Rachel McRobb
Rachel McRobb was born and raised in Zambia and after schooling in Swaziland and South Africa, she returned to Zambia to work at first in the tourism sector and then in conservation.
Twenty years ago Rachel made the Luangwa Valley her home and is the CEO and a co-founder of Conservation South Luangwa, a local NGO working to protect wildlife and support people in South Luangwa Valley. Under the guidance and leadership of Rachel, CSL employs over 140 staff from the local community. Their holistic approach includes a wide range of protected area management support including community based rangers, law enforcement training and equipment, K9 teams, aerial support, a wildlife veterinary rescue unit, and a large scale human wildlife conflict co-existence programme, community snare patrols and community game drives.
Rachel is a WE Africa fellow from the first cohort of 2021 selected Women for the Environment and a Tusk Award finalist 2019.
Fun Fact - Rachel loves adventuring outside and is a mum to 2 dogs, 2 cats and a baby bushbuck!
Conservation South Luangwa
CEO
Zambia
https://www.cslzambia.org
