2023 Annual Report

Posted on 2nd September 20242nd September 2024 by Kate Tointon

Our 2023 Annual Report provides an overview of our latest activities and impact, including our 2023 Conservation Team Awards (our flagship annual small-grant scheme), key conservation highlights, career placements, and regional and international training courses. The report outlines our unique efforts to empower and support early-career conservation leaders in their efforts to preserve at-risk biodiversity worldwide, including: obtaining crucial information new to science about the Santa Fe frog in Argentina; establishing a new NGO focused on large mammal conservation in Brazil; and uncovering the conservation status of a rare gecko in Nigeria as well as the discovery of two possible new gecko species.

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The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) supports early-career conservationists undertaking priority projects worldwide.

⏰WOW time flies! The deadline for applications to our 2025 Team Awards is in just ONE month!

In this video, CLP staff Karla Hernandez-Aguilar outlines guidance on our eligibility criteria to help you with your application (English translation below).

You can also click the link in our bio to visit our website where you can find more resources and information on how to apply.

[English translation]: "Hi, my name is Karla Hernandez-Aguilar and I am the CLP Programme Officer at BirdLife International.

Together with my colleagues at CLP, we are delighted to invite all early career conservation leaders from around the world to apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards.

As a CLP applicant, you might have the chance to gain a grant of up to 15,000 USD plus specialised training and unique mentorship opportunities. But – before applying it is important to check if your proposal is eligible!

To be eligible you need to consider the following,
• First, your project must focus on the conservation of at least one globally threatened species classified as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
• Second, your project must take place in one of the eligible countries and last between 3 and 12 months.
• Third, your team should consist of at least three people – and all of them must be nationals of the country where the project is taking place- although one team member can be a non-national but this needs to be well justified in your application.
• Fourth, all team members must be at the beginning of their careers, this means they need to have no more than five years’ of experience working in conservation.
• Lastly, your project must be new rather than part of an ongoing project and go beyond academic research.

We’re really looking forward to receiving your applications - but before you apply, please visit our website where you will be able to find useful resources to check if you are eligible.

On behalf of the CLP Team we wish you all the best and don’t forget to submit your application by the 18 October!"

#WeAreCLP

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⏰WOW time flies! The deadline for applications to our 2025 Team Awards is in just ONE month!

In this video, CLP staff Karla Hernandez-Aguilar outlines guidance on our eligibility criteria to help you with your application (English translation below).

You can also click the link in our bio to visit our website where you can find more resources and information on how to apply.

[English translation]: "Hi, my name is Karla Hernandez-Aguilar and I am the CLP Programme Officer at BirdLife International.

Together with my colleagues at CLP, we are delighted to invite all early career conservation leaders from around the world to apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards.

As a CLP applicant, you might have the chance to gain a grant of up to 15,000 USD plus specialised training and unique mentorship opportunities. But – before applying it is important to check if your proposal is eligible!

To be eligible you need to consider the following,
• First, your project must focus on the conservation of at least one globally threatened species classified as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
• Second, your project must take place in one of the eligible countries and last between 3 and 12 months.
• Third, your team should consist of at least three people – and all of them must be nationals of the country where the project is taking place- although one team member can be a non-national but this needs to be well justified in your application.
• Fourth, all team members must be at the beginning of their careers, this means they need to have no more than five years’ of experience working in conservation.
• Lastly, your project must be new rather than part of an ongoing project and go beyond academic research.

We’re really looking forward to receiving your applications - but before you apply, please visit our website where you will be able to find useful resources to check if you are eligible.

On behalf of the CLP Team we wish you all the best and don’t forget to submit your application by the 18 October!"

#WeAreCLP

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💫 In Search of the Black Softshell Turtle - a story from the field by CLP alumna, Daisy Das

Originally published by @herp_club - this is a story like no other. Believe us when we tell you that this story will leave you feeling awestruck and inspired by the dedication and drive of our conservation leaders 💚

The story starts by sailing us along the mighty Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, a rich habitat home to a variety of wildlife including Pallas eagles, Ganges dolphins and ... one of the protagonists in this story... the black softshell turtle.

Previously declared extinct in 2002, these turtles were - amazingly - still found to exist in a few temple ponds (changing its status to Critically Endangered).

These freshwater reptiles had been brought to the temples in the 1800s. Treated as sacred and respected by the public, devotees would take them from the wild and donate them to temples for blessings. Poaching and illegal trade had also decimated wild populations.

This is where we meet conservationist and CLP alumna, @phoenix_daisy13. Supported by CLP in 2021, Daisy and her team set out to search for what she calls "wild treasure" - the rare and elusive black softshell turtle - in a survey that covered the entire 200km stretch of the Brahmaputra-Subansiri River.

Did wild populations still exist? And if they did, where were they and in what numbers? What was the survey like and what other "wild treasures" did the team find?

Follow the link in our bio to read the rest of Daisy`s story, including the very satisfying ending (see if you can spot the clue in the photos).

#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #ConservationHeroes #India #Reptile #Turtle #Conservation

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💫 In Search of the Black Softshell Turtle - a story from the field by CLP alumna, Daisy Das

Originally published by @herp_club - this is a story like no other. Believe us when we tell you that this story will leave you feeling awestruck and inspired by the dedication and drive of our conservation leaders 💚

The story starts by sailing us along the mighty Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, a rich habitat home to a variety of wildlife including Pallas eagles, Ganges dolphins and ... one of the protagonists in this story... the black softshell turtle.

Previously declared extinct in 2002, these turtles were - amazingly - still found to exist in a few temple ponds (changing its status to Critically Endangered).

These freshwater reptiles had been brought to the temples in the 1800s. Treated as sacred and respected by the public, devotees would take them from the wild and donate them to temples for blessings. Poaching and illegal trade had also decimated wild populations.

This is where we meet conservationist and CLP alumna, @phoenix_daisy13. Supported by CLP in 2021, Daisy and her team set out to search for what she calls "wild treasure" - the rare and elusive black softshell turtle - in a survey that covered the entire 200km stretch of the Brahmaputra-Subansiri River.

Did wild populations still exist? And if they did, where were they and in what numbers? What was the survey like and what other "wild treasures" did the team find?

Follow the link in our bio to read the rest of Daisy's story, including the very satisfying ending (see if you can spot the clue in the photos).

#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #ConservationHeroes #India #Reptile #Turtle #Conservation

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