Dr. James G. Njogu, HSC, PhD, MPhil, BSc
Ag. Secretary General/CEO
Dr. James Njogu has over twenty year’s professional experience in the field of environmental management, biodiversity and natural resource management. His first degree is in Wildlife Management and a Master’s in Biological Sciences from Moi University. His graduated PhD degree is in Social Geography from University of Amsterdam in 2003.
Work experience includes in government and non-governmental organization under different capacities. The specific work experience include research, policy analysis, proposal development and reviews, resource mobilization, project management among other including senior management. He has mainly worked on international conventions and agreement under Kenya Wildlife Service. He coordinated all Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) that Kenya has ratified and that relate to wildlife conservation and protected areas in Kenya. These include, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Ramsar Convention – formally the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), International Whaling Commission (IWC) and World Heritage Convention (WHC) – Natural Sites. Other conventions that he was involved in include Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nation conventions on climate change (UNFCCC) and on desertification (UNCCD). He has work as Natural Resource Manager, Ewaso Ngiro South Development Authority and also served briefly as Ag. Principal Kenya Wildlife Training Institute.
In addition to convention, he coordinated matters relating to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Kenya Membership and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) matters and also strongly involved in developing and negotiating resolutions at United Nation Environment Assembly (UNEA). He has served as representative of Kenya in UNESCO as Member of the Executive Board (2015 – 2019) and chaired of Group V(a), Committee on Non-Governmental Partners (NGP). Others included vice chair of Kenya Man and Biosphere (MAB) National Committee, member of Kenya UNESCO Natural Science Expert Committee and Cultural Expert Committee; Chair for Eastern and Southern Africa (ESARO) IUCN Regional Committee (2013 -2016); Chair IUCN Kenya National Committee. He served focal point and member of standing committee for various conventions.