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ACP Team Members
Dr. David Western
David Western, known as Jonah, began research into savannas ecosystems at Amboseli in 1967, looking at the interactions of humans and wildlife. His work, unbroken since then, has served as a barometer of changes in the savannas and test of conservation solutions based on the continued coexistence of people and wildlife.
Jonah is currently chairman of the African Conservation Centre, Nairobi. He directed Wildlife Conservation Society programs internationally, established Kenya’s Wildlife Planning Unit, chaired the World Conservation Union's African Elephant and Rhino Specialist Group, and was founding president of The International Ecotourism Society, chairman of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, director of Kenya Wildlife Service, and founder of the African Conservation Centre in Nairobi. He is an adjunct professor in Biology at the University of California, San Diego.
Western’s publications include Conservation for the Twenty-first Century (OUP, 1989), Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-based Conservation (Island Press, 1994) and In the Dust of Kilimanjaro (Shearwater, 2001). He is presently conducting a study on climate change in the Kenya-Tanzania borderlands in collaboration with University of California San Diego, University of York, Missouri Botanical Gardens, and African Conservation Centre.
Dr. Jeff Worden
Jeff is an ecologist and conservation scientist who first began working on pastoral-livestock-wildlife issues in East Africa in 1989. He completed his dissertation, Fragmentation and Settlement Pattern in Maasailand – Implications for pastoral mobility, drought vulnerability, and wildlife conservation in an East African savanna, at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University in 2007.
Jeff has worked with the International Livestock Research Institute as a graduate fellow, professional expert, and visiting scientist since 1999. Currently a post-doctoral research scientist with the Amboseli Conservation Program, Jeff's research interests include spatial ecology, bio-informatics, climate and land-use change, land tenure systems and their impacts on pastoralists and savanna environments, community based natural resource monitoring, hybrid knowledge systems, and biodiversity and conservation in human landscapes.
David Maitumo
David has been working in Amboseli as the ACP field officer for over 30 years. As a member of the local Maasai community in the Amboseli area, David brings a unique perspective to the program. His rich understanding of the interaction of people, livestock, and wildlife, and the challenges facing conservation in human landscapes, enriches his key roles in the design of field experiments and long term data collection and monitoring.
Victor Mose
Victor is the project bio-statistician. He has a masters in biostatistics from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a bachelors degree in statistics from the same university. He also holds a financial mathematics qualification from the Institute of Actuaries, London, UK.
Victor is experienced in ecological modeling, bio-informatics, and geographical information systems (GIS). His research interests include Bayesian spatial analysis and biodiversity mapping.
Daniel Kiptum
Daniel is a Project Data Analyst at ACP. He holds an MSc in Statistics from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and a BSc in Statistics, Moi University, Kenya. He has interests in data management, database development and management and application of longitudinal, categorical and spatial data models in savanna ecosystem research.
Amboseli Conservation Program works closely with the African Conservation Centre. ACP's offices are located in the African Conservation Centre, off Langata Road.
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