Samantha James

Global Partner: Guyana

… MLIS, is the Community Outreach Manager, Iwokrama. Samantha grew up in Toronto to Guyanese parents but for the past 12 years has been working with the wildlife clubs of the North Rupununi. She believes in learning though inquiry and the strength of local knowledge tempered with knowledge of “Western” science techniques for locally owned resource management. She is responsible for managing and developing Iworkama’s support to the wildlife clubs of the North Rupununi and is currently working to evaluate the efficacy of Iwokrama’ s work with clubs to determine if they have had an impact on development of club members into conservation leaders. She lives in the village of Kwatamang, North Rupununi with her partner, Lake, their two little girls and Ted the dog.