People

Farooq Adavudi (PhD)

Administrative Director/Co-founder


caka.karlsson@biotachf.org

Caka Karlsson 

Director of Research and Biodiversity Conservation

Caka holds an MSc degree from Lund University, where she in 2023 completed the Animal Ecology program. She studied the movement pattern of the Yellow-billed Kite, in Nigeria for her MSc thesis.  She is the Swedish representative for the LIFE EuroKite project, a Europe-wide Red Kite conservation initiative. In addition to her raptor interest, she is also interested in Human-wildlife interaction and conducted a human-raptor study in Nigeria in 2021.  

michael.manja@biotachf.org

Williams Michael Manja

Endangered Species Conservation Coordinator/Co-founder

Michael is a PhD candidate studying Wildlife Ecology at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. He holds a Master’s degree in Conservation Biology and another in Biology Education, equipping him for both field research and conservation education. As an expert in vulture research and conservation, Michael has conducted extensive research and led numerous conservation outreach programs to protect endangered Old-World vulture species and other threatened raptors. His expertise and dedication make him valuable to our organization’s biodiversity preservation mission.

Samson Da’an (PhD)

Biodiversity Coordinator

Bar. Williams Fwangmun Manja

Secretary /Conservation Law Enforcement Coordinator

Nanchin Winifred Kazeh 

Nature Conservation Programme Manager 

Mundi Francis Junior

Afforestation/Carbon Sequestration Coordinator  

Kjell Janssens 

  Raptor Research Coordinator/Bird Trapping and Tagging Expert

Yiljika John Daniel 

                Conservation Education Coordinator

Williams Jonathan Manja

Community Health and Zoonotic Infections Coordinator

Sponsors/Donors

Caka Karlsson

Director of Research and Biodiversity Conservation