A professional Environmental Scientist passionate about designing and intergrating sustainable livelihood projects that foster long term Ecosystem conservation
"Energy poverty limits industrialization, education, healthcare, and livelihoods. Clean, affordable power is therefore both a poverty reduction and climate justice priority"
Samuel Okulony - EGI
Global goals. Local action. Shared future.
The Global Biodiversity Framework is implemented in forests, rivers, mountains and communities around the world through the people working every day to protect species and ecosystems.
This #BiodiversityDay, we’re spotlighting six examples from across our work showing how local conservation action contributes to global biodiversity goals. @IUCN
Uganda receives an average 5.1 kWh/day which makes #solarEnergy suitable to power citizens and move from darkness. We demand increased investments in clean #renewable energy sources with emphasis on #offgrid options to power Ugandans in rural communities.
📢Call for consultancy services📢
🤝AFIEGO's partner, @IGENEastAfrica, is seeking the services of a consultant to develop a strategic plan.
🗓️Interested parties should respond to the call by March 27.
👉More: https://t.co/GNkVKjyaXQ
“Research has found that one wildlife crossing can prevent about 1,400 accidents over accidents over a 70-year lifespan, which translates into billions of dollars in savings” https://t.co/OHAF2JtH9M via @pewtrusts
🌿 Ecosystems are more than landscapes — they’re essential units of biodiversity that require careful, informed decision-making.
A new issue brief from the BEFoRE (Benefits from Restoration) project underscores the importance of understanding which ecosystems are present at a project site, along with their condition and risk status.
👉 Read more https://t.co/VEcfj8NjCC
Updates!
A New World Bank report covering more than 90 economies finds out that strengthening climate resilience could deliver benefits equivalent to 150M jobs by 2050.
We can all take this initiative as we fight climate injustices around the 🌎 globe.
COP30 will be our last chance to avoid an irreversible rupture in the climate system.
It's 10 years now at COP30 in Belém since the Paris Agreement but Jamaica is submerged, Philippines is being blown and the Amazon is burning. The list goes on..
#MakeRichPollutersPay
In Georgia’s Rioni River and Black Sea, Tamar Beridze is using acoustic telemetry to better understand sturgeon migration and habitat use, and train the next generation of Georgian conservationists in the process.
This is just one of the many projects supported by @IUCN Save Our Species and the Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme where women are driving conservation action.
Discover more stories: https://t.co/mw1LtpDOPJ
Image credit: Tony Gilbert and Tamar Beridze
This week, EGI staff participated at the OECD, where he discussed importance of inclusive policies that support frontline communities, uphold Free, Prior, and Informed Consent ,financing that aligns with development priorities of the Global South while promoting climate action