Chris Aïkpé Mensah Honoré, geographer, Cotonou, Benin

Chris Aikpé Mensah Honoré made a major contribution to the training of teachers and schoolchildren in the techniques of running a nursery and reforestation in the Sacred Relic Forest of Lokogba of South-western Benin Biodiversity Conservation Project: An Ecosystem in Danger 2007-2008. His teachings, delivered on site, made local communities and schools more aware of nature conservation which ultimately led to reducing pressure on natural resources in the area. Chris Aïkpé Mensah Honoré studied geography and land management. He has worked for over five years on preserving biodiversity in Africa. Furthermore, he participated in cataloguing insect populations of forests in the Ouémé Valley in southern Benin and co-authored and co-edited a booklet for environmental education translated into Fon and Gun.