Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation

02/21/2026

Every journey starts with the first step. We are very glad to have reached a milestone of over 1,000 plant specimens, collected from the beginning of our work up to last week’s field trip.

Subject to the availability of funding, we aim to build a collection of hundreds of thousands of specimens in the future so that we can document not only species occurrence records but also their distribution across the different ecosystems of Somaliland.

Cheers!

01/30/2026

Congratulations to Sanaag University and its partners on this project!

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12/21/2025

The Insect Pinning and Preservation Workshop for the Entomology course students of the College of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Environment has taken place this week at the biodiversity teaching lab of the University of Hargeisa. The workshop was facilitated by course lecturer Mustafe Abdulkadir and assisted by Hadia, a recent graduate and former beneficiary of previous entomology workshops.

These activities allow students to learn properly for the detailed study of insects, identification and the long-term documentation of the unique insect population for entomology education, scientific research and biodiversity conservation.

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