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Abundance of Mountain Tapir in Puracé National Park, Colombia
The mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) inhabits high Andean forest and paramo ecosystems in Colombia. Populations of this species are declining as a result of habitat loss caused by anthropogenic action....View Project
Research and conservation in Amazonian Brazil
The intern will coordinate and support field expeditions for WCS Brazil, help in the elaboration of new funding proposals to expand activities in the Amazon, participate in data entry, analyses...View Project
Evaluating threatened primates in Caquetá, Colombia
The National Parks of Cordillera de los Picachos and Upper Fragua Indi Wasi, and the municipality of Valparaiso are conservation zones of international importance. Here, a number of primate species...View Project
Monitoring and conservation of vulnerable lappet-faced vulture, Elba Mountain Protected Area, Egypt
The lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), is a Vulnerable species. In Egypt, the only remaining places where this species can be found is in the Gable Elba Protectorate. The population faces...View Project
Resilience of coral reefs in the face of climate change
This work will focus on analyzing WCS, NGO and government data on coral reefs including biological, physical, social and governance factors that most likely confer coral reef and social resilience...View Project
Ecological studies on Dugong dugon and its habitat: A contribution toward species conservation, India
The population of Dugong dugon from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands is reported to be in decline. The presence of around 40 dugongs was reported in 1999, however, this number...View Project
Freshwater turtle conservation in the Nanling Nature Reserve, Guangdong, China
The Nanling Nature Reserve is located in the Nanling Mountain Ecoregion, northern Guangdong, one of the globally critical areas for biodiversity conservation. It has at least 7 endangered freshwater turtle...View Project
Assisting with formation of an Ecuadorian Alliance for Zero Extinction
Earlier this year, several Ecuadorian conservation organizations, government officials, in addition to a few international organizations agreed on the idea to form an Ecuadorian Alliance for Zero Extinction whose goal...View Project
Securing the future of Asian elephants in Manas National Park, India
In northeast India, the status of Asian elephant is seriously threatened because of incidences of conflict between humans and elephants resulting from human induced factors. Local people require assistance to...View Project
The Bhimashankar Strategy: Toward region-wide community conservation in the Western Ghats, India
Conservation often requires resource-users to give up destructive or excessive use of biodiversity. This is a challenging task in biodiversity rich areas inhabited by poverty-ridden communities heavily dependent on the...View Project
Conservation initiatives for greater adjutant stork in Assam, India
The endangered Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is currently known to breed only in Assam, India, and Cambodia. Out of its total estimated global population of 1,000 about 600-700 birds are...View Project
Study of the influence of fencing on Przewalski’s gazelle in Qinghai Province, China
The endangered Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) has experienced severe population decline and habitat loss during the past century. Today it survives in only one area of Qinghai. Among those factors...View Project
Conservation of an IBA in collaboration with students and local land users, Kazakhstan
The inventory of IBAs in Central Asia and the recent nomination of the Central Kazakh steppes and wetlands as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, Saryarka, demonstrates the outstanding importance...View Project
Conservation, human rights and indigenous peoples
BirdLife is working to better understand the impact of its conservation actions on local communities and Indigenous Peoples and the role that those affected by conservation could have in both...View Project
Cooperation and conflict between Irrawaddy dolphins and fishers of Chilika Lagoon, India
Fisheries bycatch is a major threat to the Irrawaddy dolphin worldwide. Nonetheless, these dolphins are known to forage cooperatively with fishermen. The dolphin population in Chilika lagoon is small (
Conservation of the Caatinga howler monkey (Alouatta ululata), Brazil
The Caatinga Howler Monkey (Alouatta ululata) is an Endangered (IUCN, 2008) primate and probably the least known howler monkey in the world. Poaching and habitat loss are the main threats...View Project
Reintroducing the Sumatran rhinoceros in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra has been identified as an area with one of the largest Sumatran rhinoceros populations in the world. While the population in southern Sumatra is...View Project
Providing support to the BirdLife Partnership’s work on climate change
2009 is a critical year for climate change culminating in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties in December 2009. BirdLife believes that the Copenhagen conclusions...View Project
The Bhimashankar strategy: toward a region-wide community conservation programme in the Western Ghats, India
To develop a small enterprise that will train local youth groups and provide them with opportunities to earn a living through ecotourism activities. Project update: “The BWS is one of...View Project
Ecological assessment of hispid hare in Manas National Park, India
Except for a few indirect pieces of evidence, no detailed information is available about the Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Manas National Park. Up to date information on the distribution,...View Project
