ILRI and ABCG have recently formalized their commitment to tackle agricultural conservation challenges by signing a MoU. The partnership between ILRI and ABCG is a harmonious synergy poised to make a substantial impact in addressing conservation and agricultural challenges.
The media has an important role as agenda setters and decision-makers while wielding the power to shift the narrative to ensure conservation is given the priority and attention it deserves in order to push for the much-needed transformation.
The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) and the Movement for Community Led Development (MCLD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 14, 2023 that will see the two organizations working together to champion for holistic and bottom-up approaches that put communities at the center of conservation and development.
The Africa Climate Summit brings together African governments, civil society, private sector and development partners to discuss and agree on concrete commitments and initiatives that will accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in Africa.
![Kareni Lematile fetches water along the drying Ewaso Nyiro river at Archers Post as drought ravages northern Kenya. [Peter Muiruri, Standard]](https://abcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Photo-by-Peter-Muiruri-1300x731.jpg)
The launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) last week marks a crucial step forward in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the global plan agreed by governments in Montreal, Canada, in December 2022 to halt biodiversity loss by 2030.
The African golden cat is Africa’s most enigmatic wild cat species that is mainly found in Central and West Africa. Unfortunately, the cat is facing extinction due to widespread unauthorized hunting.
BirdLife International Africa, and ABCG have signed an MoU to advance biodiversity conservation in Africa. The MoU will focus on developing and implementing conservation programmes and linkages including climate change, restoration in line with the Africa Union Agenda 2063 and the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
A roundup of ABCG events at the 31st International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2023) that took place in Kigali, Rwanda from July 23-27, 2023.
Conservation and biodiversity are intricately linked to climate change. Rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns and extreme events pose a significant threat to wildlife, ecosystems, and delicate habitats.
Nature-based solutions that balance socio, economic and ecological objectives, offer immediate and cost-effective long-term benefits to both mitigate climate change and adapt to its unavoidable impacts.
