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Ilemobayo (Bimbo) Abimbola

By mmavhima on August 16, 2024

Faculty: Forestry

Program: Master of Forest and Conservation Sciences

Year: 2019

Country: Nigeria

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Bimbo is ambitious, highly organized, result oriented and committed to making the world more sustainable. She obtained a Bachelor degree in Forestry and Wood Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. Having witnessed the increasing rate of deforestation and degradation of the most diverse single ecological zone in the southern region of Nigeria, Bimbo is particularly interested in sustainable forest resource management, climate change awareness, adaptation strategies and mitigation among the rural communities as she believes the rural farmers are the most vulnerable in developing countries. Her passion for sustainability has made her to be deeply involved in forestry activities. During her undergraduate days, she led a group of students in her department to donate tree seedlings to rural farmers and also, educate them about forestry. She further encouraged them on the need to involve rural women in forestry activities. Recently, Bimbo co-founded an NGO named One Tree Initiative and Research (OTI&R) with the sole aim of training young advocates for interest in forestry and as well, research into subject matters of the 21st century challenges caused by human activities.

Bimbo sees herself as a researcher that would be involved in reshaping the forestry sub-sector and contribute her quota to sustainable forest resource management. She is excited about studying MSc Forestry at UBC as this would eventually help her reach both her career and personal goals.

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