Prof. Shiiwua Manu

Weppa Farm Field Station, Agenebode, Edo State

Professor of Ornithology at APLORI, Department of Zoology, University of Jos

Professor of Ornithology at the Department of Zoology, University of Jos, Nigeria and Former Director of APLORI. Currently responsible for setting up and implementing research at the APLORI Field Station in Weppa Farm, Agenebode, Edo State. Conducting an ornithological inventory; assessing and monitoring the abundance and richness of birds; determining the spatio-temporal variation in habitat use and distribution; and the breeding and migration ecology of resident and migratory bird species respectively in the Weppa Farm.

Shiiwua Manu has been a key actor in the development of ornithology & nature conservation in Nigeria since 1981 when he completed his B.Sc. in Zoology from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Shiiwua Manu also holds a Masters degree in Wildlife Management from University of Ibadan & a D.Phil in Ornithology from the Edward Grey Institute for Field Ornithology, Oxford University, UK.

He has contributed immensely towards capacity development for ornithology & nature conservation in West Africa having served in various teaching, governmental & non-governmental roles at various times in Nigeria. He was part of the team that helped set up the A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI), serving as the pioneer Scientific Director & later as Director for over 15 years. He continues to play a leadership role at APLORI & in West African Ornithology. His immense contributions to nature conservation in West Africa has been recognized both locally & internationally & include a Marsh Award for International Ornithology in 2014, presented by the Duke of Edinburgh at a ceremony hosted by the British Trust for Ornithology at the Mall Gallery in London.

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