A synopsis of the presentation, Advancing an Integrated Vision that Incorporates Health Outcomes into Biodiversity Conservation, highlights key lessons and next

steps for activities in Southeastern Cameroon and Western Tanzania by ABCG's Global Health Linkages to Biodiversity Conservation working group.  

October 31, 2017

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EAT

African Wildlife Foundation

Karen, Nairobi 

 

  ABCG is excited to host an in-person meeting for the Freshwater Conservation and WASH Community of Practice (CoP) members, and new prospects. The event will bring together practitioners to reaffirm the purpose, vision and action plan for the CoP moving forward and to collectively develop a calendar of activities to keep learning and exchange vibrant through webinars, and moderated discussions on the LinkedIn Group platform and actions. 

A major oversight of most climate change assessments to date is the inadequate consideration of indirect impacts on biodiversity. ABCG's  Global Change Impacts working group is documenting how human communities are being impacted by changes in weather and climate, how they are responding, and how their responses impact biodiversity.  This presentation will open a dialogue on how this data can inform adaptation strategies.

October 16, 2017

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT / 3 PM EAT East Africa Time  

 

Nolubabalo Kwayimani, will share Conservation International-South Africa's "One Health" framework which integrates WASH activities with freshwater conservation, improved livestock farming, and restoration efforts. By empowering local communities to manage and benefit from their natural resources, and supporting local governance structures that enable sustainable livelihoods, "One Health" aims secure water futures for all water users.

In her October 11, 2017 presentation titled More Than a Decade On: Helping Ol Pejeta Conservancy to Deliver Conservation and Development Impacts in Kenya, Joanna Elliott, Fauna & Flora International, talked about the current land and wildlife management context and the challenges Ol Pejeta faces, including in helping local people and wildlife to weather extreme drought, and safeguarding its rhino population against a well-armed and organized poaching threat. 

In their Sept 14, 2017 presentation titled Conflict: the fourth "C" in Liberia's Forest Management?,  Vaneska Litz and Leif Kindberg, Tetra Tech, explored the viability of "the three Cs": conservation, community and commercial forestry conservation strategy in the face of competing pressure for communities to engage in commercial logging activities in some of the last remaining tracts of the Upper Guinean forest.