Abdullahi Ali

Abdullahi H. Ali is an award-winning Kenyan wildlife biologist with a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Wyoming, USA. He is the Founder of the Hirola Conservation Programme and the Somali Giraffe Project, focusing on the recovery of hirola antelope and giraffe conservation in areas along the Kenya-Somalia border. Internationally, Ali serves as the President of the Kenya Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology, is a longstanding member of the IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist, a recent member of the IUCN’s Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group, a National Geographic Explorer, and works as a fellow for the Zoological Society of London’s EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) group. 

Ali is also a member of the National Hirola Management Committee (Kenya), an elected National Giraffe Conservation Task Force (Kenya) member, and a founding member and Board Secretary to the Northeastern Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association. He has received various awards globally for his conservation work including the prestigious Whitley Funds for Nature Awards, the National Geographic/Buffett Awards for Leadership in Conservation in Africa, EDGE Affiliate Conservation Heroes Award from the Zoological Society of London, Hornaday Conservation Award for excellence in mammal conservation by the American Society of mammalogists, Disney Conservation Hero Award, the Garissa County outstanding service Award and the Humane Hero Award by the American Humane Society.