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How ABCG is Implementing Community Forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo: WRI’s Natural Resources Policy Specialist Explains

Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) is the management, by communities or smallholders, of forests and agroforests they own, as well as the management of state-owned forests (some of which sha ...

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December 10, 2020
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Translating On-The-Ground Successes into Policy Action: Advocating For Integrated Freshwater Conservation and WASH in Uganda

ABCG FWWASH Workshop held in Uganda on October 2020. JGI Robert Atugonza presenting a progress report on the FW-WASH project to the workshop participants during training of the S ...

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December 3, 2020
2 years ago
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November 2020 Quarterly News Digest

The November 2020 Quarterly News Digest features the latest news of The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG). This issue highlights how organizations can and should embrace integration to ...

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November 13, 2020
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What is the State of Our World in 2020? WWF’s Living Planet Report Reveals an Insecure Future

The new WWF 2020 Living Planet Report reveals that there has been a two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970 and calls for urgent action to end the destruction of natural h ...

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November 4, 2020
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Enhancing Integration to Build Back Better: Covid-19 and Adaptive Leadership

Coronavirus, a zoonotic disease, has demonstrated the strong interconnection between ecosystem health and human health. It has demonstrated that no sector can be able to conduct business in a ...

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October 21, 2020
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Linking Integrated Water Resource Management and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Most of sub-Saharan Africa is under pressure from increasing population growth, urbanization, and consumption, as well as poorly planned infrastructure development. All these factors are negativel ...

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October 8, 2020
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Eight Steps for Creating an Effective Advocacy Strategy for Positive Conservation Outcomes

Water, poverty and environmental quality are closely linked. Across Africa, vulnerable groups are exposed to environmental risk factors such as unsafe water and climate change. Recognizing that the ...

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September 9, 2020
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August 2020 Quarterly News Digest

The August 2020 ABCG Quarterly News Digest features the latest news and upcoming events of Africa Collaborative Group (ABCG). Get to read about how voluntary family planning and reproductive health ...

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August 30, 2020
2 years ago
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ABCG Launches New Phase of Partnership with USAID to Enhance Collaboration for African Biodiversity

The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) has received a new award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), continuing its long running partnership to bring together co ...

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August 28, 2020
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Practices Conservation Leaders Can Employ to Cushion their Organizations During Crises

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various dimensions of our lives including the leadership of nations, organizations and institutions. Among those severely affected is the conservation sector w ...

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August 26, 2020
2 years ago
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