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OGUNJEMITE BABAFEMI GEORGE

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Fullname:
 OGUNJEMITE BABAFEMI GEORGE
Post:
 Professor
Email Address:
 bgogunjemite[at]futa.edu.ng, ogunjemitefuta[at]gmail.com, ogunjemitebg[at]conservete
Telephone:
 +234 08033893257
Nationality:
 NIGERIA
Affiliation:
 (I) FORESTRY ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA. (II) ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (III) FOREST AND FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (IV) INTERNATIONAL PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY (V) NIGERIAN SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (VI) COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Education:
 PH.D. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, FUT. AKURE, (2004); M.TECH. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, FUT. AKURE,(1998); BSC. BOTANY, UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, (1984)
Background:
 PROFESSOR B.G OGUNJEMITE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. HE HAD A POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WITH THE NIGERIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (NCF) / WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) PROJECTS IN NIGERIA (2007). HIS SPECIFIC AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST IS PRIMATE AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY. HIS RESEARCH EFFORTS HAVE CULMINATED INTO PUBLICATIONS OF ARTICLES IN LEARNED JOURNALS, PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. WITH OVER FIFTEEN YEARS UNIVERSITY LECTURESHIP AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, HE HAS WORKED ON THE SURVEY AND IDENTIFICATION OF MANY NIGERIAN PRIMATE SPECIES IN THE RAINFOREST OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIAN, CARRIED OUT HABITAT ANALYSIS FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE SPECIES AND CONDUCTED RESEARCH INTO CONSERVATION AND PACKAGING OF CHIMPANZEES FOR ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT. HE WAS AWARDED THE PRIMATE ACTION FUND OF CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI), WASHINGTON, D. C. GRANT FOR CHIMPANZEE SURVEY IN 2007 AND THE RUFFORD SMALL GRANT FOUNDATION AWARDED FOR PRIMATE HABITAT COUNTRY DELEGATES TO IPS 2008 CONFERENCE, EDINBURGH, UK (2008). HE IS PRESENTLY A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON AFROMONT BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, EDITOR OF ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA AND MEMBER OF IUCN SPECIES SPECIALIST COMMISSION FOR AFRICAN PRIMATES. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES WITH THE RESEARCH UNIT OF SOME OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PARKS, COORDINATED STUDENTS' INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE, SUPERVISED STUDENT PROJECTS AND ORGANIZED FIELD TRIPS AT BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE LEVELS.