Yelwa Fatima BABA-ARI is a principal lecturer in biology as well as head of the biology department at the Kashim Ibrahim College of Education in Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria. She is interested in the role of women in development, biodiversity management, conservation and environmental education. Y.F. Baba-Ari has master's degree in zoology from the University of Maiduguri and a bachelor's degree in biology from Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, in Nigeria.