Sam Weru, Biodiversity Expert, Coastal East Africa

Sam is a 56-year-old Indigenous Kenyan. He is a specialist in wildlife conservation, eco-tourism, wildlife security and general natural resources management with technical and practical field experience spanning over 30 years. He has a keen interest in Africa's place on biodiversity and natural resources, climate change adaptation and sustainable access to water. He is a PhD candidate in Environmental Policy at the University of Nairobi’s Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy. Sam has worked for the Kenya Government, the US Government and WWF, all spanning over 25 years of active employment.

Sam is a fully ordained elder of the Agîkûyû people. Fully conscious of, and, acknowledging that the environment provides humanity with essential goods and services that sustain life on earth, he has great interest in combining science with tradition/cultural knowledge in the conservation and management of the environment and natural resources.