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Lessons from Africa to the Navajo Nation on Freshwater Resources Management

I come from the Diné (Navajo) people and live on the Navajo reservation. In my culture, we have a deep respect for water because all life needs water to exist. We also value water because there is so ...

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July 15, 2021
2 years ago
5:52 am

ABCG FWWASH field activity South Africa 2020. Photo credit Zola Mbuyana/ANDM

ABCG Launches New Lessons Learned Publication on Translating Projects to Policies

The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) has launched a new report, Translating Projects to Policies: Lessons Learned Applying the FW-WASH Advocacy Strategy Methodology in S ...

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July 6, 2021
2 years ago
1:57 pm

ABCG Initiates Five Community Based Adaptation Projects in Zimbabwe to Empower Communities to Adapt to Climate Change

The uncertainty that is caused by climate change has resulted in disruption of lives and livelihoods of many communities. Among the worst affected communities are communities whose li ...

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June 16, 2021
2 years ago
12:10 pm

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Founder of ABCG Member Organization, the Jane Goodall Institute, Wins 2021 Templeton Prize

photo credit: templetonprize.org Originally published by the Guardian'The naturalist Jane Goodall has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Templeton prize in rec ...

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June 7, 2021
2 years ago
2:11 pm

A New Phase of ABCG: Journey to Achieving Greater Impact for the Conservation of African Biodiversity

ABCG is moving into a new phase. We are building from past successes and developing a future for our organization that will allow us to achieve even more for the conservation of African ...

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May 31, 2021
2 years ago
7:54 am

ABCG PHE Cameroon stakeholder mobilization and sensitization activity

To Realized Positive and Lasting Global Health Outcomes, Stakeholder Engagement in Key

According to Population Reference Bureau’s 2019 World Population data sheet, human population growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to nearly double from 1.3 billion people in 2019 to 2.5 billion i ...

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May 13, 2021
2 years ago
3:30 pm

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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 C ...

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April 21, 2021
2 years ago
7:28 pm

Water Means Building Resilience among Vulnerable Populations through Integrated Programming: World Water Day 2021

It is a common misperception among some development and conservation groups that WASH and freshwater conservation projects are unconnected and may compete for resources and political attention. Howeve ...

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March 22, 2021
2 years ago
2:35 pm

2020 Achievements, Lessons and Plans for 2021: ABCG Freshwater Conservation and WASH Task Lead Shares

In December 2020, the ABCG FW-WASH task lead, Colleen Sorto, who is also the director of development partnerships at Conservation International, shared a special year-end message reflecting on the ...

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January 18, 2021
2 years ago
12:00 am

ABCG 2020 Highlights

2020 has been a challenging year globally. At the same time, it has provided an opportunity to reflect and envision new possibilities for the future of conservation in Africa and beyond. We ha ...

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December 22, 2020
2 years ago
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