Joven profesional de la CSE de la UICN

I am Ibukunoluwa, I am an insect conservationist and a nature lover. My research focus is on the conservation of insect pollinators in urban and agricultural landscapes. I am interested in how insect pollinators respond to floral and nesting resources in urban green spaces and biodiversity-friendly farms. 

Over the years, I noticed the extensive problems that plagued conservation in developing countries like mine, and I was super intrigued and determined to contribute my quota in propagating conservation. This led me to be more active in conservation activities, where I volunteered in major conservation NGOs and embarked upon several educational campaigns on conservation on my social media pages. Hence, I am interested in how conservation research translates to actions and policies. So, I volunteer in various activities of conservation groups.

I'm an early career biologist from Venezuela, focused on apex vertebrate predatos population ecology, behavior ecology, conservation and wildlife management. I've been working for the last five years at the Population Ecology and Genetics Lab (IVIC) on Jaguars and other felids conservation and ecology projects. I became a CPSG member in 2019 and since then i've been participating in trainning and fascilitating conservation workshops.