We are delighted to shared the news that JRS grantee Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) was recently awarded the 2023 RISK award for their project entitled A Holistic Early Warning System for Climate-induced Water Insecurity in the Transboundary…
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…
Researchers at North-West University will use a new JRS award to help spread awareness of the diversity of bees in South Africa and to their importance as pollinators. This innovative grant will empower a passionate group of citizen scientists, students…
JRS support will fund critical new positions in South African National Parks (SANParks) for the development of a fully functional Biodiversity Information Management System serving the stunning array of wildlife in parks and reserves managed by SANParks staff. In early…
With JRS support The Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States, Project Phase 2, successfully launched on April 21, 2022. The key components of this exciting new phase of the South African Development Community, Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) project are: Capacity…
The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) is a powerful, visual, data-rich information system for Southern African rivers and wetlands, serving over half a million biodiversity records for South Africa and surrounding regions (https://freshwaterbiodiversity.org/). The project, funded by the JRS Biodiversity…
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and their multiple partner institutes wetland and waterbirds project, affectionately called the BIRDIE project, is leveraging large amounts of citizen science waterbird data and making it available via a web platform, with the data…
Turning biodiversity data into useful products for decision-makers is challenging. Over the past decade we have partnered with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to better understand this pathway from data to decisions, and what it takes to incentivize…
The FBIS landing page includes an overview dashboard providing a summary of biodiversity records for each biotic group, site assessments and number of sites. Source: FBIS. South Africa’s unique freshwater biodiversity is under building pressure from climate change, over-exploitation, and…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Don S. Doering, Executive Director at info@jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. New JRS Grants to Advance Freshwater Biodiversity Information Systems in Africa SEATTLE, Washington – SEPTEMBER 19,2019 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces three new grant awards, totaling…
