Paula Kahumbu
Paula Kahumbu | |
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Kahumbu in 2017 | |
| Born | Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Known for | Hands Off Our Elephants |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Wildlife conservation |
| Institutions | WildlifeDirect |
| Thesis | The effects of elephants on their habitats in the Shimba Hills, Kenya (2002) |
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| Website | Personal website |
Paula Kahumbu is a wildlife conservationist and chief executive officer of WildlifeDirect. She is best known as a campaigner for elephants and wildlife, spearheading the Hands Off Our Elephants Campaign, which was launched in 2014 with Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta. She was recently appointed in 2022 as the first National Geographical Explorer as a board of trustees member at the National Geographic Society.