He is an academic scholar and conservation practitioner with core interests and experience in area-based conservation policy and rights-based approaches in biocultural landscapes. As part of his work with Terra-Nature Wild Conservation, he focuses on integrating traditional ecological knowledge with conservation strategies, including recent work on the meanings of Sacred Natural Sites and their connection to human geographies, in the Kibale, Bwindi, and Mgahinga Protected Area landscapes. His scholarly focus is centred on speciation and its impact on the management of resources (genes, species, and ecosystems) across space and time.
