Note from the CoEB Director:
Happy New Year to all of you! We are excited for 2022 – despite the ongoing pandemic, we have been
able to realize some significant achievements. I am especially proud of the Center‟s efforts to build taxon
capacity among researchers in Rwanda and the region. In the last issue of the newsletter we highlighted
the biodiversity field school we co-hosted with colleagues from Senckenberg Institute in Germany. This
resulted in expanding the National Herbarium of Rwanda collection, and trained young researchers in
aquatic macroinvertebrates, small mammals, and other taxon groups. In the past few months, we held two
more training events: a specialized training for those interested in algae and diatom studies including phD
and MSc students, and a training in ant sampling techniques and taxonomy. Some say taxonomy is dying
out, but in the Center, it is alive and growing. With support from various foundations and funding
organizations, we will continue to build capacity to sample, identify, monitor and conserve the amazing
biodiversity present in the Albertine Rift and Great Lakes Region where we are located. We cannot
effectively conserve what we do not know.
Beth Kaplin, Director of CoEB
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