About The Habibat Project
The Habibat Project is a nonprofit media outlet reporting on stories that intersect individual, community, rural, and urban environmental actions and events. Our goal is to amplify efforts in environmental protection, restoration, and social capital development.
The Habibat Project is the publication of The Habibat Initiative for Sustainable Environment and Social Impact (THISESI), a registered non-profit organization. RC: 8189731
Our Ultimate Mission and Activities
As a non-profit media organization, we aim to educate readers worldwide through our stories, especially those from the African continent, about the importance of our environment and biodiversity. We emphasize the urgent need not only to maintain but also to protect and understand the diverse relationships among environmental, agricultural, and social-development systems. In doing so, we speak to researchers and environmentalists regularly and have reported on various related stories, some of which you can find below:
How Nigerian toad was lost, found and is now almost extinct
A version of this story was originally published in Daily Trust.
Urgent Intervention Required for Women Fishers and Mangrove-Coastal Ecosystems in Mauritius
In Mauritius, an Indian Ocean Island off the eastern coast of Africa, stewards and users of the coast are expected to experience environmental and socio-economic insecurity if their traditional relational approaches to mangrove u…
Battling Chytrid: A Conservationist’s Journey to Protect Frog Populations from a Ravaging Panzootic
Frog populations worldwide are declining due to a devastating winter panzootic caused by the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). The disease, known as chytridiomycosis, has caused the death of amphibians massively,…
Death by wind turbines and missiles: What does the future hold for bats in Ukraine?
Bats in Ukraine are under threat and are listed in the national red-data book. The conditions of these flying mammals are further worsened by the Russia-Ukraine war, as the buildings and environments they hibernate in are bombed, leading to their deaths…
Amid Discrimination and Ejection, the Batwa Community Pays Homage to the Rainforest Through Sustainability and Conservation Efforts
The Batwa community has struggled since they were kicked out of their homes in the rainforests of Southwestern Uganda to favor mountain gorilla conservation efforts, which have actually yielded increased gorilla populations. The p…
Access the navigations at the top of the site to read the rest of our stories across Conservation, Environment & Climate, Opinion, among others.
We also often organize free webinar sessions to teach the importance of these stories to all our readers. You can watch some of our recorded webinars below.
Webinar: The Habibat Project's Second Webinar on Reported Stories (Community/Audience Training)
We have just concluded our second but final webinar for the year, which you can watch above. For an enlightening hour, Amir A. Sadiq & THISESI hosted this session that analyzed key takeaways from our January and March 2024 reported stories on Mangrove Restoration in Calabar, Nigeria and Conservation Efforts in Madagascar. Kudos to our growing community on WhatsApp for part…
Webinar (Podcast): First Community Training Session on Stories Reported via The Habibat Project
If you have not joined our Community WhatsApp Group yet, chances are that you did not know that we had our First Webinar today. Go listen to this new episode of our THP Podcast right above, the alt version of our Webinar.
In the future, we would also like to organize excursion activities to zoos and other conservancies, birdwatching sessions, rural environmental orientation sessions, and more for the indigenous communities in Africa.
Why The Habibat Project?
Our stories are free, accessible, interesting, enlightening, and bring out the best out of our readers. We make sure to adhere to great journalism standards, while handpicking the best stories for you. Lastly, you get to have full access to our newsletter and publication archives.
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