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Program director
Nyawira Muthiga is a Conservation Zoologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, as the program director she oversees the running of activities at the Mombasa office. Activities that she is involved in include research and conservation programs on coral reefs, sea turtles, sea cucumbers and other threatened species and ecosystems. She liaise with the government and communities associated with marine resource use and management and play other coordinating roles including leading the regional coral reef task force.
Senior conservation zoologist
Tim McClanahan is a Senior Conservation Zoologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, where he has worked for the past 17 years. He works on the ecology, fisheries, climate change, social-ecological systems, and management of coral reefs and also enjoys interdisciplinary research with a view to solving broader conservation and science issues. During the past 25 years his research has evolved from a focus on prioritizing the effects of human disturbance on coral reefs, the role of marine protected areas, developing theoretical and simulation models of coral reefs, practical means to restore degraded reefs through manipulation of the food web and management, and understanding human organization around resources and management. Most recently he has been investigating the interaction between climate change, coral reef management and human adaptive capacity.
Research officer
Caroline Abunge is a Research Officer at WCS Western Indian Ocean Marine Program. She assists with fisheries management programs. She graduated in the year 2003 with bachelors in Sciences –Botany and Zoology from Allahabad University India. Her main interest is to study the impact and resilience fishing communities to change in resource conditions, Projects she is currently involved in are fishers perceptions towards management options, Evaluation of Ecosystem services, Fishers in Space and Participatory modelling of well being tradeoffs in coastal Kenya'. Her main strength lies in her dedication and sincerity in whatever she does.

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