Advocacy & People. Iroro Tanshi. Conservation and community are inseparable.
After rediscovering the endangered short-tailed roundleaf bat in Nigeria, Iroro Tanshi identified human-induced wildfires as the main threat to the species and launched a successful, community-led campaign to protect its refuge, the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary. The 24,700-acre Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary in southeastern Nigeria’s Cross River State was established in 2000 to protect its […]