Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh | |
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![]() Rachel, June 2021. | |
Born | Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Other names | Ashegbofe |
Education | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. University of Kent, UK |
Occupation | Conservationist |
Years active | 2005–present |
Known for | Wildlife conservation and forest preservation. |
Notable work | Primatology |
Awards | She won a Whitley award in 2020. |
Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh is a Nigerian conservationist [1] [2] who won a Whitley award in 2020. [3] [4] [5] She is the director [6] of South West and Niger Delta Forest Project, a conservation program for endangered primates as the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, Red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus epieni) and Benin potto in the respective regions. [7] She has actively been in Nigeria conservation for the past 15 years. [8] [9]
Ikemeh has been involved in the establishment of two protected areas in Nigeria: a IUCN category II PA in Ekiti State [10] and a community conservation area in Bayelsa State, [11] Niger Delta, Nigeria.