Our Mission
Strengthen biodiversity study in Somaliland
Develop resources, offer workshops, encourage engagement.
Somaliland is a “global biodiversity hotspot.”
This means it has an unusually high number of species, many known only from Somaliland. The slide show features posters of some of the species found there. To download them, go here.
Help Us Make a Difference
THE FOUNDATION
The Foundation was established in 2016 to help create, within Somaliland, opportunities for developing knowledge of the country’s biodiversity and its sustainable management. At that time, most knowledge about the country’s biodiversity came from foreigners, primarily because there was not, and never had been, an opportunity to gain the education needed in Somaliland. The Foundation is working to change that situation.
News & Updates
October 2024
Available online: "Rangeland management practices in Somaliland: lessons learned from the Aroori Grazing Reserve" by Ahmed Awale (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019005282400049X).
September 2024
Environmental History Grant awarded to Stephen Johnson, Faisal Jama Gelle, and Ismael Esse Hayir for "Learning from Swayne and today's elders".
August 2024 (2)
Workshop led by Dr. Tharina Bird on Insect collection, sorting, and preservation.
