Dr. OGUNSUSI Kayode is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Forestry, wildlife and Environmental Management of Olusegun Agagu university of science and Technology, okitipupa, Ondo state, Nigeria. He attended Adeyemi College of Education Ondo/Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, between 1997 and 1999, for Bed (Agric. Sc.) with second class (Hons) upper division. He also attended University of Ibadan, Ibadan between 2000 and 2002, for MSc in Wildlife Management with outstanding performance. He bagged his PhD in Wildlife, Biodiversity and Environmental at University of Ibadan, Ibadan in the year 2013. He worked in Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State between 2015 and 2021 where he rose through the ranks and files to become a Senior Lecturer . He is currently serving at Olusegun Agagu Uni. of Sc. and Tech Okitipupa as a Senior Lecturer. He is currently working on blue economy and marine ecotourism, agroforestry for food security and climate change mitigation. He has previously worked on research areas of interest ranging from Environmental Impact Assessment, nature tourism, sustainability of birds, conservation of environmental resources, heritage tourism, wildlife conservation, beach tourism, and bitumen seepage, water/soil/and heavy metal contamination. He is a member of the following professional bodies: Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria; Society for Conservation Biology; Nigeria Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology and; Wildlife Management Society of