Dr. Susan Otuokon is an environmental and protected areas management expert, best known for her work in managing the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park from 2002 to 2022. In particular, she played a lead role in the 2015 UNESCO World Heritage Site Inscription of this special site for both its cultural and natural heritage. In recognition of this effort, she was awarded a Bronze Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 2015. Dr. Otuokon is a graduate of the St. Hugh’s High School and obtained her B.Sc. in Life Sciences in 1987 from The UWI, her M.Sc. in Aquatic Resources Management from the University of London in 1989 and her Ph.D. in Environmental Management from The UWI in 2010. In addition to her work planning, establishing and managing protected areas around Jamaica and in Belize and Trinidad & Tobago, she has been an adjunct lecturer in The UWI M.Sc.in Integrated Urban and Rural Environmental Management since 2002. Dr. Otuokon is the Strategic Development Officer in the Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI, Mona. In this position, since 2024, she is responsible for coordinating several faculty-wide initiatives including FiWi Science.
Dr. Susan Otuokon
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Life Science
Strategic Development Officer
Jamaica
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