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…
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…
There are many variants on the saying that you don't actually want to see how the sausage is made, and this is often applied to law and policy. We hope that seeing how foundation strategy is made is a little…
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation’s Board of Trustees has approved a policy to exclude securities from its assets issued by companies whose goods, services, or business practices are commonly deemed to negatively impact the earth’s climate or biodiversity, particularly tropical biodiversity.…
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…
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…
JRS was certified last week by the Foundation Center's Glass Pockets initiative to promote transparency of private U.S. foundations in an online world. The certification reflects that the JRS Biodiversity Foundation is meeting (or beating) the highest recognized standard for…
