Press Release 08 November 2023 Horn Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network, Addis Ababa University (AAU-HoAREC&N) 1st East Africa Sub-regional Workshop commences in Adds Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AAU-HoAREC&N is pleased to announce that the 1st East Africa Sub-regional Workshop with the theme “The Road to a Desired Future: the IPBES Nature Future Framework and...
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1st East African Sub-regional training on “Utilization of IPBES assessment outcomes in national policy-making” under-way at the AAU-HoAREC&N HQs in GBG, Ethiopia
The 1st face-to-face capacity building training with the title “Utilization of IPBES assessment outcomes in national policy making” is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training is organised with a particular focus on the IPBES Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species, as a driver of global biodiversity loss and multiple options on how to utilize the...
HoAREC Head Quarter Visit by the Interim President of AAU
Interim President of Addis Ababa University, Dr. Samuel Kifle, together with Prof. Tileye Feyisa, Dean of the College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Dr. Matiwos Ensermu, head of the President’s office affairs, Dr. Zerihun Getaneh, head of the AAU board office affairs, have paid a working visit to the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center...
INVITATION TO BID: Terminal Evaluation Consultancy Service
Organization: Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre & Network-Addis Ababa University.Project: ILDP- phase-II: Capacity development for Integrated Land Use and Development Plan (ILDP) implementation in the Gambella People’s National Regional State (GPNRS).Ref. No: HoA-REC&N/SIDA/ 202100-4789 / 2023/2015Assignment Title: Terminal evaluation of the Integrated Land use and Development plan for Gambella People National Regional State (GPNRS)AAU...
Sida’s Internal Auditors visited HoA-REC&N
The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre & Network (HoA-REC&N) was pleased to receive a team of internal auditors from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)Top of Form at its Headquarters in Gullele Botanic Garden on 31st May 2023. The team includes Sophia Litzen and Angelica Davidsson-Nirving from Sweden, and Elmi Nure and Rahel Hailu...
CABES First Regional Workshop Held in Abidjan
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...
Potential of non – state actors for the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Seizing the Landscape Opportunity
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...
World Environment Day, 2021 Celebrations
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...
HoA-REC board of trustees held its first meeting of 2021
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 Won the Tusk Award For Conservation in Africa 2020
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...
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