What if we don’t care about Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Rwanda?
Prof.Beth Kaplin, Director of CoEB
Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management
CoEB NEWS
RBS TEAM TO RAISE AWARENESS THROUGH THE MEDIA
The Team developing the Rwanda Biodiversity Information system (RBIS) was hosted at Rwanda Broadcasting Agency on Sunday 17th October 2021.
Mapendo Mindje , Cyuzuzo Deborah,Prof.Elias Bizuru explaining the importance of RBIS. This is one of the CoEB's flagship projects - making #biodiversity data accessible for policy, management & early detection of environmental change.
Here there is a link for the talkshow! https://www.rba.co.rw/tv
Why should we have to care about the loss of biodiversity?
International Day for Biological Diversity 2021 brought another topic to think about. 2020-2021, conflicts between human beings and animals occurred than other previous years in Huye district. It’s an area where vervet monkeys located. People who live near by the arboretum Ruhande forest claimed a lot that vervet monkeys come and damage their crops. The solution they get is to kill them.
Justice for Peace through Traditional Knowledge Systems and Conservation: Recognition, Revitalization and Reconciliation
Workshop participants
On 31 August 2020, the University of Rwanda (UR) joined the African Institute for Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIIKS) with the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB) as the focal point. The AIIKS is established at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
A Virtual Summer Course Looking at Global Climate Change with Partners in USA
The Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, USA and the University of Rwanda's Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (UR- CoEB) at the College of Science and Technology partner to bring together American and Rwandan Master's students for a fully immersive virtual study-abroad program called Climate Policy: A Global, Transdisciplinary Approach for the Future.
Learning to use iNaturalist to discover the world of biodiversity on our doorstep
Organised by collaboration between a former BSc student from UR and the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB), with funding from the National Geographic Society (NGS), a training on the use of iNaturalist took place on 17-18 May 2021 at Huye campus. There was a one day in-class session on understanding iNaturalist and one day for going outside to collect data (mainly pictures) on all species observed (e.g. plants, animals, birds, insects, amphibians, reptiles).
UR graduate takes a lead to inspire youth to pursue research
Raymond Umazekabiri graduated in 2018 from Botany and Conservation option, Biology Department at the College of Science and Technology. Since graduation, he has been working at the Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity (CoEB) and he was able to upgrade his undergraduate dissertation into a research project which eventually got funded.
Training on Manuscripts Preparation, Publication and Statistical Analysis
On 13-17 January, 2020, the The Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB) hosted training on Manuscript Preparation and Statistical Analysis to help students prepare good quality manuscripts. On 13-14 January 2020, students had training on Manuscripts Preparation and Publication. Prof. Beth Kaplin, the CoEB Director and Dr. Venuste Nsengimana, the Deputy Director of CoEB facilitated the training. Trainers explained to students how they should write well, determine authors and their order and select the relevant journal to publish in.
The National Herbarium of Rwanda is alive at University of Rwanda
With the aim of improving conservation efforts in Rwanda, and expanding knowledge and building capacity of students by means of research, the National Herbarium of Rwanda (NHR) has been established.