Somaliland environmentalist and author.
Ahmed Ibrahim Awale (Somali: Axmed Ibraahim Cawaale) is a Somalian environmentalist, and also a author. He is an environmentalist with more than several decades of experience. He is the chairman of the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation, as well as Candlelight for Environment, Education, and Health. He also lectures on environmental science at the University of Hargeysa and is the author of several books, including Environment in Crisis: Selected Essays on the Somali environment. Awale was born in the village of Adadlay, 95km east of Hargeisa, and lived close to the mountain Gaan Libah. He was