Deogratias Tumuhaise is a Wetland Officer at Ugandas Ministry of Water and Environment and posts about wetlands and climate work on sector platforms, indicating a site-level conservation focus aligned with the Convention on Biological Diversity. His background in Ramsar site activities and wetland restoration suggests familiarity with in-situ conservation obligations and the need to consult and involve local communities when managing biodiversity that contains genetic resources. Through his professional posts and affiliations, he understands that implementing ABS at ecosystem sites requires prior informed consultation, community engagement, and locally negotiated benefit-sharing arrangements. That practical, landscape-level experience equips him to contribute to the operationalisation of ABS, particularly where wetlands host plants or microbial genetic resources, enabling him to support PIC processes and community agreements in line with CBD and national ABS arrangements.
