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To Realized Positive and Lasting Global Health Outcomes, Stakeholder Engagement in Key
- One key lesson that ABCG learned at the onset of the Population Health and Environment project was that a difference of perception between actors involved in the activities caused differential levels of engagement. Therefore, one of the most important activity of the project is the mobilization of different stakeholder groups around the project. These mobilization events ensure sufficient and clear understanding of the projectâs goals, specific project objectives and expected…
- abcg | May 13, 2021
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Launch of the Africa Protected Areas Congress
- The Minister of Environment for Rwanda Dr Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya and the Africa Protected Areas Congress Secretariat, on Tuesday 20 April 2021, launched the Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) in Kigali Rwanda. The APAC initiative, the first of its kind in Africa, will enhance the status of conservation in Africa by engaging governments, the private sector, civil society, indigenous peoples and local communities, and academia to shape Africaâs agenda for…
- abcg | April 21, 2021
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Water Means Building Resilience among Vulnerable Populations through Integrated Programming: World Water Day 2021
- We join the rest of the world in marking World Water Day celebrated on March 22, 2021 by promoting integrated freshwater conservation and WASH (FW-WASH). This yearâs theme on valuing water, raises awareness of the vital importance of water to safeguard human security and maintain the health of the planet's ecosystems. ABCG is reducing watershed degradation and improving the health of freshwater ecosystems through linking freshwater conservation and water, sanitation,…
- abcg | March 22, 2021
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World Wildlife Day 2021: Promoting Forest and Forest Management Models and Practices
- Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. The 2021, World Wildlife Day theme is, Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet, that highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.
- abcg | March 3, 2021
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Our Events
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- 15 Apr 2021 Thursday, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Weaving Together WASH and WRM: Scaling Successful Approaches
- 22 Mar 2021 All day World Water Day
- 03 Mar 2021 All day World Wildlife Day
- 13 Oct 2020 Tuesday, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM COVID-19 and Adaptive Leadership: Enhancing Integration to Building Back Better
- 23 Sep 2020 Wednesday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM IWRM and WASH Linkages: How CSOs Can Advocate For Their Integration in Policy and Planning, by Ele Jan Saaf Online
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Our Annual Reports
Publication Date: May 10, 2021
Author: ABCG
This report by the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) covers the activities implemented in the annual period from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.
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Publication Date: March 3, 2020
Author: ABCG
This report by the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) covers the annual period from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019. ABCG is a consortium of seven international conservation non-governmental…
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Publication Date: June 27, 2019
Author: ABCG
This report by the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) covers the annual period from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. ABCG is a consortium of seven international conservation non-governmental…
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Current Issues
Historically the conservation field has primarily functioned by combatting conservation issues as they arise, thus being a reactive discipline. However,…
Climate change has direct impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity but may also indirectly impact nature through human adaptation responses. A…
There are strong linkages between biodiversity conservation and human health, the health of domestic animals, wildlife health, and ecosystem health.…
Across Africa, women play critical land and natural resource management roles. However, these roles are typically unrecognized or undervalued. Minorities…
Building on previous work done under the Land Rights Tenure Rights thematic area, the Community Based Forestry Management (CBFM) approach…
ABCG is reducing watershed degradation and improving the health of freshwater ecosystems through linking freshwater conservation and water, sanitation, and…
Our Mission
ABCGâs overarching mission is to advance understanding of critical biodiversity conservation challenges and their solutions in sub-Saharan Africa. We aspire to produce applicable knowledge and put it into practice. Â
Our Approach
By accessing the wide-ranging expertise of our members and their extensive networks throughout sub-Saharan Africa, ABCG is in a unique position to address critical conservation issues by developing, testing, and promoting innovative conservation approaches.
