https://oceanexpert.org/expert/82187

MSc

Research
Natural Resource Management

Fisheries, Aquaculture

• From July 2021 to the present: Facilitator at the NGO AGBO-ZEGUE (Lomé) on several community projects on natural resource management;

• From January 2022 to the present: Volunteer instructor at the Laboratory of Ecology and Ecotoxicology (LaEE) of the Zoology Department at the Faculty of Sciences (FDS) of the University of Lomé;

• From April 2025 to the present: Environmentalist intern at Compassion International Togo;

• January to April 2024: Data collection officer on fauna and flora as well as ecosystem services in the Maritime region (Togo);

• 2022 to 2024: Environmental expert in the development of municipal development plans (Golfe 5, Vo 1, Vo 4 with the SARUSI design office and Vo 2 with the Etude-Finance-Conseil (EFC) firm in Togo;

• November 2023: Assistant to the ichthyology specialist during the hydroelectric dam construction project in the Kara region of Togo, organized by Oryx expertise;

• October to November 2022: Associate consultant in the project to update data on Ramsar sites in Togo, University of Lomé (Togo);

• October to November 2018: Researcher on the GIZ RBT-DM project (Togo);

• February 2016 – September 2018: Facilitator at the NGO CDAC (Afagnan) on several community projects on natural resource management;

• January to December 2024: Facilitator of Education and Financial Inclusion for Youth and Children at the MIJ in Lomé, Togo

• October to November 2013: Intern at the Department of Zoology and Animal Biology at the University of Lome

• Management of marine resources (fish, sea turtles) and combating marine pollution;

• Ichthyology, ecology, ecological monitoring;

• Organization and facilitation of information, awareness-raising, and educational workshops and meetings;

• Specialist in local natural resource governance (facilitating decision-making meetings, implementing community resource management tools: establishing mandated management structures, developing local agreements, participatory mapping, site development and management plans, etc.);

• Surveys of local communities;

• Development of municipal development plans focused on the environment and climate change;

• Specialist in protected area management.

English
French

I am Akuwa Ewoe KPAKPO from Togo (West Africa). I hold a Master’s degree in Ecology and Wildlife Resource Management and am currently pursuing my PhD at the University of Lome. My research focus is on optimizing post-harvest management of fishery resources along the Togolese coast for improving the sustainability and profitability of the value chain. I am specialist in ecology, natural resource management, and conservation, with extensive experience in community engagement, scientific research in ichthyology and in species conservation. I have extensive research experience with the Ecology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory at the UL, and have taken part in missions to inventory Togo's freshwater fish species (the Kara, Koumongou, Haho and Oti rivers and the mares aux hippopotames d’Afito) and setting up a data collection system for wildlife and ecosystem services in the Maritime region (Togo). I play an active role in implementing the natural resource conservation projects of the NGO AGBO-ZEGUE. I have also worked with the NGO Centre de Développement des Actions Communautaires (CDAC) on several projects for the creation of the Mono Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve and the organization of riparian communities at the Afito hippopotamus pond complex, financed by GIZ and FFEM/IUCN. I also took part in drawing up the community development plans for Golfe 5, Vo 1, Vo 2 and Vo 4, and have attended several professional training courses in environmental assessment of development projects, team and conflict management and gender approach to natural resource conservation.