Considered Solutions, Extended Sustainability

Mordecai-Ogada

Dr. Mordecai Ogada

The director of Conservation Solutions Afrika is a carnivore ecologist and obtained his PhD from Kenyatta University in 2007. He has been involved in conservation work for the last 15 years in Kenya and other parts of Africa, mainly on human-wildlife conflict mitigation (particularly the area of livestock depredation in rangelands). Dr. Ogada is a member of Kenya Wildlife Service Carnivore Management committee and advises on carnivore conservation policy issues. He has also taught MSc students in field courses organized by the Tropical Biology Association. His ecological work includes studies on Lions, Hyenas, cheetah, African Wild dog and otters. Dr. Ogada’s professional work has included research and teaching but has mainly been in the area of community- based conservation, wildlife policy and wetlands ecology. From 2009-2011 Dr. Ogada developed cheetah conservation strategies for Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda as the regional coordinator for Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) cheetah conservation program. He served as theExecutiveDirector of Laikipia Wildlife Forum from December 2011 to March 2014, where his work focused on the perceptions of conservation and how these influence communities and practitioners in the field of natural resource management. Dr. Ogada’s current professional focus is conservation policy and developing synergies between development design and natural resource management, which will be pursued to through the work of Conservation Solutions Africa.


Anthony-Ochino-127x150

Mr. Anthony Ochino

A highly-experienced forester with over twenty five years’ experience in tropical rain forest management and a wide knowledge base in the conservation and management of temperate and dry land forests. He holds a Master of Science degree in forestry and has undergone social forestry training in the UK and the MS Training Centre for Development Co-operation (MS-TCDC), in addition to having first hand exposure to social forestry programs in France, Germany, the Benelux countries, in Nepal and in East Africa.Through his twenty years of public service at the Forest Department (Now Kenya Forestry Service) he has coordinated programs for conservation and management of natural forest reserves, establishment of industrial plantations and promotion of agro forestry practices at different levels in various forest conservancies.He is one of the pioneer foresters who played a key role in introduction of participatory forest management processes at various sites and also contributed to development of national guidelines for preparation of participatory forest management plans.This has been in addition to compiling a number of forest management plans for various forest stations and development of the training curriculum for technical staff in participatory forest management. He is currently serving as the forest management and planning officer at Laikipia Wildlife Forum and coordinates capacity building initiatives aimed at empowering forest dwellers in the restoration of forest health and productivity in Laikipia County and contributing to maintaining the hydrological balance in the Ewaso ecosystem.Mr. Ochino’scurrent professional focus is work with local community conservation groups, building their capacities to promote alternative livelihoods that are compatible with conservation of forests. He is a member of various professional and social organizations at national and international levels.