PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Acting Executive Directors at director @ jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. JRS awards a special series of grants to address COVID-19 impacts in African parks SEATTLE, Washington – December 7, 2020 – There is an inextricable…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Acting Executive Directors at director @ jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. Three new JRS grants to support freshwater biodiversity and resources in southern Africa SEATTLE, Washington – December 7, 2020 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces…
The FBIS landing page includes an overview dashboard providing a summary of biodiversity records for each biotic group, site assessments and number of sites. Source: FBIS. South Africa’s unique freshwater biodiversity is under building pressure from climate change, over-exploitation, and…
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…
The National Museums of Kenya (NMK), along with partners National Museum of Tanzania and Makerere University in Uganda, are extending their work to close the knowledge gap for moths and butterflies (Insect order Lepidoptera) in East Africa. Lepidoptera and other…
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) is on a mission to mobilize biodiversity data in Malawi by 2022. Researchers are on their way after receiving two JRS grant awards totaling $592,000. Efforts began in 2019 with two JRS…
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation has been working with our grantees and among staff and Board to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. We believe that putting people first in our concern will ensure support to our community and that we may…
JRS first invested in the Madagascar Lemurs Portal (MLP) with a planning grant in early 2016, and four years later, this project is entering its final phase to be an essential tool for conserving Madagascar’s 110 lemur species. Lemurs are…
Note: The workshop has been postponed due to COVID-19. Please contact the FRC for additional information. The Freshwater Research Centre (FRC) in South Africa will host a 3-day workshop funded by JRS so that leaders of projects developing freshwater biodiversity…
