Supported Projects

There are currently 914 projects with the selected filtering.

Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of the Endangered Salim Ali’s fruit bat in Western Ghats, India
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Salim Ali’s fruit bat (Latidens salimalii), one of the three rarest bats in the world, is an evolutionarily distinct, monotypic and endangered frugivorous bat species endemic to the southern Western...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Conservation Follow-up Award
Ensuring harlequin toad conservation in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Conservation Follow-up Award Amphibian

Harlequin toads (Atelopus) are the most threatened group of amphibians in the world, with 81% of species classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered. Disease transmission by the Bd fungus and...View Project

Amphibian
Conservation Follow-up Award Amphibian
Internship
Establishing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and improving MPA/fisheries management in Cambodia
Internship Multiple

The goal of this internship is to promote inclusion and build the skills of female conservationists. This will be achieved by facilitating the research skills development of BSc/ MSc research...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of black softshell turtles in Assam, northeast India
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

The black softshell turtle was thought to be extinct in the wild, only being known from a sacred pond at the Bostami shrine in Bangladesh. Recent records from Nagaland, West...View Project

Reptile
Future Conservationist Award Reptile
Conservation Leadership Award
Range-wide action to safeguard the Critically Endangered Togo slippery frog
Conservation Leadership Award Amphibian

The Togo slippery frog is a high priority Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) amphibian endemic to few sites in Ghana and Togo. Rapid forest loss, human consumption, and the...View Project

Amphibian
Conservation Leadership Award Amphibian
Internship
Analysing the communication skills of BirdLife Partners in the Middle East
Internship Multiple

Rama will conduct a communication skills gap analysis among BirdLife Partners in the Middle East. She will determine their existing communication skills, the strengths and weaknesses for each Partner, and...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Kate Stokes Memorial Award
Reconnecting with nature: attitude change towards conservation of the cloud forest herpetofauna in a Chinantec community
Kate Stokes Memorial Award Amphibian

La Esperanza, an indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico conserves through the ICCA´s modality 4421 Ha of montane cloud forest where 45% of the endemic amphibian species of the state are...View Project

Amphibian
Kate Stokes Memorial Award Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award
Creating the grassroots to conserve the Santa Fe frog in the South American Great Chaco
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

Leptodactylus laticeps (Santa Fe frog) is an endemic amphibian from the South American Great Chaco (Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay). Its global conservation status is Near Threatened (2004), with a decreasing...View Project

Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
Conservation Leadership Award
Conservation of endemic bats in previously unprotected roosting sites in Vietnam
Conservation Leadership Award Mammal

The Cat Ba-Ha Long Landscape Complex (CBHL) and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (PNKB) are two well-known areas with the highest potential value for bat research and conservation in Vietnam....View Project

Mammal
Conservation Leadership Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Habitat restoration and corridors creation to enhance conservation of the Pampean sand-dune lizard
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

The Pampean sand-dune lizard, which is endemic to the Pampean coastal dunes of Argentina, is highly sensitive to modifications to its habitat. Isolated subpopulations of this lizard have been cornered...View Project

Reptile
Future Conservationist Award Reptile
Internship
Building data sets for coastal wetland sites and species factsheets in the Middle East
Internship Multiple

The intern will contribute to WBDB (BirdLife International Data Zone) and establish a dataset with key information to enable the coastal areas situation analysis planned for a later stage, to...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Frontier social conservation action and research on horseshoe crabs in Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods fully protected by the Decree of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry Regulation No.20/2018 and Government Regulations No.7/1999. As a marine...View Project

Invertebrate
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate
Future Conservationist Award
Conserving shorebirds through community engagement in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
Future Conservationist Award Bird

Vietnam lies within the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, which itself makes up the central part of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Declines of migratory shorebirds have been largely attributed to habitat loss,...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Internship
Training the next generation of biologists to help save elephants and lions in Nigeria
Internship Mammal

The goal of the internship with WCS in Yankari Game Reserve is to provide field training and conservation experience to a young Nigerian biologist so that he may acquire the...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Hornbills and people: building an alliance for conservation in North Bengal, India
Future Conservationist Award Bird

Hornbills are indicators of the health of a forest ecosystem, but globally they are threatened by habitat loss, fragmentation and hunting. The North Bengal region in India (part of the...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Testing conservation and habitat restoration methods to preserve Rapa’s endemic avifauna
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The island of Rapa is a place of extraordinary biodiversity that includes the Critically Endangered Koko, the only fruit-dove of the Austral Archipelago (French Polynesia). Its off-shore uninhabited islets are...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Internship
Creating a safer environment for seabirds on Príncipe island
Internship Bird

This internship will introduce Yanik to the field of conservation, by giving her the opportunity to participate in data collection and processing and coordination of relevant seabird-related projects on Príncipe...View Project

Bird
Internship Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Status of lion-tailed macaques in the Nilambur forests of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Lion-tailed macaques are endemic to the Western Ghats with an estimated population size of 3,500 individuals. Globally assessed as Endangered, these primates face threats from forest fragmentation and illegal hunting....View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
Biodiversity research for park management and community development
Internship Multiple

This internship falls under WCS’ strategy of being a hub for continuous skill transfer for future enthusiastic conservationists for Rwanda. The intern will be particularly attached to practical activities related...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Combating the illegal trade of marine turtles in Palawan
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

The islands of Palawan are a mega diverse hotspot torn apart by illegal mining, unregulated logging, unmanaged coastal development and active poaching. Nevertheless, its remote beaches still host some of...View Project

Reptile
Future Conservationist Award Reptile