JRS News Archives - JRS Biodiversity Foundation

Jun 11, 2026

(video) Advancing Biodiversity Conservation Through Data and Capacity Building: Lessons and Opportunities in West Africa

https://jrsbiodiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/JRS-Symposium-Accra-20260422-web-version-1.mp4 This video highlights the JRS Symposium held in Accra, Ghana where researchers, scholars, conservation leaders, and policy experts gathered on April 22, 2026 to explore how biodiversity informatics can transform conservation outcomes across West Africa. By showcasing expert insights…

Ghana, Symposium

May 1, 2026

JRS Symposium Charts a Data-Driven Future for West African Conservation

Photos courtesy of the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, Ghana On April 22, 2026, JRS convened researchers, scholars, conservation leaders, and policy experts at the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra for a symposium on the…

Ghana, Symposium

Apr 6, 2026

African Conservation Leaders Converge in Zimbabwe for Tusk 2026 Conservation Symposium

From 2–6 March 2026, the Tusk Conservation Symposium brought together more than 70 conservation leaders in Victoria Falls and Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Organized by Painted Dog Conservation and JRS Grantee Tusk, the fifth biennial symposium convened representatives from over…

Conservation, Zimbabwe

Oct 24, 2025

JRS at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 9-15, 2025

JRS Executive Director Matthew Cassetta and Program Officer Siro Masinde participated in the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the premier international event focused on nature conservation, held every four years. The Congress brought together more than 10,000 delegates, onsite and virtually,…

Conference

May 21, 2025

JRS Recognizes East African Biodiversity Champions

JRS Biodiversity Foundation has been instrumental in advancing critical biodiversity research, conservation, and capacity-building efforts across sub-Saharan Africa. Each spring JRS Trustees gather in Africa to engage with grantees and local partners. On May 14, 2025 the Trustees met in…

Board of Trustees, Uganda

May 3, 2023

JRS Trustee Prof. Baldwyn Torto Receives Highest Science Honors

We are enormously proud to announce that on May 2nd, JRS Trustee Professor Baldwyn Torto was elected as a new member of The National Academy of Sciences. This honor is made in recognition of his “distinguished and continuing achievements in…

Trustee

Aug 12, 2022

JRS President Prof. Guy Midgley Recognized with Green Economy Award

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…

Awards and Honors, Board of Trustees

Aug 1, 2022

2022 Call for Proposal Concepts – CLOSED AUGUST 1, 2022

The 2022 Call for Proposal Concepts is now CLOSED. JRS has launched its 2022 Call for Proposal Concepts! We are currently inviting the submission of concept notes for project funding from sub-Saharan Africa to enhance capacity for mobilization, use and…

Proposals, RFP

May 10, 2022

Uganda National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) Publishes +50,000 Records in Freshwater Biodiversity Portal

JRS grantee NaFIRRI mobilized data sets from national sources to create biodiversity databases of fish, invertebrate, and algae via an open access platform Global Diversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the Freshwater Biodiversity Portal for Uganda (https://freshwaterbiodiversity.go.ug/). The Freshwater Biodiversity Portal…

Data Portal, Freshwater, Uganda

Apr 21, 2022

In Print: East African Biodiversity Issues

Kenyan JRS grantee Media for Environment, Science, Health & Agriculture (MESHA) provides support to science journalists, with a focus on rural communicators. One of MESHA’s tools to disseminate learning is through their robust online publication Sanyansi magazine. The March 2022…

Kenya, Press & Publications

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