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Meet Dr. Jean Baptiste Sokoudjou of Cameroon
Dr. Jean Baptiste Sokoudjou is an enthusiastic and versatile scientist with a strong interest in biodiversity, microbiology and pharmacology. ‘‘I started to get interested in biodiversity in 2009 after participating to a botanical walk organized by the Department of Plant
Meet Hamadé Sanga, Country Coordinator for Burkina Faso
Hamadé offers a glimpse of his country of Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in the heart of West Africa with an area of approximately 274,000 square kilometers and an estimated population of 21,510,181. The capital of the country is Ouagadougou.
Meet Dr. Charles Nelimor, Country Coordinator for Ghana
Charles is a plant genetic resources specialist. He is currently a research scientist at Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Ghana. He is also a postdoctoral research fellow at the CSIR-College of Science and
Meet Sarah Babirye, Country Coordinator for Uganda
Sarah is the research and development officer for Kawanda Agribusiness Consult. She provides input in strategic supervision of field research and innovations, and helps write research and project proposals for grants and organizational funding. She has broad experience in project
Meet Dr. Patrick Onyebuchi Agwu, Country Coordinator, Nigeria
Meet Dr. Patrick Onyebuchi Agwu, Country Coordinator, Nigeria Patrick is a postdoctoral research fellow of The DAAD climapAfrica programme- Climate research in Africa, which is hosted by the Department of Forest Production and Product, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Tree-Ring Laboratory,
Our Network of Country Coordinators Is Growing!
National Moth Week’s network of country coordinators continues to grow, thanks to the tireless efforts of team member Dr. Vijay Barve with assistance from Sunday Berlioz Kakpo of Benin. They have reached out to scientists and researchers to bring on
Ben Sale Joins National Moth Week as Country Coordinator for the U.K.
The British are known for their beautiful gardens, whether on expansive estates and parks in the countryside or in colorful window boxes along urban streets. So, it makes perfect sense that they’d also fancy moths, whose role as pollinators help
New release: PNW Moths – a free Android app for moth identification!!
Available just in time for National Moth Week participants in British Columbia, Canada and the USA states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and nearby areas, PNW Moths enables users to identify the >1,200 moth species found on the Pacific
National Moth Week events in New Zealand, West Coast, 2021
Kia ora!Join our public Moth count adventures on the West Coast. Throughout Moth week we have 8 events set up for enthusiasts to come along and join the experience. Each of the 8 events will be in different locations around
Pritha Dey Welcomed as Country Coordinator for India
India is rich with both moths and people who love to study them. Each year,it has ranked second to the U.S. in the number of National Moth Week events registered on our website. NMW also has had a lot of
Meet Vestine Ingabire, Country Coordinator for Rwanda
We’re pleased to welcome Vestine Ingabire as the country coordinator forthe African nation of Rwanda. Thank you to team members Vijay Barve and Sunday Kakpo for helping to increase representation on the vast African continent, where climate change is a
Welcome SciStarter as National Moth Week’s Newest Partner Organization
National Moth Week proudly welcomes SciStarter <https://scistarter.org/>,the globally acclaimed, online citizen science hub, as its newest partnerorganization. SciStarter helps connect millions of citizen scientists around the worldwith thousands of potential projects offered by researchers, organizations,and companies, along with the resources,
Moth Night at Cairns Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Even though it is “winter” in July in Australia, there is still a lot of insect activity night and day. The numbers of individuals and the species diversity may be reduced but we often find species that are not well
Mothing in style – T-shirts and other products with the NMW logo
Purchase clothing, mugs, travel mugs, water bottles, stickers and magnets, phone covers and much more with the beautiful National Moth Week logo. Your purchase supports the project, and we thank you! PLEASE make sure you buy only National Moth Week
Learn About Project Noah’s Moths of the World Mission in a Virtual Program Sponsored by the East Brunswick Library and FriendsEBEC
Join Michael Sarill of Project Noah at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, for a virtual program about thepopular online global community of nature enthusiasts and its collaboration with National Moth Week,which starts July 17.Sponsored by the East Brunswick Public Library
National Moth Week Welcomes Nuwan Chathuranga Jayawardana As Sri Lanka’s Country Coordinator
The richly diverse moth population of Sri Lanka has a great friend in Nuwan Chathuranga Jayawardana. With an interest in moths and butterflies going back to childhood, Nuwan has spent much of his adult career photographing and documenting the South
Welcome Indiana Cristo, Country Coordinator for Colombia
Indiana Cristo is among a small group of people outside the U.S. who’ve been participating in National Moth Week every year since it was founded in 2012. So, it was an easy decision for him to become the country coordinator
Benedictus Freeman’s Task: Introduce Mothing to Liberia
As National Moth Week’s country coordinator for the West Africa nation of Liberia, Dr. Benedictus “Ben” Freeman has a big task ahead of him: introduce his fellow citizens to the enriching and fun experience of moth-watching. A conservation biologist who
From the ‘Land Down Under,’ National Moth Week Welcomes Country Coordinator Dave Rentz
National Moth Week is observed worldwide every year, but the southern hemisphere presents special challenges, with July being the middle of winter in that part of the globe. For Dave Rentz, however, there’s a convenient work-around: He lives in northeastern
NMW Welcomes Sunday Berlioz KAKPO as Country Coordinator for Benin
National Moth Week is pleased to welcome Sunday Berlioz KAKPO of the Republic of Benin as our second country coordinator on the continent of Africa. Sunday is an emerging expert in the field of biodiversity informatics and has published data
National Moth Week welcomes Jessica Hernández Jerónimo of Mexico as our newest country coordinator
My name is Jessica Hernández Jerónimo. I studied biology and I’m in the process of getting my bachelor’s degree at Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Aútonoma de México in Mexico City. I did my thesis about the diversity of butterflies of