In August and September of this year, Herta Kolberg and her team from the Namibian Chamber of Environment (NCE) traveled to southern areas of Namibia to conduct their fifth field survey. We are pleased to share the continuing first person…
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,…
Earlier in 2025, Samantha Walsh, Segolene Xavier Miller and their team from SOS SAHEL successfully launched the Biodiversity Mapping in Transfrontier Savannahs of Senegal and Chad project in Senegal. Building on the first highlight from SOS SAHEL published in August…
JRS and Tusk Trust have partnered to support the biodiversity research capacity of African NGOs to build on outstanding advocacy and conservation efforts. In 2025-26 JRS is supporting four Tusk partner organizations located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros,…
JRS grantee Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Madagascar have been hard at work developing their Wetlands Knowledge Base (WKB) since their project launch in January 2024. This past July, team members showcased their work at the COP15 held in Zimbabwe and…
JRS grantee International Crane Foundation has made great progress in generating baseline biodiversity data to support evidence-based conservation in Zambia's Kafue Flats ecosystem. Through collaboration with government departments, academic institutions, NGOs, schools, and communities, systematic monitoring of priority biodiversity indicators…
Across Africa's savannahs, rapid population growth, agricultural expansion, and resource degradation are putting increasing pressure on the natural ecosystems that sustain rural livelihoods and economies. The Biodiversity Mapping in Transfrontier Savannahs of Senegal and Chad project designed by grantee SOS…
JRS recently began implementation on two new grants, EarthAcre and Wild Earth Allies, to leverage strategic partnerships to expand biodiversity informatics capacity by building on local indigenous biodiversity knowledge. These grants will build on and complement existing community knowledge, creating…
Last month JRS embarked on a collaborative partnership with Tusk Trust, building on a successful JRS funded 2024 Tusk conservation symposium in Rwanda. Through strategic grants to dynamic implementers, support will provide field partners with essential resources including equipment, training,…
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…
