by BAND | Feb 1, 2022 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
An in-depth article published today by Yale e360 chronicles the ambitious and urgent effort to safeguard the interdependent relationship between northern Mexican communities, the agave plant and the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat. Agaves are fundamental to...
by BAND | Apr 12, 2021 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Vox today launched a detailed reporting initiative on biodiversity. Down to Earth: The Biodiversity Crisis Explained will probe the science, politics and economics surrounding the critical threats to natural ecosystems and wild species that are now accelerating at...
by BAND | Feb 7, 2021 | Epilepsy Care
Epilepsy presents an urgent global public health challenge, especially so in Africa. On a continent where more than 10 million people live with the disease, less than 20% receive effective treatment. However, with medication costing as little as $5/year, two-thirds...
by BAND | Aug 3, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Investing in community-based organizations in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania to achieve lasting, locally-driven results in one of the world’s most iconic conservation landscapes. Spanning over 10 million acres, the contiguous grassland ecosystems of southern...
by BAND | Jun 4, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Bats have been much in the news of late because they harbor a range of viruses similar in type to the one now ravaging human populations. In this important video, Dr. Winifred Frick, Chief Scientist for Bat Conservation International (BCI), discusses the links...
