Earlier this month, JRS grantee The Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) and WWF Mozambique gathered a wide range of stakeholders and major organizations involved in the conservation and management of aquatic biodiversity in the transboundary Incomati River Basin for the launch of the Transboundary Biodiversity Learning Network (TBLN).

The AWARD BIO-SMART Phase Two project  builds on the foundation laid in BIO-SMART Phase One (a JRS-supported grant funded in 2019), and expand efforts to foster transboundary cooperation and build capacity by using biodiversity data for water resource management across the Inkomati River Basin. This critical rivershed spans a large portion of South Africa’s Mpumulanga Province and covers a portion of norther Eswatini before flowing eastward into Mozambique.

This project will enhance access to standardized biodiversity data and interpretive tools, with a focus on transboundary collaboration and robust capacity building.  Read more about the Biodiversity Systems Management and Analytics for the Restoration of Transboundary Rivers of South Africa, Mozambique and Eswatini (BIO-SMART Phase 2) project here.

Follow along with this dynamic project through the AWARD Linked In account here