Supported Projects

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Future Conservationist Award
Assessing the conservation status of tigers in West Sumatra
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

At c.3,000 km2 the Batang Hari Protection Forest (BHPF), west Sumatran, has the potential to contain a large Sumatran tiger population. Human-tiger conflict at the forest edge confirms tiger presence,...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
Migration pattern and population genetic structure of the lesser long-nosed bat in Arizona and Mexico
Internship Mammal

The lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) is a nectarivore and is one of only five bats in North America that is able to migrate up to 1,500 km between...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Assessment and conservation of Cundinamarca antpitta at Farallon de Medina, Cundinamarca
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The Cundinamarca antpitta is a very poorly known and endangered species. Recent field observations by the principal investigator strongly suggest than the species specializes in large-leaved herbs. The purpose of...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Internship
Assessing and mitigating the impacts of bycatch mortality of endangered loggerhead turtles, Baja California Sur
Internship Reptile

The critically endangered North Pacific loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests exclusively in Japan, and juveniles undertake developmental migrations that can last several decades and span the entire Pacific. Juvenile loggerheads...View Project

Reptile
Internship Reptile
Conservation Follow-up Award
Cebu black shama (Copsychus cebuensis) conservation project
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

The endangered Black Shama (Copsycus cebuensis), endemic to Cebu Island, Philippines, survives in at least nine forest fragments with forest cover ranging from 30 to 1,200 hectares (Jakosalem et al.,...View Project

Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award
Conservation of Oxyura leucocephala in Barabinskay lowland (Russia)
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

The project will be implemented in Barabinskaya lowland, the south-east part of Western Siberia. The aim of the project is to contribute to the development of the local work in...View Project

Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird
Internship
Spatial ecology of wild cats in the Calden Forest: implications for conservation and management
Internship Mammal

Natural environments and native species densities in South America have been greatly reduced by of human activities such as agriculture, livestock farming, hunting and poaching.  Calden Forest, Argentina, is one...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Conservation Leadership Award
Alder Amazon project: conservation across the Argentina-Bolivia border
Conservation Leadership Award Bird

Yungas forests are been degraded and lost at an alarming rate. In order to assure the conservation of these forests it is necessary to revert the unsustainable use that locals...View Project

Bird
Conservation Leadership Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Community-based wildlife monitoring in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The "Heart of Borneo" Initiative aims to conserve the largest continuous rainforest in Southeast Asia through creating a network of wildlife corridors, protected and sustainable-use areas. Participation of local communities...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Facilitative conservation – crocodiles as a proactive conservation model, Lake Nasser
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

Since its inception, the field of conservation biology has been viewed as a reactionary discipline. While this may still be the case, it is clear that a shift is necessary...View Project

Reptile
Future Conservationist Award Reptile
Internship
Coral larvae distribution, settlement and early-survivorship at Los Roques National Park, Venezuela
Internship Invertebrate

One of the central interests in marine ecology is to assess the connectivity among populations; (i.e. the proportion of larvae or propagules that migrate from one population to the other)...View Project

Invertebrate
Internship Invertebrate
Internship
Using landscape species as indicators of functional corridors in the Brazilian Amazon
Internship Multiple

Conserving wildlife species in fragmented landscapes is an immediate challenge facing conservation biologists and managers. Expansion of both human populations and resource requirements are driving habitat conversion at an increasing...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Evaluation of Important Sites for Flamingos in the Bolivian Altiplano: Raising Awareness for Wetland Conservation
Future Conservationist Award Bird

We will evaluate three important sites for flamingos in the central altiplano of Bolivia from an ecological standpoint through periodical monitoring and habitat sampling. We will assess threats and propose...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Internship
Dependence of Tibetan foxes on plateau pikas
Internship Mammal

A unique web of fauna and flora on the Tibetan plateau is facilitated by the existence of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae). Blamed for causing range degradation in western China, pikas...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Internship
Population status and behavioural ecology of the critically endangered brown spider monkeys in Colombia
Internship Mammal

Brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus) are one of the 25 most endangered primate species in the world. These primates are considered as “Critically Endangered” mainly due to habitat destruction and...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Internship
Woodpeckers in modified dipterocarp forests in Sub-Himalayan India: investigating habitat relationships and survey methods
Internship Bird

Woodpeckers, although studied in detail in Europe and North America, still haven't been researched in tropical Asia, especially India. Since woodpeckers are strongly dependent on forests, their abundance and interspecies...View Project

Bird
Internship Bird
Internship
A mega transect for monitoring and searching breeding areas of milky stork in the east coastal of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia
Internship Bird

The milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) is currently listed as Vulnerable because it has undergone a rapid population decline due to ongoing loss of coastal habitat, human disturbance, hunting and trade....View Project

Bird
Internship Bird