Sharlene is from Australia and have a business called Urban Rewild. She's passionate conservationist and environmental educator. Sharlene has a background in business, and a servant leader.
She believe leading by example and doing empowers people to join the journey of self-belief for change. Sharlene has been an active fundraiser and supporter of Mubare Biodiversity Conservation or " MBC", for approximately four years, bringing with me business skills, community engagement knowledge, volunteering experiences, and obsession with the environment and Mother Earth.
Sharlene is a forward and entrepreneurial thinker who makes positive progress for and with the MBC team.
After studying Conservation Biology, Jordan set off on his conservation career by joining different volunteer and internship programs around the world. Spending time in the South African Bush and in the jungles of South East Asia, Jordan managed to put together a strong set of real-world conservation skills.
Jordan’s first Job in conservation was managing a sea turtle project on a tropical island off the east coast of Malaysia. It was here Jordan realised that the most important aspect of conservation for him was outreach and connectivity.
After returning to the UK due to COVID-19, Jordan began to work in environmental education, taking students of all ages into English woodlands, most recently Jordan was managing COPROT Tortugas de Osa, a sea turtle project in Costa Rica
Jordan is currently the station manager for Tobacco Caye Marine Station in Belize. This role focuses on the conservation and awareness of marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangroves.
" As Alex's field of operation is one that can be found, not just at the "Bwindi Impenetrable Forest" National Park but, all over Africa and, the rest of the world, where poaching, based on human survival need is being practiced. His background is Wildlife Conservationist, Public Health and the ICT that enables him to lead by example
His passion for conservation, combusted by his provable practical knowledge, burns high. For him, all must be conserved, as all is connected and, part of One. In his view, his work up to date, speaks for itself.
He is tireless and, one can find him dedicating his time at ANY time, day or night. If given the resources to really go and "run," as far as it takes, to create his dream of eradicating poaching in Africa, if not the entire world, he will attempt something important, with all his heart and soul.
As far as Alex is concerned, it is not about him. It is about the remaining mountain gorillas and the people living close to them. His motto is: "Let's move and do something about it!" This has enabled him to be public recognized and received international environmental and humanitarian leadership awards since 2020 to date
"Alex founded the “ Mubare Biodiversity Conservation ” or, MBC, formally BDN based on what he calls the “Interdependence of Human-Wildlife Conflict,” after witnessing, over time, the increasing incidents of, either injured, or killed, mountain gorillas, by local poachers, hunting for them and, other forest animals.
The aim of Alex’s of intervention-project, regarding such “Human-Wildlife Conflicts,” was not only designed to begin reducing poaching incidents but, also, to start the education and the “sensitization” of the Bwindi "Front-line Communities," on the importance of wildlife conservation.
Without reforms to the traditional poaching lifestyle, in the form of sustainable alternatives to gain their livelihood, the “Front-line Villagers” have no chance of survival and, the gorillas will continue to dwindle in numbers. This is the case everywhere in the world, where poaching is a way of life.
Trusting his clear conviction that his idea represented a new and feasible approach, on how to deal with the problems found in Bwindi, Alex turned his ideas into actions and began reforming poachers, who were endangering gorilla lives, one by one.
It was, still is, a hard road to travel. He was the first to introduce the "Reformed Poacher" model in Uganda and, started with 10. Today, there are 305 and counting. In turn, mountain gorilla are no longer being critical endangered, only endangered.
Since Alex's system of breaching the conflict as to what would become of those "Reformed Poachers," includes both sides, they were given the opportunity to further their education and, received initial help and continued support. Many of the ex-poachers have graduated to becoming "Wildlife Conservation Educators," or WCEs, within their communities and are "giving back" to their communities and, their former prey, by spreading the message of conservation."
Alex knows that the younger generation is a solution for today's faced conservation challenges!
He is continuing to engage local schools in wildlife conservation activities at his founded Mubare Biodiversity Conservation, aiming to " empower the next generation of environmental leaders, to secure a brighter future for them and Uganda’s wildlife, particularly the endangered mountain gorillas"
He has done several researches and the publications on health, conservation and development
Alex was appointed and sat on the following Board of Trustees, Bwindi Community Hospital later, Secretary social services at Kayonza Local Government, Director at Buhoma-Bwindi Micro Finance Bank, Board member at Buhoma-Mukono Community Development Association, Board chairperson at Nina Wait Mukongoro and Bwindi Watoto schools, appointed and trained frontline village living around the 10 National Parks in Uganda & DRC
