Ahmed Ibrahim Awale () is a Somali environmentalist, botanist and

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. He is an

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with more than two decades of experience. He is the chairman of th
Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation
as well as Candlelight for Environment, Education, and Health. He also lectures on environmental science at the University of Hargeysa and is the author of several books including, Environment in Crisis: selected essays on the Somali environment. Awale was born in the village of Adadlay, 95km east of

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...

, and lived close to the mountain Gaan Libah. He was educated at the

Somali National University Somali National University (SNU) ( so, Jaamacadda Ummadda Soomaaliyeed, ar, الجامعة الوطنية الصومالية, it, Università Nazionale Somala) is a national university in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Its campus grounds w ...

. He is president of th
Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation
and chair of the Somaliland organisation "Candlelight", which works in the fields of the environment, education and health. He is affiliated with the

University of Hargeisa The University of Hargeisa ( so, Jaamacadda Hargeysa, ar, جامعة هرجيسا, abbreviated UoH) is a public university located in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The institution was founded in 1998. It is the leading and largest higher e ...

, and has written books in English on the

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and natural history of Somaliland, as well as works in Somali. He is also known for his discovery of a new species of '' Aloe'', the Somali Red Aloe ('Aloe sanguinalis') which he found growing wild near Alala Adka ( so, Alaala Cadka) in 2014. The botanical author abbreviation Awale refers to him. In 2020 a species of

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always en ...

, '' Pandinurus awalei'', was named in his honour.

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References

External links

* * - Awale's

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talk, given in Hargeisa {{DEFAULTSORT:Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim Living people 1954 births Somaliland people African environmentalists Botanists active in Africa Somalian non-fiction writers Somali National University alumni Date of birth missing (living people)