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With a Masters in Biodiversity and Conservation, Adjany is pursuing a PhD activate conservation and tackle poverty simultaneously by creating a model tailored to the needs of the Local Luchaze people in the Angolan highlands.
Adjany Costa - Angolan, Africa
2019 Winner | Ethno-conservationist | Angolan
The Wildlife Protection through Community Based Natural Resource Management in Eastern Angola project aims to develop a model for communities in one of the last wildlife hubs in eastern Angola, as a tool to activate wildlife conservation and help protect one of the last wild places on earth. Unlike existing models, this is tailored to the needs, believes, culture and aspirations of the local Luchaze people, as they are part of the decision making and the structuring of the model.
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