This is the centre-piece of the Marjan-Marsh Awards.
John Kahekwa: General Manager and founder of the PolePole Foundation in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) John Kahekwa was formerly the chief tracker of the Lowland Gorillas in the nearby Kahuzi-Biega national park. Having observed the human pressures on local natural resources while also dealing with the conflicts raging in eastern DRC at the time John Kahekwe set out to find a sustainable solution that could contribute to the protection of the natural resources of the park and to the alleviation of the socio-economic crisis hitting the local communities.the human pressures on local natural resources while also dealing with the conflicts raging in eastern DRC at the time John Kahekwe set out to find a sustainable solution that could contribute to the protection of the natural resources of the park and to the alleviation of the socio-economic crisis hitting the local communities.
Hosted by the Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict and Conservation