Rachel Ikemeh

Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh is a Nigerian conservationist^[1][2] who won a Whitley award in 2020.^[3][4][5] She is the director^[6] of South West and Niger Delta Forest Project, a conservation program for endangered primates as the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, Red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus epieni) and Benin potto in the respective regions.^[7] She has actively been in Nigeria conservation for the past 15 years.^[8][9]

Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh
Rachel, June 2021.
Born	Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Other names	Ashegbofe
Education	Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. University of Kent, UK
Occupation	Conservationist
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Wildlife conservation and forest preservation.
Notable work	Primatology
Awards	She won a Whitley award in 2020.

Ikemeh has been involved in the establishment of two protected areas in Nigeria: a IUCN category II PA in Ekiti State^[10] and a community conservation area in Bayelsa State,^[11] Niger Delta, Nigeria.