MR. SELASIE DZITSELECTURERDEPARTMENT OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENTFACULTY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Mr. Selasi Dzitse is an enthusiastic conservation biologist specializing in avian ecology, distribution, ethnology, and conservation. Mr. Dzitse is also interested in several emerging areas of conservation biology, including Environmental DNA (eDNA), the social dimension of biodiversity conservation (e. g, Community Resource Management Areas (CREMA)), His primary focus is on hornbill conservation and other keystone species. He is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, Hornbill Special Group (HSG), which works with other conservationists globally to influence research and formulate conservation policies. He has won grants from Idea Wild, The Holohil Grant, and the Indianapolis Zoo Grant.
GSA 34th Biennial Conference: Leveraging Innovative Science to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships (2025): Tamale, Ghana 23-25 September 2025.
International Ornithological Congress (IOCongress2022): Durban, South Africa 14-20th August 2022.
BirdLife International Conservation Webinar Series: Tackling illegal trade of Asian birds (15/09/2021).
Ecosystem Restoration: Global initiative in Science and Practice Series: Restoring Ecosystem Using Risk-Assessment Science: Guidance for applying the Red List of Ecosystem to Restoration (17/09/2021).
African Biodiversity Collaborative Group: Resources from Population, Health and Environment Approaches and Benefits for Conservation 19/08/2021.
Ecosystem Restoration: Global initiative in Science and Practice Series: Restoring Ecosystem The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: Advancements in Science, Best Practices, and Monitoring (20/08/2021).
BirdLife International Conservation Webinar Series: Champions of the Flyway: Year of the Dove (11/08/2021)
IUCN online consultation- Nature-based Solution for carbon offsetting (30/07/2021).
IUCN WCEL: African Environmental Law Congress (28/07/2021-29/07/2021).
African Biodiversity Collaborative Group: What’s new in the world Population, Health and Environment? 22/07/2021.
Ecosystem Restoration: Global initiative in Science and Practice Series: Need Restoration be Multilingual? (18/07/2021)
IUCN Vital Sites: ‘Privately Protected Areas on the Move’ (02/06/2021)
