Integrative Conservation Biology Research and Training
Priority area: Green Transition
In the face of the climate crisis, integrating biodiversity conservation with socioeconomic needs is essential for achieving sustainable solutions. This requires advanced training in environmental monitoring and impact assessment. African and European universities collaborate to promote impactful science, interdisciplinary training, and international partnerships, tackling climate change, human–wildlife conflicts, and sustainable conservation.
We develop undergraduate and postgraduate programs in remote sensing, ecological modelling, R-programming, and biodiversity digital twins, strengthening local expertise and advancing Africa’s digital and green future. Our multidisciplinary approach underpins scientifically sound, socially relevant strategies that balance ecosystems with human needs.
The cluster focuses on two complementary systems: the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EABH) and the East African savanna. The EABH, a global hotspot and center of endemism, is threatened by climate and anthropogenic pressures. Adjacent savannas connect rainforests to the EABH, sustain megafauna at near-prehuman levels, host key National Parks, and harbour Rift Valley lakes that are rich in aquatic biodiversity.
Co-Leads
ARUA
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
- Dr Anagaw Atickem - Assistant professor
University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Prof Nicholas O. Oguge - Professor of Environmental Policy, Centre for Advances Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP), Faculty of Law
The Guild
University of Oslo, Norway
- Prof Charlotte Sletten Bjorå - Integrative Systematics of Plants and Fungi (ISOP), Natural History Museum
- Prof Nils Christian Stenseth - Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES)
- Dr Desalegn Chala - Machine Readable Nature (MaNa), Natural History Museum
University of Bern, Switzerland
- Prof Dr Chinwe Ifejika Speranza - Professor of Geography and Sustainable Development, Institute of Geography
Prof Margaret Owuor - Professor of Integrative Biodiversity Conservation Science, Institute of Ecology and Evolution and Wyss Academy for Nature
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