AfricanBioServices is an EU-funded research project investigating Ecosystem Services in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem in eastern Africa. The main aim of the research project is to understand how the ongoing climate change, human population growth and landuse change affect biodiversity and human well-being, and use this information to derive novel solutions for a future sustainable development.
Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. In the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, effects of climate change are particularly apparent in the form of increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.
Agricultural and industrial development is modifying the way different areas are utilized, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem the natural landscape is changing quickly.
The African continent harbours the fastest growing human population in the world, and the pressure on natural resources in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem is constantly increasing.
Wildlife migrations in Kenya and Tanzania are collapsing because of human interference. Watch the animation video…Read more
The Great Migration is called Nature’s greatest show, where 1.3 million wildebeest, 400,000 Thomson’s gazelle, 200,000 zebra and 12,000 eland are travelling together…Read more
Tanzania is well known for its tea. Chai tea is drunk every day and Tanzanians are proud of the various local tea types produced in the country. Entering Tanzania with a couple of suitcases full of generic Lipton teabags (other brands available)…Read more
Vultures and other avian scavengers characteristically circle the skies, scanning the ground for carcasses. New research has revealed that these birds can, in addition to sight, respond to auditory cues indicative of potential foraging opportunities. To date, Africa’s vultures have been thought to rely exclusively on eyesight whilst foraging. This may be either through the
A brand new open access e-book helps future conservation scientists prepare themselves for interdisciplinary research with collaborators from diverse backgrounds. How can young conservation scientists learn to be tolerant and work with diverse partners to produce better science in order to save nature? Dr. Mary Mildred Stith, one of the authors of the new open
AfricanBioServices booklet available for download
AfricanBioServices is featured in the Project Repository Journal on the front page and as a special supplement inside.
Project Repository Journal – Volume 4 – January 2020
Humans have altered terrestrial ecosystems to such a degree that the Earth’s most recent geological time period is referred to as the Anthropocene; the epoch influenced by man. Habitats are degraded so rapidly…Read more
Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s novel, “The Giving Tree”, details the relationship between a boy and a tree. In the course of the boy’s life the tree provides the boy with everything: Read more
In 1991, the wild dogs started to disappear from Serengeti national park, due to the steadily increasing population of lions and hyenas. Read more
