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New Biodiversity Atlas of Kenya’s Natural Capital
African Conservation Centre founder, Dr. David Western, is a nominee for the world’s biggest conservation award, the 2016 Indianapolis Prize
ACC wins bid to host the Annual Biodiversity Information Standards Conference
Canada’s IPSS Awards Grant for Community-Based Conservation Program Design
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies, a joint venture between Canada’s International Development Resource Centre (IDRC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), awarded ACC $2.6 million to initiate a new program: The Institutional Canopy of Conservation. This program, to be carried out between Aug 1, 2014 and […]
Read moreACC to Launch a Biodiversity Knowledge Base With Key Partners
BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE BASE TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING IN KENYA The African Conservation Centre is a Kenyan non-profit dedicated to the development of conservation capacity in Africa. Providing accessible, high quality data for policy development, research, planning, and management is extremely important in developing more effective ways to support and conserve Kenya’s rich biodiversity. The African Conservation […]
Read moreSORALO Hires a New Administrator & 16 More Game Scouts in South Rift
SORALO conducted an in-house recruitment and extended training of 16 new game scouts from across the SORALO landscapes. The training took place in Olorgeseilie, in the heart of the South Rift. Since then, these scouts have been deployed across the landscape from Mailua (Amboseli) to the Loitas (Mara). Radio bases have been established in these […]
Read moreJRS Foundation Awards Grant for Kenyan Biodiversity Web Portal
ACC and its fundraising-arm, ACC-US, were the recipient of a JRS Biodiversity Foundation Grant for the creation of a Kenyan Biodiversity Web Portal. Kenya is home to globally significant biodiversity that fortifies its economy and sustainability. Information about Kenya’s biodiversity has not been readily available to stakeholders who need it to synthesize biodiversity information and […]
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