Sheillah Munsabe

Sheil­lah Munsabe

Sheillah Munsabe

Sheil­lah Mun­sabe is the Net­work & Cer­ti­fic­a­tions Coordin­at­or in Rwanda for the Wild­life Friendly Enter­prise Net­work (WFEN), where she works with mul­tiple stake­hold­ers on advan­cing the Gor­illa Friendly™ program.

Is gorilla-friendly conservation compatible with local communities and tourism?

September 21, 2023

Gorilla-friendly policy and practice played a part in the arrival of 'Jijuka' ('enlightenment'), who was named during Rwanda's 19th Kwita Izina in 2023 by Sol Campbell.

It can be dif­fi­cult to find a bal­ance between spe­cies con­ser­va­tion and the needs and aspir­a­tions of our own spe­cies.  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Sheil­lah Mun­sabe of the Wild­life Friendly Enter­prise Net­work describes a gor­illa-friendly mod­el for con­ser­va­tion, respons­ible tour­ism, and improved com­munity live­li­hoods. As we become more glob­al­ised, the respons­ib­il­ity for pro­tect­ing Earth’s […]

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