Prince Appolinaire Oussou Lio
Appolinaire is a Prince DJAKA Atawévi, and is an expert in community development who works to bolster Indigenous knowledge, the culture of peoples and the protection of forests and sacred sites.
Prince Appolinaire Oussou Lio is a Prince Djaka Whaénu Atawéyi High Dignitary of the Royal Court of the Tolinou indigenous community of Benin, Nigeria and the Diaspora. He is the president of the NGO Grabe-Benin which works for the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of sacred sites. As a Geographer-Naturalist and expert in jurisprudence of the Earth, he works for the conservation of natural resources based on the knowledge of ancestors and through intergenerational dialogue. With his tree-life program he works for the restoration of sacred forests and reforestation. At the same time, Appolinaire facilitates community dialogues to revive traditional values and intergenerational exchanges on sustainable agriculture, agro-ecology, ecological governance, traditional seeds, etc. With his rich experience, he has developed communication skills and tools based on endogenous and modern knowledge, facilitating the integration of all social strata.
At the international level, Appolinaire Oussou Lio is also involved as a member of the African collective for Earth Jurisprudence, Vice President of the African Biodiversity Network (ABN) and ia member of the Executive Committee of the Alliance of Guardians of Mother Nature, founded in 2015 at the call of the cacique Raoni.
