Aisha Isyaku KIRU is the founder and coordinator of an NGO for women called the Forum for Environmental Protection (FOREP), which focuses on enlightening women on the importance of the environment and how they can contribute to its protection, both in terms of policy and physical contributions like tree planting. She also serves as human resources officer of Energy and Environmental Research Associates (EERA) and works with the Medical and Biochemistry schools of Bayerro University in Kano. She has authored papers on such topics as food additives, population and the environment, and media and the environment, and has organized workshops and activities on environmental awareness and protection including a three-day workshop on 'The Global Environment'. Her interests include gender issues, self-help activities, desertification remedy and control, waste management and energy-efficient technologies. A.I. Kiru received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Université Paul Sabatier in France and a master's degree in toxicology from the University of Surrey in the UK.