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Grace Wambui Ngaruiya | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Kenya |
| Occupation | Conservation ecologist |
| Employer | Kenyatta University |
Grace Wambui Ngaruiya is a conservation ecologist from Kenya, whose work links climate change to loss of Africa's cultural heritage.
Career
editAs a conservation ecologist, Ngaruiya is known for ...
Since 2010, Ngaruiya has been a lecturer on plant biology at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya.[1] She also leads the Ecology and Conservation Biology section of the university.[1]
Ngaruiya is a lead author for the Africa chapter of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.[1]
Ngaruiya completed her Doctor of Philosophy in geography at the University of Hamburg in 2014, focusing on climate change adaptation and conflict geography.[2]
As an EDGE fellow in 2008 and as research for her master's thesis, Ngaruiya surveyed the population of golden-rumped elephant shrews in the Boni National Reserve and Dodori National Reserve along the northern coast of Kenya.[3] As part of this work, she discovered a new species of elephant shrew.[4]
Personal life
editNgaruiya is from Ngong, Kenya. She holds a bachelor's degree in zoology and a master's degree in conservation biology from the University of Nairobi.[3]
Selected publications
edit- Ngaruiya, G. W. and Scheffran, J. "Actors and networks in resource conflict resolution under climate change in rural Kenya," Earth System Dynamics, 7, 2016, 441–452, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-441-2016.
- Ngaruiya, Grace W. "Reweaving stakeholder networks: Promoting climate mitigation and Maasai culture using medicinal plants in Kenya," Ecosystem Services, 15, 2015, 103-112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.05.010.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Grace W. Ngaruiya". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Dr. Grace Ngaruiya : CLISEC : Universität Hamburg". www.clisec.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ a b "Grace Ngaruiya". EDGE of Existence. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Dr. Grace Ngaruiya : CLISEC : Universität Hamburg". www.clisec.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2022-06-16.