Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am writing today to announce that sadly after seven and a half years as Executive Director, Dr. Don Doering will leave the J.R.S. Biodiversity Foundation at the end of August 2020. Don departs J.R.S. after…
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation stands in solidarity and support with those fighting for justice in the U.S. and fighting against systemic racism and oppression of people of color. We see a direct connection that systems of oppression and power that…
Michele JL Martin is the Vice President of Finance and Operations at The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Michele has provided expert advice to enable environmental and social organizations to increase their impact. Michele served as a…
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is excited to announce the addition of two new Trustees to our Board: Akiça Bahri and Guy Midgley! Akiça Bahri, Ph.D., is an agricultural engineer by training and a Professor at the National Agricultural Institute of…
SEATTLE, Washington – January 24, 2018 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is proud to announce a new $324,000 award to the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) to develop an African Pollinator Plant Interaction (APPI) database, a public platform containing pollinator-plant interaction records. Pollinator biodiversity loss is occurring worldwide, predominately due to the…
The JRS funded project Assessment of Lepidoptera Pollinator Species Diversity in East Africa, led by Dr. Esther Kioko, is injecting new life into biodiversity thinking by supporting three graduate students studying pollinator biology at the National Museums of Kenya, Makerere University…
The South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) announced that teams from four countries, Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, and Namibia, will compete in the JRS-funded African Biodiversity Challenge. The competition aims to develop strategies for capturing, digitizing and publishing policy-relevant national biodiversity data and strengthen…
Bonnie Cockman has spent her career leading the finance and operations of fast-growing, entrepreneurial non-profit organizations whose missions align with her passions. Most recently, Cockman helped launch Mothers Out Front, an organization building a diverse, national movement of mothers to call on…
SEATTLE, Washington – SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce two new planning grants, totaling $45,000, to support project development of freshwater biodiversity information systems in Zambia and in South Africa. Both projects are part…
JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce a grant of $29,000 made to the Wildlife Conservation Society to facilitate the planning of an online data portal for lemurs in Madagascar. The project will build partnerships with stakeholders in the lemur conservation community to evaluate the…
