Grey Crowned Cranes as a Powerful Flagship Species for improving Livelihoods of last-mile Communities in East Africa

As the East Africa Regional Director for the non-profit, the International Crane Foundation (ICF), Dr Aldabert Aine-omucunguzi works hard to keep Cranes and their habitat safe. This hour long presentation will showcase ICF’s interventions to secure cranes, wetlands and catchments are helping to improve the livelihoods of last-mile (forgotten) communities in East Africa. Such communities would otherwise exacerbate crane habitat degradation in their quest for survival. 

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Dr. Adalbert Aine-omucunguzi, born and raised in Uganda, currently works as the East Africa Regional Director for the International Crane Foundation (ICF). In this role, Dr. Adalbert Aine-omucunguzi oversees ICF’s Crane and Wetland conservation work across East African countries of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.  Dr. Adalbert leads a team that implements nature-positive strategies that benefit cranes, wetlands and communities. Dr. Adalbert is also the Chair of the IUCN’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Committee, the Coordinator of Eastern Africa, under the African Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement’s Grey Crowned Crane Single Species Action Plan, and is a member of the IUCN Biodiversity and Family Planning Task Force. He holds a PhD in Natural Resource Management from Mbarara University of Science and Technology.