The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) successfully launched their project Support for the Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystems in the Chari-Logone sub-Basin, a JRS project that aims to create databases on aquatic biodiversity for the fish value chain…
JRS Grantee the National Herbarium of Benin, located at the University of Abomey-Calavi successfully kicked off their project Mobilizing data for Identification, Taxonomy, Socioeconomic Importance and Conservation Assessment of Bryophytes in Benin at the Polytechnique School in June 2023. Project…
The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe recently carried out a ten day field research expedition during the local rainy season in the southern part of the country. This new JRS grant supports field work for accurate mapping of herpetofauna diversity…
Field research yields valuable biodiversity data, and this can be shared far beyond the original study or institution. Accurate, timely data is key to decision-making for sound land use planning as well as for conservation. This is why platforms such…
JRS is proud to sponsor the 2nd International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems & Livelihoods Under Global Environmental Change (GORILLA Conference) taking place from December 7-10 at the Protea Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero, …
Based on the stellar performance of InfoNile’s 11-country journalist network over the past three years, JRS has awarded a $350,000 accomplishment-based renewal grant. InfoNile, implemented by Water Journalists Africa. Further JRS support will extend impactful training events, sponsor public debates,…
JRS is delighted to announce support to the Aspire Grant Program in partnership with the evidence-based Conservation Action Research Network (CARN). JRS will support grants to 17 young African graduate students and early career professionals in Cameroon, Uganda and the…
Professor Guy Midgley, interim director of the School for Climate Studies and professor in global change biology in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University, recently received the Green Economy Award. Established in 2015, The Green Economy Award…
Reporters from 10 Nile Basin countries met in Uganda this past July for a week-long workshop organized by the InfoNile run by JRS funded Water Journalists Africa (WJA). The objective of the workshop, Reporting on Rivers and Biodiversity in the…
Introductory Slide from the Virtual Conservation Training Program On the 17th of June, 35 young, passionate conservationists from 7 West and Central African countries gathered online to kick off a 2-year conservation and species conservation planning training program organized by…
