Collaborators

Pascal is focusing on conservation of the African manatee and human-manatee conflict in the southern periphery of Korup National Park as well as in the Douala region of Cameroon. He has identified several new fish species consumed by manatees, and he is documenting net destruction by manatees, as well as hunting. Pascal graduated from the University of Dschang with his Master’s degree in Fall 2016

Uzoma Ejimadu is a PhD student at the University of Lagos studying African manatees in coastal lagoons near Lagos, as well as skull morphometrics. He began his research on the species in 2007 and is part of the team assessing all threats to African manatees throughout Nigeria.

Dr. Edem Eniang is a professor at the University of Uyo in southeastern Nigeria, as well as the Director of the non-profit Biodiversity Preservation Center. He is a herpetologist and has also been studying the African manatee since 2008. Edem is part of the team assessing all threats to African manatees throughout Nigeria. He and Lucy Keith-Diagne co-chair the Subgroup for the African Manatee of

Sarah is a PhD student in George Mason University’s environmental science and public policy program and Dr. Lucy Keith-Diagne serves on her academic committee. Her dissertation research focuses on testing new technologies including aerial and underwater drones and side-scanning sonar in marine and freshwater manatee habitats in Senegal and Nigeria, as well as mapping threats to the African manatee in Nigeria using a free software,

After obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Life and Earth Science at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, Yacine is now a Masters student in Ecology and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems at the university. For her thesis research project, Yacine is studying threats, habitat use and the diet of the African manatee at Lake Guiers, Senegal with

Pearson received his B.S. from Texas A&M University in 2017 and is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia where he received his M.S. under the mentorship of Dr. Tracey Tuberville. His graduate studies focused on the effectiveness of head-starting as a recovery tool for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise, spending nearly 2 years in the Mojave National Preserve in southern California, USA. Since

Cyrille is the co-founder of Organisation Ecotouristique du Lac Oguemoué (OELO), a non-profit research and conservation organization in central Gabon. He is investigating the impact of manatee hunting and the bushmeat trade in the Ogooué region of Gabon, investigating where illegal hunting and trade are taking place, and looking for ways to stop it. Cyrille also has a similar project focused on the slender-snouted crocodile,

Dawda Saine has been studying African manatees in The Gambia since 2012 and received training in manatee necropsies at the FWC Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory in Florida. He is currently leading manatee threat assessments for The Gambia.