Poaching has been a major crisis in Africa for many decades, from 1964 to 2016 the numbers of black rhinos have decreased to 5,055 from 65,000, elephants down to 415,000 from 1 million, and lions down to 25,000-32,000 from 200,000.…
The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (a United States Agency for International Development funded initiative) will be holding a workshop on: on August 14-16, 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya. Over the past 3 years this collaboration between 7 of the largest conservation…
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is a consultation and dialogue platform between China and Africa leaders and ministers. FOCAC meetings have been held every three years alternatively in China and Africa since 2000, and provide an opportunity for reviewing…
Human communities living in remote and rich biodiversity areas are often impoverished with little to no access to improved water sources and sanitation facilities. The sustainability of freshwater resources and safe drinking water projects depend on the appropriate conservation of…
The discovery of oil in the Albertine Rift of western Uganda has brought great opportunities and threats to this region. Oil production in western Uganda started in 2006 following many years of oil exploration with the mapping of the first…
Uganda’s Lake Albert basin is currently experiencing various forms of development which are being accelerated by oil industry development in western Uganda. With plans to extract, refine and export 2.2 billion barrels of recoverable fossil fuel located on the shores…
In her May 3, 2018 presentation titled, , Kathleen H. Fitzgerald, Vice President of Programs for East and Southern Africa, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), highlighted the challenges in conservation finance, the Uganda government led process to optimize the economic opportunities…
Decreased rainfall and shifting seasonal patterns in Madagascar have seen farming and fishing communities adopting a number of coping techniques to deal with failing crops and declining fish availability, such as resorting to unsustainable fishing practices, increasing extraction of natural…
In their April 17, 2018 presentation titled, , Marc Baker, Carbon Tanzania, and Edward Loure, Ujamaa Community Resource Team, examined how securing land rights and integrating REDD can help communities benefit from their natural resources for future generations. The talk…
The April 2018 Digest features ABCG’s latest news and past event resources, including USAID’s March Global Waters newsletter, highlighting the success of ABCG in integrating freshwater conservation with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in activities in Uganda and South Africa. Also, be sure to view the…
