Workshop 2025

Hippo

Workshop for Developing an Action Plan for Conservation of Common Hippopotamus in Western Africa Abidjan

Dates: March 10-14, 2025 
Place: Les Résidence M'Maya, Rue 125, Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

The workshop will be co-hosted by Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS) and UFR Biosciences of the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire. The workshop represents the official action of the Hippo Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Species Survival Commission (HSG, IUCN SSC). If you would like to support the workshop, contact Dr. Bogui Elie Bandama (elie.bogui@csrs.ci), please.

Workshop will focus for 13 range countries:
Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina-Faso, Côte-d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, and Nigeria

Regional Coordinators

  • Prof. Ollo Théophille Dibloni - Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina-Faso, Côte-d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Niger
  • Dr. Lynne Baker - Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria