Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, a Tanzanian biodiversity crusader has been named among the top 100 influential people in the world for 2023, she has been recognised for her dedication to conservation awareness. She is among the only two African women on TIME magazine’s list of the top 100 most influential people globally.
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, a Tanzanian biodiversity crusader has been named among the top 100 influential people in the world for 2023, she has been recognised for her dedication to conservation awareness. She is among the only two African women on TIME magazine’s list of the top 100 most influential people globally.
The recognition comes only two months after Ms Mrema assumed her responsibilities as the deputy executive director of the UN Environment Programme. This is a United Nations programme initiated in the early 1990s that is geared to conserve the world’s threatened or endangered genetic resources. Ms Mrema is the fourth Tanzanian national to serve in executive positions in the United Nations system. Before taking over as UNEP’s deputy executive director, Ms Mrema served as executive secretary of the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list features a blend of celebrated leaders, activists, artists, scientists and moguls. Entrants, according to the highly rated American magazine, are recognised for changing the world regardless of the consequences of their actions.
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The only other woman on the list for this year’s award is from Kenya; she is the daughter of Ms Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.Ms Wanjari Maathai, an environmentalist, is the current managing director of the World Resources Institute, a think tank based in Washington.
