by t. | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Recently Chimbo signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CIBIO, a Portuguese Research Institute aimed a/o at cooperation on certain research topics. In light of this collaboration CIBIO is working on a pilot study on the Corubal in Guinea-Bissau. A webstory on this...
by t. | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Some achievements of this year: 178 sacred sites registered as ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) in the ICCA-registry of the UN; 10 girls have been accepted in our scholarship programme to get secondary education; and in January a lion roared near our...
by t. | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
This spring, 178 sacred sites of the Boé, which were already registered as ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) have been accepted as IUCN category III protected areas in the WDPA. Read more about it in our newsletter of May...
by t. | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the closure of the COMBAC Boé project in style, we organised a cultural competition with four categories: A drawing competition for school children; and competitions on dances, decoration of buildings and handicraft for adults. Read more about it in our...
by t. | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
COVID-19 crisis or not, Piet had to go to Béli to close down the COMBAC-Boé project. Read about all our recent activities in the Chimbo newsletter of January 2021.