About

Brian Omondi is a young Marine Research Scientist and Conservationist with a Bachelors Degree in Marine Resource Management, and is involved in the following: 1. Research (ecological monitoring and environmental assessment). 2. Conservation education (dissemination of conservation information to the public). 3. Community conservation (community relations and reducing human-wildlife conflict and community conservations projects). 4. Marine Litter Management (awareness campaign, beach cleanups, underwater cleanups, sorting, brand auditing and plastic crafting training). 5. Ecosystem Restoration (mangrove restoration and seaweed restoration). 6. Mapping of Sea Turtle Forage Habitats. 7. Mapping of Sea Turtle Natal Grounds. 8. Sea Turtle Conservation (nest relocation, awareness campaign, Anti poaching patrol, DNA sampling). 9. Community Empowerment to reduce pressure on fisheries. 10. Water Quality Sampling and Analysis. 11. By-catch value addition. 12. Participatory mapping.

Skills

  • Marine resource Management
    7
  • environmental conservation practices
    8
  • Biodiversity conservationists
    7
  • fisheries and aquaculture
    7
  • Environmental social impact assessment
    6
  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
    10
  • Community Engagement and Advocacy
    8
  • Program/ Project coordination
    9

Experience

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Data Verification Officer for OOSC Data Verification Exercise

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Planning and coordinating the onboarding process of schools into the Unplastify Education Challenge; 8th English Edition in Africa. Unplastify contact person in Africa.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Exposed to and undertaking the following;
  • Mapping of resources, time series analysis and GIS Modeling.
  • Development and implementation of Early Warning Systems (EWS) for climate change hazards, invasive species.
  • Risk Assessments.
  • Conducting Climate Change Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments targeting communities and the resources they depend on.
  • Research and advisory services on Forest Landscape Restoration.
  • Conducting Studies on Livelihood Improvement Strategies for climate change adaptation and resilience.
  • Strategic Environmental and Social Assessments (SESA) targeting Plans, Policies and Programmes.
  • Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Studies (ESIAs) for high-risk projects.
  • Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment Project Reports (CPRs) for medium risk projects.
  • Summary Project Reports (SPRs) for low risk projects.
  • Baseline environmental monitoring.
  • Developing and implementing environmental monitoring plans during the construction and operational phases of a project.
  • Environmental Audits.
  • Baseline and Feasibility Studies.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Organizing and coordinating cleanups and awareness campaign on debris management in coastal Kenya.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Championing restoration of forest cover and sustainable agriculture in Kwale County, Kenya.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Conducting dissemination of information through conservation education on climate change impacts and mitigation to the community through awareness campaigns and education outreach in Kenya.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Mobilizing youths to take actions towards achieving SDGs.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • October, 2022 - October, 2022
  • Parttime
  • Annual Primate Census for tallying the population of Angolan Colobus, Sykes, Vervet monkeys and the Yellow baboon in Diani by Colobus Conservation.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Field Assistant Team Seas Illegal Dumpsite Assessment and Management Project at   Team Seas
  • Coordinating assessment on illegal dumpsite waste composition, identification and linkage of waste collectors, transporters, sorters and recyclers in the illegal dumpsites of Kwale, Mombasa and Kilifi counties in coastal Kenya.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Tasked to mobilize a generation of young people committed to adopting lifestyles that are both healthy and environmentally friendly through actions, dialogues, development, and research.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Organizing and conducting sea turtle conservation education and marine plastic pollution impacts and management education to primary school environmental clubs and the Mijikenda communities in south coast Kenya by Eracoma Limited

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • February, 2022 - December, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Under the overall field supervisor interacting with and undertaking the following duties:
  • Environmental conservation and management
  • Water resource management
  • Ecosystem services
  • Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit
  • Strategic Environmental Assessments
  • Climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Resource mobilization for community development
  • Integrated natural resources management for sustainable development
  • Natural resource and livelihood analysis
  • Education in natural resource planning management

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • January, 2022 - December, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Addressing litter from fishing gears in Sea Turtle nesting and foraging grounds by organizing and coordinating beach and underwater cleanups, plastic crafting training to community litter management groups in south coast, Kenya.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Marine plastic pollution assessment, beach cleanups, brand auditing, awareness campaign and community sensitization, data recording and management, data analysis and report writing in coastal Kenya

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • September, 2021 - September, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Mapping of Sea Turtle Forage Habitats and Water Quality Analysis Sampling in south coast, Kenya by The Rufford Foundation Project.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Restoration of Degraded Mangroves through planting and monitoring of survival rates in Kongo River Estuarine.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Conducting landing site assessment on fish catch composition, gear type use, fishing effort and fish trading among fisher folk groups in south coast, Kenya.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Performing the following roles:
  • Research (ecological monitoring and environmental assessment).
  • Conservation education (dissemination of conservation information to the public through awareness campaigns and education outreach).
  • Community conservation (community relations and reducing human-wildlife conflict and community conservation projects).
  • Marine litter pollution management (awareness campaign, beach cleanups, underwater cleanups, sorting, brand auditing and plastic crafting training).
  • Ecosystem restoration (mangrove restoration and sea weed restoration).
  • Mapping of sea turtle forage habitats.
  • Mapping of sea turtle natal grounds.
  • Sea turtle conservation (nesting patrol, nest relocation, nest excavation, awareness campaign, anti-poaching patrol, and DNA sampling).
  • Community empowerment to reduce pressure on fisheries.
  • Water quality sampling and analysis.
  • Bycatch value addition.
  • Participatory mapping.

Brian Omondi

Work experience
  • Through conducting Beach Patrols, Nest Relocation, Nest Excavation, Anti-poaching Patrols, Data recording and Management, Report Writing, Community Mobilization and Awareness Campaigns for the conservation of Sea Turtles in south coast, Kenya by The Rufford Foundation Project.

Brian Omondi

Education

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