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In with the New Year: Madagascar Wetland Knowledge Base
JRS is proud to start 2024 by announcing support to Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) in its work to prepare Madagascar’s first National Wetland Strategy, to address gaps in the national data and...
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Floral Biodiversity Survey Training Gets Underway in Guinea
In June 2023, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Herbier National de Guinee delivered the first of three vegetation survey techniques courses to be taught under a new JRS Biodiversity Foundation grant....
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Lake Tanganyika Featured in Global Media
The BBC recently interviewed JRS grantee, Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic/ Water-Based Aid, Value, Engagement (LTFHC/WAVE) to highlight the unique research being done by the LTFHC team on this...
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East African Cave Bat Surveys Begin
JRS is pleased to support a new grant with National Museums of Kenya : Illuminating Understudied Caves to Highlight Plant Pollination and Seed Dispersal Services by Bats. Cave bats are keystone...
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Identifying Gaps in Freshwater Biodiversity Data in the Central African Republic
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently gathered 36 experts, scientists, students, high-level government officials and representatives from civil society organizations from the Democratic...
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West and Central African Conservation Scientists Gather In Kumasi for...
JRS grantee Threatened Species Conservation Alliance (THRESCOAL), alongside their partners Project Mecistops (PM) and the Université de Nangui-Abrogoua (UNA), organized a successful in-person workshop...
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African Conservation Leaders Converge in Rwanda for the Tusk 2024...
JRS proudly supported and participated in the 2024 Tusk Conservation Symposium held in Rwanda from March 4-8, 2024. The Tusk Conservation Symposium is a biennial gathering of African conservation...
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Conservation Team Conducts Bioblitz of the Kafue Flats Wetlands
In December 2023 JRS grantee International Crane Foundation (ICF), along with partners including University of Zambia’s (UNZA) Department of Biological Sciences (BS) and Integrated Water Resources...
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Aquatic Biodiversity Surveys Underway in Maasai Mara National Reserve
The rivers of the Lake Victoria basin provide important ecosystem services for East Africa, including surface water for domestic use and fisheries for local communities. However, very little is known...
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JRS Support Advances Field Work of Young African Scientists
In 2022 JRS signed an MOU with the Conservation Action Research Network (CARN) to support young African graduate students and early career professionals in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic...
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Highlighting Data Based Communications for African Biodiversity
On World Biodiversity Day, JRS is proud to highlight the ongoing work of one of its longest-running and successful grant projects — InfoNile, implemented by Water Journalists Africa since 2019,...
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Innovative Tools for Conservation Data: Small Mammal Tracking
This past April, JRS Grantee WildTrack collaborating with the Tswalu Foundation and Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, hosted a tracking workshop centered on rapid, cost-effective and...
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Kenya’s 1st Joint International Scientific Conference Highlights Biodiversity...
From June 3-5, the National Museums of Kenya hosted the 1st Joint International Scientific Conference under the banner of “Utilization of Biological Resources for Sustainable Development, Conservation...
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Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Launches Madagascar Wetlands Knowledge Database
On June 12, 2024 JRS Executive Director Matthew Cassetta was honored to join representatives from Malagasy ministries and environmental organizations in Antananarivo for a launch event and workshop to...
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Uncovering Surprising Reptile and Amphibian Species in Uganda
NatureUganda continues to uncover surprising reptile and amphibian species during surveys in remote parts of the country. To do so, the project has attracted the talent of several young researchers...
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Consultancy Opportunity | Development of an Agriculture and Biodiversity...
Deadline for submission of bids: August 2, 2024 The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is seeking consultancy services to support in the development of an agriculture and biodiversity nexus portfolio for the...
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Reaching Pollinator Collection Milestones in Ethiopia
Little attention is given to insect pollinator diversity and their role for ecosystem service and food security by policy makers, farmers and wider public at large in Ethiopia. Dr. Zerihun Girma and...
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University Consortium Begins KBA Assessment Protocol in Sierra Leone
JRS continues to expand into new geographies with a new pilot grant in Sierra Leone. Assembled under the organization lead of the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL), researchers from Fourah...
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Surveys Reveal Undescribed Species in Zambia’s Tondwa Game Management Area
JRS grantee Conserve Global is turning up surprising results in biodiversity surveys within its project Advancing Community Conservation Management through Integrated Habitat Monitoring in Northern...
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Unique Biodiversity Showcased at Gala Event in Lusaka
JRS was proud to be featured in an event at the Urban Hotel in Lusaka to showcase the unique biodiversity of the Nsumbu-Tanganyika Landscape of northeastern Zambia on September 5. The gala event was...
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