H.E. Ms. Adjany Costa
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, Angola
Ms. Adjany Costa, is the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment of the Republic of Angola since March 2020.
Ms. Costa is member of the Freshwater Conservation Subcommittee of the IUCN, since January 2018.
Was the Angola Country Manager for the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness project from 2017 to 2019 and, was the Assistant Director for the same project from 2016 to 2017. Having also worked as Independent Researcher and independent consultant in Angola and abroad.
Minister Costa is a DPhil student in Zoology at WildCRU, University of Oxford since October 2019, has a M.Sc. Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from a Joint Erasmus Mundus Double Degree and a B.Sc. in Biology by the Agostinho Neto University, Angola.
Ms. Adjany Costa was honered and awarded as follows:
Ms. Costa is member of the Freshwater Conservation Subcommittee of the IUCN, since January 2018.
Was the Angola Country Manager for the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness project from 2017 to 2019 and, was the Assistant Director for the same project from 2016 to 2017. Having also worked as Independent Researcher and independent consultant in Angola and abroad.
Minister Costa is a DPhil student in Zoology at WildCRU, University of Oxford since October 2019, has a M.Sc. Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from a Joint Erasmus Mundus Double Degree and a B.Sc. in Biology by the Agostinho Neto University, Angola.
Ms. Adjany Costa was honered and awarded as follows:
- 2019 Decoration by the Angolan President: Angolan Order of Civil Merit of the First Degree (Gold Medal)
- 2019 United Nations Young Champion of the Earth for Africa
- 2019 Conservation Award for the Lusophony countries
- National Geographic 2019 Rolex Explorer of the Year (NGOWP Team)
- Angola Golden Generation 2018
- Angolan Golden Globe for Excellency 2018
- National Geographic 2017 Emerging Explorer