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 about the aquatic biodiversity that plays a role in providing…
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 Management (IWRM), Zambia's Agriculture and Research Institute (ZARI), and the Department of National Parks…
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 leaders and practitioners, convened by JRS grantee the Tusk Trust. Tusk…
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 at the Forestry Commission Training Centre in Kumasi, Ghana from January 15-19, 2024. This event convened…
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently gathered 36 experts, scientists, students, high-level government officials and representatives from civil society organizations from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Chad, Belgium, and the Central African Republic for a two-day International…
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 species that serve as seed dispersal and pollination agents…
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 critical African lake ecosystem. Staff member Justin Kongolo Saliboko discussed the…
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. Currently, Guinea has few local experts able to undertake…
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 biodiversity information infrastructure for its 21 Ramsar…
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…
