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Project Canopy, Paraguay ’92
Forest in Paraguay is in serious danger from development. The expedition surveyed birds and mammals in remnant patches of humid subtropical rainforest in collaboration with local conservation groups. Six sites…
Pato serrucho ’93
The Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is one of the planet’s rarest species of wildfowl, with an estimated population of fewer than 250 individuals. Three conservation biologists from the UK and…
Project Abiseo ’94
The team assessed the conservation status and habitat requirements of birds and mammals of the remaining cloud and elfin forest on the Cordillera de Colan, a semi-isolated mountain range in…
Oxford University Expedition To The Cook Islands 1991
An examination of the dynamics of the freshwater body of the island was made using cave diving and other techniques. Special attention was paid to the relationship between tidal movements…
Oxford University expedition to Sabah 1991
The expedition re-surveyed four permanent coral reef sites, established in the national park during the 1987 Oxford Expedition, and established two new sites. Within each site, diversity, form and extent…
Oxford University Comoro Islands butterfly survey 1992
This butterfly conservation project assessed the status, ecology and distribution of 50 butterfly taxa of Grand Comore in the western Indian Ocean. Five full species – including the threatened swallowtail…
Oakham school expedition to Madagascar 1992
Dry Forest is threatened by the demands of an increasing population for charcoal and land. This project is an attempt to build on the existing structure to create plantations of…
Oxford University conservation expedition to Mexico 1992
A study of the status and population ecology of some endangered Mexican cactus populations, including searching for new localities of the rarest species. Assessments of the major threats to the…
Ornithological survey of the coast of Libya, 1993
The team worked in collaboration with the Marine Biology Research Centre at Tajura. The group rediscovered the Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis) as a breeding bird in Libya. Two breeding…
Oxford University expedition to Sabah, Malaysia 1994
Continuing the work of two previous Oxford expeditions to Sabah, the team carried out underwater surveys of coral cover and diversity at six permanent reef sites in the Tunku Abdul…