APOPO News

Raising awareness to protect wild fauna and flora. On March 3rd 1973, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was drafted and signed with the objective to conserve wildlife and prevent international trade from pushing species into extinction. Since 2013, the date has designated as World Wildlife Day, representing […]

APOPO attend NDM-UN in Geneva, Switzerland. The 23rd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and UN Advisers (NDM-UN23) was held from 11 to 14 February 2020 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. The discussions were guided by the theme “Mine Action for People and Planet: Solutions, Commitments and Action.” Over 500 participants attended the meeting, including National Directors

Today is New Year’s Eve. The new Chinese year – the Year of the Rat – begins tomorrow, on Saturday 25th of January 2020, with festivities kicking off tonight and continuing until the 15th day, when the Lantern Festival takes place. Today as families and friends across the world sit down to eat dinner together and gift

Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) signs MoU for 2021 Yesterday on December 10th, APOPO Cambodia Program Manager, Michael Heiman and CMAC Director-General, His Excellency Heng Ratana, met in Phnom Penh to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the continuation of APOPO’s Mine detection Rat (MDR) and CMAC mine clearance operations in Cambodia in 2021.   APOPO works to

#Standup4HumanRights Seventy years ago today, the United Nations (UN) chose December 10th as international Human Rights Day and drafted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It is a day dedicated to reminding all of us that human rights should be enjoyed by everyone. APOPO’s work is connected to human rights because landmines deprived thousands of people of their fundamental rights,

What APOPO does to tackle environmental exploitation from conflict. In 2001, November 6th was declared by the UN as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness of the damaging impact that war and armed conflict has on the environment. APOPO’s

Sokoine University of Agriculture tour project facilities and sites. On May 29th, the APOPO team in Morogoro, Tanzania was happy to host a high-level visit from the management team of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) including the Vice Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Prof. Raphael Chibunda, accompanied by Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof. Peter R. Gillah; Director for Postgraduate studies,

So, why the new look? Our current branding has been going strong for almost two decades. Celebrating our 20th birthday last year provided a great opportunity to give a fresh feel to the whole APOPO brand. Don’t get us wrong, we loved our old logo and know many feel the same. That said, we believe the

In 2019 APOPO U.S. transitioned leadership of its U.S. Board from Mari Kuraishi, the founder of Global Giving, to Kristen Davis the former Head of IT at the International New York Times. The whole APOPO family thanks Mari for her instrumental leadership in starting up and making APOPO U.S. a successful independent 501 c3 organization.