The first Capacity Development on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (CABES) regional workshop was held in Abidjan; Côte d’Ivoire from 25 to 27 October 2022. The workshop conducted under the theme ‘’Co-developing strategies for sustainability in Africa: Utilizing products of the intergovernmental platform for biodiversity and Ecosystem services (IPBES)’’. The workshop was undertaken to present the...
The global biodiversity community is taking important strides to craft a new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (post-2020 GBF) at the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) slated to take place in October 2021. Given the importance of the contributions of non-state and subnational actors in contributing to the success of the new framework, which requires a...
HoA-REC actively participated and contributed to the successful celebration of the World Environment Day on June 5, 2021. Dr. Mekuria has been invited by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission to take part as a panelist at the National WED celebration event that took place in Hawassa. Dr. Mekuria delivered a talk on “Ecosystems...
The board listened to achievement reports of the Center and network and discussed key issues of the Center. In its deliberations, the board provided strategic directions and actions for improving operational management and various other issues.
John Kamanga is a grassroots conservation leader who has dedicated his career to developing a vision for the co-existence of pastoralists and wildlife. His conservation philosophy draws on indigenous traditions, while incorporating modern realities and conservation opportunities.As a founder and director of SORALO, a unique organisation representing 16 Maasai communities living across several million hectares...
