{"id":758,"date":"2020-10-07T21:39:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:58:10","slug":"profile-of-professor-edem-eniang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/index.php\/profile-of-professor-edem-eniang\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile of Professor Edem Eniang"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"758\" class=\"elementor elementor-758\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7a8e2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7a8e2b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-429a3d7\" data-id=\"429a3d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1a835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e1a835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Profile-Photo.jpg\" title=\"Profile Photo\" alt=\"Professor edem eniang\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e295265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e295265\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-682ab39c\" data-id=\"682ab39c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6088abfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6088abfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Edem A. Eniang<\/a> was born on 1st October, 1969 in Itam- Itu, Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State. He had his early primary education at Government School Mbak Atai, Itu, Nigeria and proceeded to the famous Command Secondary School, Zaria road, Jos Plateau State where he graduated in 1984. He had his Bachelor of Agriculture in Forestry and Wildlife Management from the University of Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State in 1992. He also bagged his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Wildlife Resources Management from the prestigious University of Ibadan in 1998 and 2004 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career as Graduate Assistant in the Department of Forestry and Natural<br \/>Environmental Management in the University of Uyo in 1995 and rose through the ranks to the enviable status of Professor in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Edem A. Eniang<\/a> is an effective academic of international reputation in Wildlife resources management with twenty-five (25) years\u2019 experience in teaching, research, training, counseling, advocacy and community service with national and international organizations which has produced over 100 publications in highly reputed national and international journals. A talented and a passionate wildlife conservationist, international environmental management consultant and team leader, Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Edem A. Eniang<\/a> is highly motivated and driven to succeed within challenging environments.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the former Hon. Minister of State for Environment &#8211; Alhaji Ibrahim Jubril now His Royal Highness, Emir of Nasarawa personally handed over 600 life animals including 145 venomous snakes which were seized by men of Nigeria Customs and Excise Department to Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Edem Eniang<\/a> in a public event at Calabar to keep in trust for the Federal Government of Nigeria.<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">His outstanding career performance has earned him numerous international awards. In the cours<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">of his lifelong pursuits of endangered species conservation research in Nigeria, <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Prof. Eniang<\/a> has\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">rediscovered the Preuss\u2019s Red Colobus Monkey (Procolobus badius preussi) in year 2000\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">which was presumed to be extinct in Nigeria since 1980 and the Flying lizard (Halaspis\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">guentheri) in 2015 which was last seen in Nigeria in 1968 and presumed to be extinct in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21e4416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21e4416\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c990ec9\" data-id=\"c990ec9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a4bc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32a4bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hemidactylus-eniangii.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-764\" alt=\"hemidactylus eniangii\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hemidactylus-eniangii.jpg 455w, https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hemidactylus-eniangii-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Advocacy. Photo: Hemidactylus eniangii, a new endemic species of Nigeria.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f06819 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f06819\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adf567d\" data-id=\"adf567d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b219da0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b219da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The global naming of his newly discovered West African Zebra Gecko in his honour as Hemidactylus eniangii in 2010 by international scientists working in the University of California Berkeley, USA became the icing on the cake of his extraordinary passion driven wildlife conservation career. Between 2012 to date, <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Prof. Eniang<\/a> has discovered within Nigeria, Eleven (11) new animals including two (2) Culubrid snakes, two (2) Eel species, one (1) Amphibian and six (6) Forest Gecko species all yet to be classified by science.<\/p>\n<p>He has to his credits over twenty-five awards from both local and international governmental and non-governmental agencies including winning the Conservation award of prestigious Pan African Association for Zoos, Aquarium and Botanical Gardens (PAAZAB) 1st Conservation Award at South Africa in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Edem A. Eniang<\/a> has held several positions of responsibilities within and outside the University community. He is currently the Head of Wildlife Ecology Unit in the Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State. He has mentored several national and international programmes of which the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sponsored Environmental\/Conservation NGOs working in Nigeria is one.<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/edemeniang.com\/\">Edem A. Eniang<\/a> is a member to many international organizations which include Society for Conservation Biology, USA (African Section), Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Addis Ababa and three (3) different commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), namely, World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and Species Specialists Commission (SSC) where he represents Nigeria in the Boas and Pythons Specialist Group (B&amp;PSG), Primates Specialists Group (PSG), Crocodilian Specialists Group<br \/>(CSG), to mention but a few.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Edem A. Eniang belongs to many local and international professional bodiesexamples of which are the Forestry Association of Nigeria (FAN) Uyo Chapter Akwa Ibom State, Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) United Kingdom, American Society for<br \/>Primatologists, International Primatological Society and African Primatological Society and has been consultant to many organization including Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) in states and Federal Governments of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He is the Thematic Leader in charge of promoting and supporting effective and equitable governance of natural resources and deploying natural based solutions to address societal challenges under the IUCN \/WCPA programme. He is also a member Nigerian National Coordination Group (NCG) of Key Biodiversity Areas in Nigeria ; he is a fellow and the Business Manager of Wildlife Society of Nigeria (WISON) as well as the elected officer in charge of Academia and Research in the nascent Coalition of Biodiversity Conservationists of Nigeria (CNBC).\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-381aa17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"381aa17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d919ae7\" data-id=\"d919ae7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d88dc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d88dc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-20200721-WA0002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-767\" alt=\"Professoe edem eniang with his african civet cat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-20200721-WA0002.jpg 756w, https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-20200721-WA0002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5923df7\" data-id=\"5923df7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b568efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b568efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-10-07-at-7.03.29-PM-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-768\" alt=\"Professor edem eniang with a nile crocodile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-10-07-at-7.03.29-PM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-10-07-at-7.03.29-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-10-07-at-7.03.29-PM.jpeg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd06dde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd06dde\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6225e52\" data-id=\"6225e52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed68066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed68066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Prof Edem A. Eniang\u2019s passion for wildlife and environmental conservation has led him to convert his private residence to a Wildlife Conservation Education Center in Uyo, the first of such facility in Akwa Ibom State where the general public are given conservation awareness in favour of our threatened wildlife species and habitats. His extra-curricular activities include Wildlife Photography, Conservation \/ Environmental Education and International Conservation\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0ac047 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0ac047\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92ec4a2\" data-id=\"92ec4a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70cac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a70cac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EDEM ENIANG'S iMAGE GALLERY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0702d52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0702d52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-feca47d\" data-id=\"feca47d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e3847 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"c1e3847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-04-at-10.35.19-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Eniang with Esuk Mbat Community leaders at Akpabuyo Forestry Division\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Eniang with Esuk Mbat Community leaders at Akpabuyo Forestry Division<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-04-at-10.35.21-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Eniang with Esuk Mbat Community leaders at Akpabuyo Forestry Division\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Eniang with Esuk Mbat Community leaders at Akpabuyo Forestry Division<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eniang-at-BoNN.jpg\" alt=\"Eniang at BoNN\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Eniang at BoNN<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eniang-engages-Children-from-Sureway-School-Uyo.jpg\" alt=\"Eniang engages Children from Sureway School Uyo\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Eniang engages Children from Sureway School Uyo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" 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src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eniang-leading-the-Totoise-mascot.jpg\" alt=\"Eniang leading the Totoise mascot\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Eniang leading the Totoise mascot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/biodiversitypreservationcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eniang-mobilizing-Itu-Women-to-conserve-Endagered-species.jpg\" alt=\"Eniang mobilizing Itu Women to conserve Endagered species\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Eniang mobilizing Itu Women to conserve Endagered species<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" 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