The Fun Part of Funding
Posting a request for proposals is the fun part of philanthropy – giving creative people the chance to get funds to accomplish their goals is what we like to do. At JRS, we work hard all year to add value to…
JRS Awards Planning Grant for Potential Online Lemur Knowledge Portal
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…
Welcome to new JRS trustees: Sandy Andelman & Sarah Lynch
As JRS welcomes the new year, we are excited to start 2016 with two new members of the JRS Board of Trustees: Dr. Sandy Andelman and Dr. Sarah Lynch. Sandy Andelman is Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President for Conservation International. She…
20 Lucky New Species Named for Costa Rican Children
In Costa Rica, 20 lucky and talented school children have gained new bragging rights at the lunch table - they each have a new species named after them. The children won the honor through a wonderfully creative and engaging drawing…
"Which species is that?" Introducing 60 new dragonflies and damselflies
New species descriptions often come one at a time, giving the impression that scientists have most likely described nearly everything on earth. Each new species is just one of the last stragglers, a species rare enough to have hitherto eluded our notice. Yet recent estimates of global…
Biodiversity Heritage Library Africa Turns a Page in Nairobi
Prefacing the recent Taxonomic Data Working Group (TDWG) conference in Nairobi, the Biodiversity Heritage Library of Africa gathered fifteen representatives from eleven institutions throughout South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda for a BHL partner workshop. The BHL Africa Workshop was an opportunity to provide training…
Madagascar Botano-Blitz for iNaturalist
A team of botanists, including JRS grantees from the Missouri Botanical Garden and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, took Analamazoatra/Perinet Reserve by storm during a botanical bio-blitz. Following a few intensive training sessions with the Android version of iNaturalist, including a guest lecture from iNaturalist…
ElephantVoices featured in PBS series on rebirth of Gorongosa Park
Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique boasts a remarkably rich and charismatic community of animals, and a history to match. A PBS series "Gorongosa Park Rebirth of Paradise" premiering in the United States on Tuesday, September 22 (8pm Eastern/7pm Central) documents the ongoing efforts to restore…
JRS Announces New Grant Award to Study Biodiversity and Public Policy
SEATTLE, Washington – August 5, 2015 -- The JRS Biodiversity Foundation today announced a new $94,000 grant to study the role of biodiversity information on national policy cycles in Latin America. The research will be led by NatureServe researcher Dr.…
Show me the Data: JRS Report on Access to Biodiversity Data in our Projects
We've all heard the one about the tree falling in the forest, but here's your biodiversity koan for the day: If a biodiversity datum is produced, and no one can find it, does it create change? JRS Biodiversity Foundation contracted an independent study…