From June 3-5, the National Museums of Kenya hosted the 1st Joint International Scientific Conference under the banner of “Utilization of Biological Resources for Sustainable Development, Conservation and Climate Resilience” in collaboration with the Association of Kenyan Entomologists. Over 350…
The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) hosted a morning grant writing session for NMK partners and students interested in improving the quality of future project proposals to make them more informative and persuasive. Dr. Siro Masinde, Principal Research Scientist at…
For over 60 years the East Africa Wild Life Society (EAWLS) has promoted conservation and wise use of natural resources in the East African region through evidence-based advocacy. JRS is proud to support EAWLS as it undertakes a project to…
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…
The National Museums of Kenya’s project Assessment of Lepidoptera Pollinator Species Diversity Data in East Africa has published a field guide to the butterflies of Taita Hills in Kenya. The guide was launched at a community conservation centre in Ngangao…
SEATTLE, Washington – September 11, 2018 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces three new grant awards, totaling $545,000, to support access to freshwater biodiversity data in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. These investments are a part of the JRS Freshwater Biodiversity…
SEATTLE, Washington – 15 November 2017 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation today announced a new $264,100 grant to develop methods for mapping the distribution of both native and non-native tilapia in East Africa. The project will be led by Bangor University professor Dr. George Turner,…
SEATTLE, Washington – January 30, 2015 -- The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announced today three new grants that offer effective approaches to making biodiversity data more accessible in sub-Saharan Africa. The funding to the African Conservation Centre’s biodiversity portal in Kenya…
