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Frontier social conservation action and research on horseshoe crabs in Indonesia
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…
Promoting sustainable fishing to conserve the last river dolphins in Nepal
Reducing accidental entanglements and mortalities in fishing nets is one of the key challenges for ensuring the survival of the Ganges river dolphin population in the Karnali River, Nepal. This…
Hornbills and people: building an alliance for conservation in North Bengal, India
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…
Reducing human-giraffe conflict along the Kenya-Somalia border
The reticulated giraffe has experienced greater than 80% population declines and is currently listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). About 90% of reticulated giraffes…
Creating the grassroots to conserve the Santa Fe frog in the South American Great Chaco
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…
Range-wide action to safeguard the Critically Endangered Togo slippery frog
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…
Ensuring harlequin toad conservation in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
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…
Habitat restoration and corridors creation to enhance conservation of the Pampean sand-dune lizard
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…
Conservation of the Endangered Salim Ali’s fruit bat in Western Ghats, India
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…
Conserving shorebirds through community engagement in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
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,…