JRS celebrates the high-level launch of the Rwanda Biodiversity Information System (RBIS) on March 24, 2023. The development of RBIS has been supported by a JRS grant since 2019, and is designed to house available regional wetland biodiversity data on…
JRS is proud to announce support to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in its work with partners from the National Herbarium of Guinea, the Centre Forestière Nzérékoré and Guinée Ecologie to identify unnamed Guinean plant specimens, digitize colonial specimen data from…
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 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, …
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…
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,…
Dr. Amy Lehman, her co-PI, Dr. Deo Mushagalusa, and the team from the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC), recently shared mid-year findings of their data collection and survey project in the Lake Tanganyika and Ruzizi River basin as featured…
JRS grantees working on bioinformatics in Africa met via Zoom on August 3 for the first of seven seminars coordinated by the Freshwater Research Centre (FRC). This bi-weekly seminar series is in its second year after a successful run of…
Training the next generation of African scientists lives in the heart of the JRS Foundation mission and JRS grantee Oxford University honors that mission with the Young Scientists Scholarship Program by connecting African researchers with biodiversity information training programs. JRS is…
