Just starting our Wyss academy Wyss Academy for Nature @uniofbern spring meeting in🇹🇭 and 🇱🇦with Hansjörg Wyss and members of the Laos hub, the board, the advisory board and the Wyss Foundation. Very rewarding to see the Laos hub rising up to speed.

🐘 For the first time in over three years, rural school children in remote Laos celebrated as they visited the renowned Elephant Conservation Center. 🌳 Rural schools serve as seedbeds for shaping young minds and fostering community engagement. 📚Read more at: wyssacademy.org/post/a-greener…

Two years and a 4000-seedling nursery later, #ChangemakersProgram alum Eric hopes to replicate his “A Tree per Term per Student” initiative to encourage regular and intentional tree planting habits by students in Kisumu, Kenya. Will you join the cause? nation.africa/kenya/health/-…

The County Government of Isiolo, in partnership with the Wyss Academy, SavetheElephants and @nrt_kenya, is prioritizing co-design of a nature-focused town plan for Oldonyiro, to secure elephant corridors threatened by growing human settlements. bit.ly/4btVYIy Konza Technopolis Development Authority

The Wyss Academy Hub East Africa, SavetheElephants, and Wangari Maathai Institute have teamed up to offer research opportunities for MSc and Post-Doc candidates around wildlife, humans, and livestock interaction within migratory corridors. Sound interesting? Scan the code for details.

Our Annual Report 2023 is now available! 🌳📄 How can gold miners be encouraged to use alternatives to toxic mercury, in the Peruvian Amazon? This is one of the many questions we tried to answer during the past year. Read the full report below: 🔗annualreport.wyssacademy.org

The Wyss Academy, Division South/Southeastasia HSF and Chatham House convened a collaborative multi-stakeholder roundtable on Business Models for an Inclusive Circular Economy, proudly hosted by Embassy of Switzerland in Nairobi. Here’s how we can achieve a more sustainable future ➡️ bit.ly/3X5rGrs

What does an academic career look like for a female professor at the Universität Bern, and research team lead at the Wyss Academy for Nature? Catch Julie G. Zähringer in the June issue of Horizons Magazine, where she discusses her exciting life as a sustainability scientist! ➡️bit.ly/4b6jCdz

📰 At the Wyss Academy Dialogue on the True Value of Forests held in Maroantsetra, Madagascar, responsible exploitation and sustainable preservation of forests is the balance hoped for. More here: lnkd.in/e5zVYUkB

Have you read the most recent study on how large-scale extractive industries are affecting progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals in Madagascar? 🌳 go.wyssacademy.org/madagascar

Thank you Horizons Magazine for the feature!

Exciting News! The Bernese Nature Parks, cantonal government departments, and environmental organizations have jointly developed and signed a new agreement focused on strengthening and harmonizing visitor management in biodiversity hotspots. Read more:👉 go.wyssacademy.org/nature-park-be…

The Member's Assembly of the #SYA has elected a new Executive Board and Speaker 2024/25🎉 🔺Dr. Sabrina H. Kessler (Speaker) 🔺Nawal Kinany (Vice-Speaker) 🔺Dr. J⌬vana V. Milic 🔺Eda Elif Tibet ➡️swissyoungacademy.ch/en/aktuelles/n… Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz @wyss_for_nature, @merkleinstitute, UNIGE_en

We're proud that the Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi was the epicentre of sustainability discourse. Circular Innovation Lab together with Wyss Academy for Nature & Chatham House, hosted the ‘Inclusive Circular Economy Roundtable,’ contributing to the 'Circular Economy Futures 2050' policy doc

My first podcast for the series #InitiativeAfrique is online! A fruitful collaboration with Universität Bern and Djourou Diallo. Members of the Initiative Afrique share their challenges and integration issues with us. Margaret Owuor,Wyss Academy for Nature. ARUA bit.ly/3AwohIR

Wir haben zwei spannende Café futur Events während der Berner Nachhaltigkeitstage rund ums Thema nachhaltiges Ernährungssystem! Melde dich via [email protected] an und lass dich von Expert*innen, interessanten Einblicken und Diskussionen inspirieren. 👉wyssacademy.org/events

Education of the Future! 🌳📖 The Wyss Academy Hub Southeast Asia is excited to kick off environmental education activities in five schools where challenges lie ahead for communities and younger generations, in the Nam Tien, Laos. go.wyssacademy.org/Education-Laos

We are thrilled to announce the dates for our Global Dialogue on the True Value of Forests: on the 1st & 2nd of October 2024 🗓️🌳 🔗 Register now: truevalueofforests.com Impact Hub