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...
by BAND | Jun 4, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Mongabay, the environmental news service, has launched an in-depth podcast series on salamander decline based on a reporting series funded by the BAND Foundation. This series, which will run for the next several months, will focus on a deadly pathogen, known commonly...
by BAND | Mar 12, 2020 | Epilepsy Care
Epilepsy is a complex disease with significant and underappreciated global health impacts. The epilepsy challenge is especially acute in Africa where lack of access to routine treatment and cultural stigmas are systemic problems. The BAND Foundation is working to...
by BAND | Jan 22, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Living on the landscape with lions and other large predators can impose significant costs on local communities. When lions prey on livestock, people sometimes retaliate by killing lions. Human/wildlife conflict is one of the leading factors contributing to the 50%...
