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.
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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
August 2024
Ahmed and Faisal gave a presentation on Introduction to the Plants of Somaliland (see April) and Faisal presented a poster on work he, Helen Pickering, and Ahmed had done on "The history tree of Ina Guuxa".
May 2024
Prepared photographs of Ziziphus species for use in a documentation challenge and met with representatives of Amoud University, the University of Burao, and the Somaliland Biodiversity Research Institute.
April 2024
Introduction to the plants of Central Somaliland, ed. 2 published. The new edition is bilingual (English and Somali) has improved color, a stronger binding, a brief explanation of why names change, and correction of some errors in the first edition.
