Adjany Costa
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Adjany Costa (born 1989) is an Angolan marine biologist and conservationist from Huambo who has served as the Angolan Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment.[1][2][3]
Costa was the African winner of the United Nations Environment Programme Young Champions of the Earth award[4] and the Angolan First Order of Civil Merit[5] in 2019. She received this in recognition for her community-based conservation work with the Luchaze people of the Eastern Angolan highlands and the Okavango Delta.[6][7] She is a National Geographic Explorer, and appeared in the 2018 documentary film Into the Okavango.[8] Costa has a Masters degree and is working towards a PhD at the University of Oxford.[2]
She was appointed the position of Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment in April 2020, making her the youngest minister in Angolan history.[2] She was later removed from the position in October 2020 by President João Lourenço and kept as a consultant to the President.[9]
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- ^ UNEP. "Adjany Costa". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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- ^ UNEP (2019-09-17). "Young environmental prize winner for Africa is saving the world's last wild hotspots". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "'Into the Okavango': Film Review | Tribeca 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "João Lourenço exonerates Adjany Costa from her position as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment". VerAngola. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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