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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…

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…

Bringing Citizen Science Data Into the ‘Marketplace’

One of the greatest challenges for scientists, including citizen scientists, is getting their data into the ‘marketplace’ or into a space where they can be used to inform management, conservation or policy. The successful collaboration between the Biodiversity and Development…

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