master's degree from the University of Zimbabwe in Tropical Resource Ecology.[1] Kiiru earned a PhD in biology from the University of Kent in Canterbury.[2][1]

Career

Kiiru has worked for the Elephant Protection Initiative and the Stop Ivory initiative.[3][4] Dr. Kiiru is the chairperson of the Wildlife Research Institute in Naivasha[5] and the acting chairperson of the Wildlife Research Training Institute in Kenya.[6] Kiiru is a trustee of the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants.[7][8]

Kiiru helped persuade the Kenyan government to publicly burn ivory tusks, and a video of the burning featured in the 2018 film Anthropocene: The Human Epoch.[9]

References

1. "Dr Winnie Kiiru". www.elephanttrust.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
2. "To Count Elephants In The Forest, Watch Where You Step". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
3. "Two Sets Of Elephant Twins Born Amid Elephant Baby Boom In Kenya". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
4. "How can humans and elephants better coexist?". the Guardian. 2017-06-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
5. Koech, Gilbert (22 Dec 2021). "Challenges facing elephants outlined after 631km walk". The Star. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
6. "Kenya starts its first national wildlife census". Reuters. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
7. "Can Economics Save The African Rhino?". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
8. "Meet the Team". www.elephanttrust.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
9. "Anthropocene project highlights the apocalyptic beauty of humans' effect on the planet". CBC. 26 Sep 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

External links

• Kiiru's 2016 op-ed Stop the Ivory Trade