Michelle Wieland is the Socio-Economic Advisor for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Africa Program based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has been working in Africa for the past 18 years. She is also part of the Africa…
From USAID Global Waters ‘Uganda’s Budongo-Bugoma Forest Corridor, situated in the north of the Albertine Rift, is considered to be one the most biodiverse regions of Africa, well known for its chimpanzee population. However, this biodiversity hotspot is under pressure…
The 2018 World Water Day theme, Nature for Water, speaks of the importance of working on nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century. The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group, through its thematic working group Global Health…
Many countries in Africa are grappling with food security concerns. Inadequate land use planning, illegal logging, uncontrolled development, and poor farming methods are some of the challenges that countries are dealing with as demand for food rises. The Southern Agricultural…
Big cats: predators under threat was the theme for World Wildlife Day 2018 celebrated on March 3. The event put a global spotlight on the world big cats which include the cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, puma, snow leopard and tiger.…
The Watershed - Empowering Citizens Programme is an initiative that aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations to lobby for evidence-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and integrated water resource management. As one of the strategic partners behind…
In his February 14, 2018 presentation titled, Countering Wildlife Trafficking in Mozambique – What’s Working and What Hasn’t, Alastair Nelson, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), provided background regarding the current wildlife trafficking problem in Mozambique, and how it is situated within…
The Population Reference Bureau recently published an article featuring the Africa Biodiversity Colloborative Groups' best practices for improving food security and nutrition through integrated approaches. "Evaluations of Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) programs have found varying degrees of effectiveness in…
The February 2018 Digest features ABCG’s latest news and recent publications, including the Managing Global Change Impacts on Biodiversity working group’s fact sheet which details their activities to determine how rural communities respond to climate change and consequently how their…
Happy New Year! The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) continues to advance understanding of critical biodiversity conservation challenges and their solutions in sub-Saharan Africa by fostering collaborative and adaptive learning opportunities that help practitioners improve, scale and replicate, while…
