Wendy Foden

**Wendy Foden** masanin ilimin halittu ne, wanda aka fi sani da aikinta kan Tasirin canjin yanayi akan asarar halittu.

## Ilimi
Yayinda take kammala digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Cape Town (2001), ta gano wani tsari na latitudinal na mutuwar bishiyoyi (*Aloidendron dichotomum*) wanda ke ba da shawarar cewa canjin yanayi na iya zama abin zargi. Ta sami tallafi don ci gaba da karatun, tana aiki tare da Guy Midgley a Cibiyar Nazarin Biodiversity ta Afirka ta Kudu  a Cape Town . Foden ya shafe yawancin shekara ta 2001-2003 yana binciken bishiyoyi masu tsauri a Namibia da yankunan da ba su da ruwa na yammacin Afirka ta Kudu kuma ya kafa sa ido na dogon lokaci don bin diddigin canje-canje. Binciken da ta yi ya tabbatar da bayyanar yanayin karuwar mutuwa tare da gradients daga kudu (zuwa ga ma'auni) zuwa arewa (zuwa ga daidaitattun wurare) da kuma daga mafi girma zuwa ƙananan tsawo, yana nuna cewa jinsin yana amsawa ga canjin zuwa ga matsayi a cikin yanayin da ya dace, amma mulkin mallaka a gefen gaba yana raguwa. An buga binciken a cikin 2007  kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin na farko na lokacin da ya rubuta tasirin canjin yanayi a kan tsire-tsire, yanayin halittu ko a Afirka. Aikin ya zama babban abin da aka mayar da hankali ga shirin TVE, "All of a quiver", wanda aka nuna a  World a watan Afrilun 2007. 

## Ayyuka
Daga shekara ta 2003 zuwa shekara ta 2007 Foden ya gudanar da Shirin Kayan Kayan Kudancin Afirka na Kudancin,  wanda ke zaune a Pretoria. A cikin wannan damar ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa shirye-shiryen atlasing da kimantawa na kiyayewa ga tsire-tsire, dabbobi masu rarrafe,  butterflies  da arachnids. Ta kafa tallafin karatu don binciken digiri na biyu game da nau'in da ke fuskantar barazana kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Hukumar Kula da Kayan Kayan Kudancin Afirka.

A shekara ta 2007 Foden ya koma Ingila don shiga IUCN Global Species Programme,  wanda ke zaune a Cambridge.  Yin aiki tare da masana kimiyya daga IUCN Species Survival Commission, ta haɓaka hanyar tantance yiwuwar jinsuna ga canjin yanayi wanda ya haɗa da yin samfurin kowane nau'in da aka annabta ga canjin sauyin yanayi da kuma bincika halaye na halitta waɗanda zasu iya sa su zama masu hankali kuma su iya daidaitawa da waɗannan canje-canje. A cikin littafin 2013, Foden da abokan aikinta sun bayyana hanyar da aikace-aikacen ta ga dukkan tsuntsaye, amphibians da corals. Binciken ya nuna nau'in da ke cikin waɗannan kungiyoyi a cikin haɗarin canjin yanayi wanda ya haifar da halaka, da kuma yankunan da suka mai da hankali. Binciken ya kwatanta yanayin canjin yanayi na jinsuna tare da haɗarin halaka a kan IUCN Red List of Threatened Species kuma ya nuna duka gaggawa da sabbin abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci don kiyayewa. Foden da tawagarta sun kuma yi amfani da tsarin a cikin ayyukan kimanta canjin yanayi na yanki a Gabas da Tsakiyar Afirka Albertine Rift, Yammacin Afirka da Madagascar.

r'hip iMPMPhilsMPhPhinFoden yana gudanar da ayyuka da yawa don wayar da kan jama'a game da tasirin canjin yanayi akan bambancin halittu, gami da ta hanyar tattaunawa da tarurruka. A shekara ta 2009 ta jagoranci wani rahoto na jama'a da kuma sanarwar manema labarai mai taken 'Sabon Canjin Yanayi Goma: Fiye da kawai Polar Bear'  a Taron Canjin Yanayi na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 2009. Ta kasance malamar baƙo a Jami'ar Cambridge Conservation Leadership  a cikin shekarun 2010.  Foden ya kasance memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na IUCN Species Survival Commission Climate Change Specialist Group na shekaru da yawa,  kuma mai kula da muhalli na Afirka Trust. 

Ya zuwa shekara ta 2016, Foden ya jagoranci IUCN SSC Climate Change Specialist Group lokacin da ƙungiyar ta kirkiro sabbin jagororin ga al'ummar kiyayewa, don tantance yiwuwar jinsuna ga canjin yanayi. A wannan lokacin ta kuma kasance Babban Mai Bincike a Jami'ar Stellenbosch, Afirka ta Kudu . 

## Manazarta