Paula Kahumbu

**Paula Kahumbu** wata mai rajin kare namun daji ce kuma Babbar Jami’ar kula da namun daji. An san ta sosai a matsayin mai fafutukar giwaye da namun daji, da ke jagorantar kamfen din yakin giwayen, wanda aka fara a  shekara ta 2014 tare da Uwargidan Shugaban Kenya Margaret Kenyatta.

## Ilimi da Sana'ar Farko
An haifi Kahumbu a ranar 25 ga watan Yuni, na shekara ta 1966 kuma ya girma a Nairobi, Kenya, kuma a can ya yi makarantar firamare da sakandare a Loreto Convent Msongari. Shahararren masanin kiyaye muhalli Richard Leakey ne ya fara ba ta jagoranci. An ba ta Makarantar Kwalejin Kwalejin Kenya don nazarin Ilimin Lafiya da Ilimin Halitta a Jami'ar Bristol. Sannan ta sami digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Florida a cikin Kimiyyar Dabbobi da Range Science a shekara ta 1992. Karatunta na farko da aikin da take yi ya ta'allaka ne kan na birrai, inda kuma ta rubuta karatuttukan digirinta na biyu a kan birai na Tana River Primate National Reserve.

Tsakanin makarantar gaba da digiri na biyu, Kahumbu ya koma Kenya don aiki da Hukumar Kula da Dabbobin daji ta Kenya. A can, an tuhume ta da kirgawa da auna ma'aunin hauren giwa a rumbun kasar a shirye shiryen Richard Leakey wanda ya shahara a duniya a talabijin na kona hauren. Taron ya sauya tunaninta daga na birrai zuwa giwayen aikin digirgir. An ba ta gurbin karatu ne na Petri don halartar Jami’ar Princeton don kammala digirinta na uku a fannin Ilimin Jiki da Ilimin Halittar Halitta daga shekara ta 1994  zuwa shekarar 2002, inda ta karanta giwaye a tsaunin Shimba da ke gabar Kenya. A cikin shekara ta 2005, ta karɓi Takaddun shaida a cikin Shirin don Gudanar da Gudanarwa ta hanyar Cibiyar Nazarin Kasuwancin Gordon a Jami'ar Pretoria.

## Aikin kiyayewa
Bayan ta karbi digirinta na uku, Kahumbu ta koma aikin kula da namun daji na Kenya kuma ta jagoranci wakilan Kenya zuwa taron cinikayyar kasa da kasa game da Dabbobin da ke Haɗari. A shekara ta 2007, Kahumbu ta zama babban darekta na WildlifeDirect, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta wacce aka kafa tare da ita a shekara ta 2004 daga malamin ta Richard Leakey a matsayin wani dandamali na yanar gizo don samar da murya ga masu ra'ayin kiyaye muhalli na Afirka. Tun daga wannan lokacin kungiyar ta zama mafi girman shafin yanar gizan yanar gizan namun daji a Afirka kuma ta tattara batutuwa daban-daban na batutuwan kiyayewa - daga kare chimpanzees a Saliyo zuwa Kare Fentin Afirka a Zimbabwe. Wadanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare su ta hanyar sakonnin yanar gizon zasu iya ba da gudummawa kai tsaye ga masu ra'ayin kiyaye muhalli a kasa, suna keta kudaden gudanarwar.

Gangamin "Hannayen Giwayenmu" wanda Kahumbu ta kaddamar a WildlifeDirect don kawo karshen farautar giwaye da fataucin hauren giwa, kuma tun daga lokacin ya sami goyon bayan Uwargidan Shugaban Kenya Margaret Kenyatta. Gangamin na da niyyar amfani da kafafen yada labarai don kawo canjin halayya da kuma karfafa hukuma a tsakanin al'umar yankin don daukar mataki. Bugu da kari, kamfen din ya yi aiki don samar da dokoki na zahiri don tilasta cinikin hauren giwa ba bisa ka'ida ba.   Lokacin da aka fara kamfen din a shekara ta 2014, an kashe giwaye sama da guda 100,000 a duk fadin nahiyar Afirka saboda hauren giwa tsawon shekaru uku.

Kahumbu ta kuma koyar da daliban kiyayewa a matsayin malama a jami’ar Princeton, inda ta ke jagorantar karatun digirin farko a fannin kula da al’ummu yayin wani kwas na shekara-shekara a Kenya.

## Hadin kan Jama'a
Kahumbu ya isa ga jama'a ta hanyoyi daban-daban don yin shawarwari don tattaunawa-daga talabijin zuwa edita zuwa gidajen tarihi. Ita ce mai samar da NTV Wild, jerin shirye-shirye masu tasiri game da namun daji, da NTV Wild Talk, shirye-shiryen talabijin da Smriti Vidyarthi ta shirya wanda ya shafi al'amuran kiyayewa. Ta kuma ba da gudummawa a kai a kai ga jaridar The Guardian, tana ba da shawara don ba da kariya ga giwaye ta hanyar hanyoyin magance-daga kawo ƙarshen cin hanci da rashawa zuwa ƙwarin gwiwa ga matasa masu ra'ayin kiyaye muhalli-da kushe da hauren giwar. Kahumbu kuma Shugabar Shugaban Gidajen Tarihi ne na Kenya. 

Kahumbu kuma fitacciyar marubuciya ce ta littattafan yara, tare da rubuta marubuta masu sayarwa na duniya kamar *Owen da Mzee: Labarin Gaskiya na Abota ta Remwarai*, dangane da ƙarancin abokantaka na hippopotamus da katon Aldabra Owen da Mzee.

## Kyauta & Girmamawa

* National Geographic Buffet Award Winner for conservation in Africa, 2011 
* National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award, 2011 
* Jinjina ta Musamman, Kyautar Mutum na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 
* Umurnin Babban Kyautar Jarumi, Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Kenya, Ruwa da Albarkatun Kasa, 2014 
* Gwarzon Whitley, wanda Asusun LJC ya bayar don tunawa da Anthea da Lindsey Turner, 2014 
* Zagayen Yan Ideal Square. leadership in Africa, 2011

## Manazarta