There are currently 930 projects with the selected filtering.
‘Helping the skimmer skim’- Establishing a conservation model for Indian skimmers
Parveen Shaikh
The Indian skimmer is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and this species has almost become extinct from many countries in its distribution range in South-east Asia. Present known breeding records are only...
Award Year: 2021
Country: India
‘Nature kids’: a holistic approach to reconnect kids and youth with Mother Nature in Sri Lanka. Back to bees and pelicans!
KANCHANA WEERAKOON RANASINGHE
The purpose of the project is to reconnect kids and youth from an urban environment with Mother Nature by conducting awareness programmes and projects that get them outdoors and experiencing nature. Specific activities include weekly...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Sri Lanka
1987 Pakistan
Guy Duke
The expedition will search for the endangered Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) in the steep-sided, forested valleys that flank the River Indus.View Project
A capacity strengthening intervention for FFI’s main partner NGO in Ecuador, Fundacion Sirua
Alfredo Ortiz
This internship will allow the opportunity for the intern to test and apply research methods with FFI’s main partner NGO in Ecuador, Fundacion Sirua (Awacachi Corridor in NW Ecuador - Esmeraldas Province) —as a capacity...
A carnivore conservation initiative in north-eastern forest reserves of Bangladesh
Muntasir Akash
The mixed evergreen forest reserves of north-eastern Bangladesh are known for a rich mammal assemblage. The reserves, the northern fringes of the Baramura-Atharamura-Longtharai Hills, are under formal protections encompassing two national parks, one wildlife sanctuary...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Bangladesh
A community-based recovery programme for the most threatened endemic plants in Egypt
Karim Abdelhai Omar
Endemic plants are a national and international treasure trove of science and socio-economic issues. Although Egypt harbours about 50 species of endemic plants, the unstudied impacts of human activities on these plants continue to grow....
Award Year: 2022
Country: Egypt
A conservation framework for furcifer chameleons in Madagascar
Christian Randrianantoandro
All of the 72 chameleon species in Madagascar are endemic but only four are considered threatened on the IUCN Red List. Three of the 18 furcifer species are vulnerable to extinction (IUCN Red List) and...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Madagascar
A desk-based review of illegal killing and capture of birds in sub-Saharan Africa
Consolata Gitau
The illegal killing, capture and trading of birds (IKB) is one of the threats faced by migratory birds in the African-Eurasian Flyway region. BirdLife International is actively addressing this problem through its Flyways programme, but...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Kenya
A feasibility study of reintroducing Chinese alligator to Yancheng Biosphere Reserve, Jiangsu Province, China
Liwei Teng
The Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis, is on the verge of becoming extinct in the wild due to loss of natural wetlands in the lower Yangzi River region. In 1983, a captive-bred program was established to...
A field survey for the grey-shanked douc langur
Ha Thang Long
The grey-shanked Douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) is endemic to Vietnam and occurs in a restricted range in the central coastal region and the central highlands of Vietnam (Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Kon Tum...
A foundation for the future: Building India’s first comprehensive model for snow leopard conservation
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Snow leopard Panthera uncia is a wide ranging species occurring across the high mountains of Asia. Snow leopards (and other wildlife) overlap with domestic livestock in this region, which is the main source of livelihood...
Award Year: 2020
Country: India
A mega transect for monitoring and searching breeding areas of milky stork in the east coastal of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia
Muhammad Iqbal
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. Its status in Indonesia is...
A schools- and science-based participatory approach to conservation in Bhutan
Tshering Dendup
Bhutan is committed to protecting its forests. However, it has insufficient conservationists to survey, monitor and assess the increasing threats to this globally important biodiversity. We will showcase how Bhutan's schools (currently an under-used scientific...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Bhutan
A study of the birds, small mammals, turtles and medicinal plants of Sao Tome & Principe
Philip Atkinson
Considering the small size of the four islands in the Gulf of Guinea, they hold a remarkable number of endemic animal and plant species. Sao Tome and Principe, the middle pair of islands, hold 26...
A study of the diversity and conservation of the avi-fauna in Tianjing China
Zhang Shuping
The project team carried out fieldwork and conservation awareness work in the wetlands of Tianjing along the west shore of Bohai Bay, China. This area of wetlands is considered an important resting site for migrants,...
A survey on the existent status and habitat requirements of white-eared night heron in South Guangxi
An Shuqiang
The species is so rare that we have little information about it, especially about its habitat preferences and requirements. In 1999, two breeding site have been found in Shangsi and neighbouring Fusui counties respectively (Zhou...
A sustainable seafood network to conserve mobulid rays thresher and hammerhead sharks
Muhammad Ghozaly Salim
Indonesia is the world’s largest shark and ray fishing nation, many of which are endangered. In the Bali Strait, mobulid rays, thresher and hammerhead sharks are caught as bycatch in non-selective gillnets. Their catch per...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Indonesia
Aberdeen University Unimas Sarawak ’95
Giles Mackey
Working in conjunction with five Malaysian students the aim of this project was to assess the relative abundance and distribution of bats, birds and small mammals in five distinct habitats (peat swamp; plantation; primary forest;...
Aberdeen University/Unimas Project Swallow Reef ’96
Giles Mackey
Working in conjunction with members of staff from the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC) and the University of Malaysia, Sarawak (UNIMAS), Project Swallow Reef will be the first in a series of surveys...
Abundance of Mountain Tapir in Puracé National Park, Colombia
Fernando Sanchez
The mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) inhabits high Andean forest and paramo ecosystems in Colombia. Populations of this species are declining as a result of habitat loss caused by anthropogenic action. To date, little has been...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Colombia
Action for primate conservation in Korup National Park, Cameroon
Orume Robinson Diotoh
Illegal wildlife hunting for bushmeat is a serious threat to Korup National Park, one of Africa’s oldest and most biodiverse rainforests and home to a rich primate community of 14 species. Pressure on the park’s...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Cameroon
Action plan for amphibians in northeastern Colombia: ten years of monitoring and research
Aldemar Alberto Acevedo Rincon
The northeast of Colombia is one of the least explored areas in terms of diversity and biological conservation of amphibians; however, since 2010, a continuous programme has been undertaken to increase our knowledge about their...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Colombia
Action Sampiri: conservation of endangered parrot species on the Sangihe & Talaud Islands
Jon Riley
The Sangihe and Talaud islands support three of Indonesia’s four endangered parrot species; these are: Red-and -blue Lory Eos histrio, Sangihe Hanging-parrot (Loriculus catamene) and Blue-naped Parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis). In 1998, Action Sampiri, a joint...
Action Sampiri: Sangihe & Talaud conservation project
Jon Riley
Building on their 1995 surveys on the islands of Talaud and Sangihe in Indonesia, the team returned in 1996 to initiate a conservation programme for the endangered Red-and-blue Lory (Eos histrio) and undertook further research...
Adji Lake ecosystem – conservation for future
Mikhail V. Banik
Adji lake is the only large wetland area along the western coast of Caspian Sea between Caspiysk, Russia and Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan. This lake has great importance as a wintering and breeding site for globally...
Advancing seabird conservation in Peru’s artisanal fisheries through education and research
Mariela Pajuelo
Beginning in 2003 Pro Delphinus began actively investigating seabird interactions with artisanal fisheries in Peru. That work has documented the by-catch and targeted take of seabirds, including endangered and threatened species, by long-line and gill-net...
Agrosilvopastoral systems: a win-win strategy for tropical Mexico
Marinés de la Peña Domene
Worldwide, animal agriculture is the leading cause of habitat destruction, species extinction, and a large contributor to greenhouse emissions. Conversely, it represents the main economic activity of many rural communities. We are faced with an...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Mexico
Alder Amazon project: conservation across the Argentina-Bolivia border
Luis Rivera
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 make of the forest resources...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Argentina, Bolivia
Alder Amazon: neglected issue in conservation priorities – defining its population status and distribution
Luis Rivera
The Alder Amazon (Amazona tucumana) is a highly endemic and poorly known parrot that inhabits the Yungas montane cloud forest of Argentina and Bolivia. The Yungas Forest is a high biodiversity region with numerous endemic...
Amazonian manatee conservation project, Anavilhanas National Park, Brazil
Cristina F. Tofoli
This project focuses on the research and conservation of a wild population of Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), at Anavilhanas National Park, lower Rio Negro region, Amazonas, Brazil. The objectives of the project are to investigate...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Brazil
Amazula ’90
Rob Williams
Team investigated the cloud forest on the Coedillera de Cyaanilla in Loja Province to determine the status, distribution and threat to the 14 globally threatened birds species known from the region. Surveys revealed that all...
Ameliorating threats to the manatee in the heart of Belize
Jamal Galves
Belize has the largest surviving population of the endangered Antillean manatee. These herbivorous mammals, like dolphins, many fish species and even humans depend on the lower Belize River as a medium for migration and as...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Belize
Amphibians of Goa 2001
Polly Crouch
Amphibian populations are declining worldwide. The Western Ghats is one of the world's hotspots of diversity and contains very speciose communities of amphibians (60% of all species known from India). 89 of the 117 species...
An amphibian strategy for the consolidation of the Páramo de Sonsón action plan in Colombia
Gissella Pineda Sanchez
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the population status of three threatened frog species (Pristimantis leopardus VU, Andinobates opisthomelas VU, and Hyloscirtus antioquia VU). These species are in the newly created protected area...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Colombia
An evaluation of community utilization, conservation and perception of a Kenyan wetland; a case study of the Yala Swamp
Romulus Abila
This team of students from the Maseno University College, will work in the Yala Swamp - Lake Kanyaboli wetland, Western Kenya. They aim to evaluate the role the local community currently plays and can play...
An examination of an ecosystem-based adaptation approach to managing natural tropical eco-systems in Guyana
Lili Ilieva
The main goal of the internship will be to examine the benefits and opportunities of ecosystem based adaptation (EbA) and produce technical and policy recommendations for the inclusion of EbA into Guyana’s response to climate...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Guyana
An integrated approach towards giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) conservation in Bolivia
Paul Van Damme
The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is one of the most endangered mammal species in the Neotropical region and one of four endangered otter species in the world. The project aims to contribute to the conservation...
An integrative research and conservation programme for the Chamaeleonidae from southwestern Madagascar
Hajaniaina Rasoloarison
The dry and spiny ecosystems of south-west Madagascar are home to locally endemic chameleons. The conservation status of most of the species are Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable or Data Deficient. These species face different threats...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Madagascar
An Internship for the BirdLife Flyways, Species and Forests Programmes in the Americas
Abigail del Pozo
The goal of this internship is to facilitate activities related to the Flyways, Species and Forests Programmes in the Americas. The intern will work jointly with the Conservation Officer and Manager of the Americas and...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Ecuador
Analysing the communication skills of BirdLife Partners in the Middle East
Rama Al Ramahi
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 the gaps between their existing...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Jordan
Andean cats and Puna biodiversity, Argentina
Mauro Lucherini
The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) is one of most endangered felids in the world and occurs almost exclusively in the Puna ecoregion, a regional conservation priority. The data we have collected since 1998 show that...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Argentina
Andinoherps 2000: amphibians and reptiles of northern Ecuador
Nora Schultz
Project AndinoHerps is a cooperation between Oxford University and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador – Sede Ibarra (PUCE-I). The primary aim is to collect baseline data on the herpetofauna of the High Andes of...
Anglia Polytechnic University Colombia ’91, Cambridge Rainforest Expedition
Dave Gandy
The expedition aimed to justify the proposed creation of a Biosphere Reserve in the region by compiling comprehensive bird and mammal inventories of the tropical moist forest between 1000-3500m, particularly looking at threatened , poorly...
Angola’s central scarp forests: threatened bird habitats and human impacts
Francisco Maiato
Angola’s central scarp forests are the key habitat of the western Angola EBA. This project aims to study habitat preferences of threatened birds and human impacts on bird habitats at Kumbira, the best example known...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Angola
Anoa ecology and conservation in Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Asri Dwiyahreni
Bushmeat hunting is one of the main threats to large forest mammals in the tropics. The lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) is an endangered dwarf buffalo species endemic to the Sulawesi island group. This study aims...
Applying GIS and remote sensing in the South Gobi of Mongolia to support conservation interventions
Undral Erdenebat
This internship program included two main works such as GIS and remote sensing in the South Gobi of Mongolia. Objectives: Learn how to develop and manage a database for a multi-project GIS program Learn how...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Mongolia
Aquatic wildlife conservation in China
Wen Cheng
Aquatic wildlife conservation in China is a challenging task. There are numerous endemic fish species in South China, especially in the Karst region. However, most of them live outside of nature reserves or other protected...
Award Year: 2010
Country: China
Araripe manakin conservation center
Alberto Alves Campos
The Araripe Manakin is the most endangered manakin in the world with less than 800 individuals and 28km2 of remaining habitat. The overall goal of this proposal is to consolidate previous actions related to the...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Brazil
Araripe Manakin Wildlife Refuge, Brazil
Weber Andrade Girao e Silva Silva
As a result from previous efforts, a conservation plan for the Araripe manakin was published in November 2006 after thoroughly being discussed with stakeholders and environmental authorities, in order to avoid the extinction of this...
Ascension 1998 – estimating the status of endemic plants
Lucy Webster
Ascension Island hosts ten known endemic species of vascular plant, three of which have not been seen since 1889. Of these 10, 6 were found by the team. Quadrat data was collected on each of...
Assessing and mitigating the impacts of bycatch mortality of endangered loggerhead turtles, Baja California Sur
Natalia Rossi
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 aggregate in the rich waters...
Assessing bird species richness in shade-grown coffee farms, Chiapas, Mexico
Daniel Camilo Thompson Poo
The purpose of this project is to determine richness of insectivorous bird species in forest remnants and shade-grown coffee farms in the pine-oak forest near El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas, Mexico. We will use...
Assessing fencing impacts and local community attitudes in the Changtang Nature Reserve, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
Tang Ge
The overall goal of the internship is to provide the intern with an opportunity to design and implement a small project that addresses the critically important issue of fencing, its impacts on endangered ungulates and...
Award Year: 2014
Country: China
Assessing human impacts on threatened freshwater cetaceans in Bangladesh
Emile Mahabub
Two threatened freshwater cetaceans, the Ganges River and Irrawaddy dolphins, remain sparsely distributed in sufficient numbers in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh for early conservation interventions to be effective for protecting both species. Assessing the magnitude...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Bangladesh
Assessing impacts and potential conservation solutions related to tourism and coastal development in Con Dao
Tam Thi Thanh Do
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) are currently commencing marine conservation work in Vietnam’s Con Dao archipelago, which supports some of the country’s best remaining marine biodiversity. To support this process, the intern will support baseline...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Vietnam
Assessing populations and promoting Sokoke scops-owl and Usambara eagle owl in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
Ezra Mremi
The Sokoke scops owl (Otus ireneae) and Usambara eagle owl (Ketupa poensis vosseleri) are iconic owl species inhabiting the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, a region of immense ecological significance. This research aims to conduct...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Tanzania
Assessing the conservation status and economic importance of Kenya’s Marlin fisheries
Nelly Kadagi
Worldwide, populations of threatened blue and black marlin are declining due to unsustainable fisheries and diminutive determination to conserve them. In Kenya, information about these species is poorly understood resulting in no species specific plans...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Kenya
Assessing the conservation status of a poorly known endemic lizard in Nigeria
Lotanna Micah Nneji
The Ondo forest gecko (Cnemaspis petrodroma) is a poorly known lizard species endemic to Nigeria. It lives in forest and rocky areas of the Idanre Hills (UNESCO World Heritage Site) in southwestern Nigeria. The habitats...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Nigeria
Assessing the conservation status of tigers in West Sumatra
Yoan Dinata
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, but scientific data is lacking....
Award Year: 2008
Country: Indonesia
Assessing the Current Status and Distribution of Imperial Eagle and Lesser Kestrel in Azerbaijan
Shahin Isayev
Within Azerbaijan, several species of migrating and breeding raptor can be found including the globally threatened imperial eagle, lesser kestrel and Saker falcon along with many other birds of prey. Large numbers of raptors can...
Assessing the current status and distribution of imperial eagle and lesser kestrel in Azerbaijan
SHAHIN ISAYEV
To provide training for park rangers and scientific workers in important protected areas in support of a major project aimed at improving the conservation of imperial eagles, lesser kestrels, Saker falcons and other globally threatened...
Award Year: 2007
Country: Azerbaijan
Assessing the extinction risk of Kenya’s exploited coral reef fish
Levy Otwoma & Sarah Buckley
Wild caught fish are declining worldwide due to increasing levels of anthropogenic impacts. Without an understanding of historical baselines, dramatic declines and extinctions can occur undetected. In particular, the historical exploitation and susceptibility of tropical...
Assessing the impact of electric power lines on birds in the Central Kazakhstan Steppe
Vera Voronova
Central Kazakhstan steppe comprises a very large area crossed by thousands of kilometres of power-lines. These man-made structures are thought to be advantageous for birds that use the treeless steppe during migration. The main goal...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Kazakhstan
Assessing the status and threats to the Nigerian white-bellied pangolin
Charles Agbor Emogor
The white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) is one of the world's most heavily trafficked, yet least understood wild mammals. P. tricuspis populations are thought to be declining, and their survival is threatened by habitat loss and...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Nigeria
Assessing the status of threatened elasmobranchs in the Andamans, India
Zoya Irshad Tyabji
In the recent past, there has been a decline in elasmobranch numbers globally owing to their increased demand in fisheries. Elasmobranchs are vulnerable to over-exploitation with a limited ability for recovery if fishing intensity is...
Award Year: 2017
Country: India
Assessing the status, ecology and distribution of the Elfin Woods warbler (Dendroica angelae) to influence its long-term conservation
Veronica Anadon
The Elfin Woods Warbler (Dendroica angelae) (EWW) is endemic to Puerto Rico where it is found in four distinct populations. It is a globally threatened species, listed as an endangered species candidate by the US...
Assessing threats to bird conservation in proposed Important Bird Areas of Macedonia
Danka Uzunova
Declining and unsustainable populations of lesser kestrel, imperial eagle and Egyptian vulture in proposed IBAs in Macedonia indicate severe human impact and lack of conservation measures and efforts. Assessments of resource availability and threats in...
Assessing threats to ecosystem connectivity in a Mayan tropical rainforest, Mexico
J. Antonio de la Torre
One of the most important sections of the Mayan Tropical Rainforest is located at the Greater Lacandona Ecosystem, Chiapas, Mexico. However, the connectivity of this area with the rest of the Mayan Tropical Rainforest it...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Mexico
Assessing tiger translocation in Sumatra, Indonesia
Dolly Priatna
Human-tiger conflict is one of the key problems in tiger conservation. The Indonesian government has tried new ways of resolving human-tiger conflict by translocating problem tigers. The project goal is to provide information on resident...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Indonesia
Assessment and conservation of Cundinamarca antpitta at Farallon de Medina, Cundinamarca
Francisco Javier Cortes
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 the project is to conduct...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Colombia
Assessment and conservation of grey-necked picathartes in south-east Nigeria
Fidelis Akunke Atuo
The grey-necked picathartes is restricted to the lower Guinea forests of Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The population of the species is already highly fragmented and most of the breeding colonies are small and...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Nigeria
Assessment and Conservation of Threatened Bird Species at Laojunshan, Sichuan, China
Jie Wang
Laojunshan Natural Reserve, located in Pingshan County of southern Sichuan Province, is a Global 200 ecoregion (WWF).This area harbours a tremendous diversity of plants and and animals including a high diversity of endemic bird species....
Assessment of conservation status of newly rediscovered southern horned curassow and associated biodiversity in Peru
Melvin Gastanaga Corvacho
The Peruvian taxon of southern horned curassow was discovered in 1969 yet no scientist had actually seen this bird until 2005. No scientific data exists about its habitat and conservation requirements in Peru. We know...
Assessment of elasmobranch species status in Gabonese artisanal fisheries in Corisco Bay, Gabon
Youri Ivann Mvomo Minko
WCS Gabon has managed an on-board observer programme for the industrial fleet, suggesting a total catch of around 240,000 rays per year in the industrial fishery. As several species of elasmobranches are known to occur...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Gabon
Assessment of present status of Ibadan Malimbe in South-Western Nigeria
Bunmi Jegede
Ibadan Malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis) is an Endangered but poorly known weaver bird endemic to Nigeria. The population is estimated at 2,500 individuals for its remaining range of about 112km2 of non-contiguous and severely fragmented forests...
Assessment of seabird bycatch in Peruvian artisanal fisheries
Paola Melly
Albatross and petrel bycatch in global fisheries has been a growing concern since the early 1990s. Information on seabird bycatch is scarce for the southeast Pacific. This gap makes difficult decision making and, as a...
Assessment of the traffic disturbance to Tibetan antelopes in Hoh-Xil national nature reserve
Lin Xia
The Tibetan Antelope or Chiru is listed in the IUCN Red List as a Threatened Species. Each year, Tibetan antelopes will migrate to the hinterland of Hoh-xil to give birth to their offspring. Incidentally, the...
Assistant Community Liaison Officer
Khan Muhammad Gul
Community-based wildlife conservation is a dynamic and evolving conservation tool, particularly with regard to integrated and participatory natural resources management. It requires specific skills, knowledge and most importantly the trust of local communities who depend on...
Assistant Conservation Officer
Hassan Abbas
The goal of this internship is to provide an opportunity for Hassan to enhance his skills and knowledge on the community-based conservation (CBC) approach and provide additional technical support for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s field team...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Pakistan
Assistant to FFI’s NORAD funded REDD project
Urias Sunday Goll
The intern is expected to work alongside the Chief Technical Advisor (TA) on FFI’s NORAD funded REDD project. In this capacity, the intern will assist the TA in general aspects of project implementation such as...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Liberia
Assisting in the development of new ideas on threatened fruit trees and bulbs in Tajikistan
Sakina Imomnazarova
As an early career Tajik conservationist, Sakina will have the opportunity to work as an integrated member of FFI Tajikistan, gaining exposure to the day-to-day workings of an international conservation NGO, with on-the-job training and...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Tajikistan
Assisting with formation of an Ecuadorian Alliance for Zero Extinction
Pablo Menendez
Earlier this year, several Ecuadorian conservation organizations, government officials, in addition to a few international organizations agreed on the idea to form an Ecuadorian Alliance for Zero Extinction whose goal it would be to identify...
Avifauna of Mount Talinis, Philippines
Renee Palaan
This Filipino project aimed to survey the avifauna of Mt. Talinis on the island of Negros. The project consisted of three components: (i) an assessment of the relationship between altitude, habitat and bird species endemic...
Baird´s tapir conservation in Nombre De Dios National Park, Honduras
Luis Alberto Herrera
Baird´s, or Central American Tapir (Tapirus bairdii), is the largest land mammal in Honduras. It is classified by IUCN as Endangered due to habitat loss and hunting. Two or three large, isolated tapir populations are...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Honduras
Barito bird project 1989
Guy Dutson
A thorough survey of bird and large mammal species at Barito Ulu, central Kalimantan. Forty-four mammal species recorded. Coverage of species identifiable in the field, including nocturnal species was good, but only three species of...
Bat census in Crimean caves
Lena Godlevska
There is little information available about the status of the 22 bat species found in Crimea (from the total 28 bat species of Ukraine). However, it is known that over the past 50 years, the...
Bat conservation at Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve, North-East Vietnam
Vu Dinh Thong
This project aims to promote bat conservation in Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve by: 1) conducting field surveys to determine species diversity and population structure; 2) assessing the principal threats to the bat population; 3) drawing...
Bat conservation Madagascar
Richard Jenkins
Bat Conservation Madagascar will conduct a series of projects designed to improve the capacity of Malagasy biologists to study bats and to provide relevant information on the ecology and conservation of threatened species. The project...
Bat count 2003
Tammy Mildenstein
Large flying foxes in insular Southeast Asia are the most threatened of the Old World fruit bats due to deforestation, unregulated hunting, and little conservation commitment from local governments. Despite the fact they are globally...
Bat count Philippines
Tammy Mildenstein
Flying-foxes are a conservation priority. They are not only endangered but are also important ecologically, valued by local communities, and may serve as umbrella species and charismatic flagships for conservation. Our project is developing baseline...
Bat survey in the Slovensky Raj National Park (Slovakia)
Katarina Janeckova
Slovensky Raj National Park, in the Slovak karst region of Slovakia, has a high number of caves and underground spaces which serve as important habitat for bats. Some surveys have taken place in this area,...
Befriending the three Critically Endangered pygmy chameleons in Morogoro, Tanzania
Eva Johnson Ayaro
The three pygmy chameleons (Rhampholeon acuminatus, Rhampholeon princeeai and Rhampholeon waynelotteri) are evolutionary distinct and Critically Endangered chameleons that are endemic to the South Nguru Mountains forest reserves - a key biodiversity hotspot in eastern...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Tanzania
Behavioural ecology and conservation of Rhinopithecus avunculus in Vietnam
Hai Dong Thanh
The Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus (Presbytiscus) avunculus) is a critically endangered primate endemic to northern Vietnam. It remains relatively unstudied in comparison with the other members of the 'snub-nosed' group. Thus, this will be the...
Bengal florican conservation and research initiative in BTAD, India
Namita Brahma
The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) is one of the most endangered (IUCN) grassland birds with a world population of 1500 individuals. Its populations have declined as a result of habitat loss and hunting and in...
Award Year: 2008
Country: India
Bia forest ’99
Paul Lascelles
Taking place in forests of western Ghana, this joint British/Ghanaian project will study the effects of disturbance by man on habitat structure and species diversity by comparing the fully protected Bia National Park and the...
Biodiversity assessments and community carbon inventory in high conservation value forest
PHOEBE JANUARIE S. MEJIA
The internship is envisaged to meet 3 objectives: 1) exposure to a broad range of biodiversity conservation issues in the Philippines. The intern will work closely with FFI staff on gap analysis, evaluation of effectiveness...
Biodiversity assessments and community carbon inventory in high conservation value forest
Christian E. Supsup
The internship is envisaged to meet 3 objectives: 1) exposure to a broad range of biodiversity conservation issues in the Philippines. The intern will work closely with FFI staff on gap analysis, evaluation of effectiveness...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Philippines
Biodiversity conservation in the wetland Vlãdeni
Cristian Cojocariu
Project VLADENI 2000 “Biodiversity Conservation in the Wetland Vladeni” is an initiative of Romanian students from the Faculty of Biology, "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi. The team aims to continue the study undertaken between...
Biodiversity research for park management and community development
Placide Masengesho
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 to biodiversity research and the...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Rwanda
Biodiversity surveys, community conservation, and socio-cultural activities in Diamer District
Abdul Raqeeb
The activities of the intern will focus on scientific biodiversity surveys (research), community conservation and socio-cultural activities. Research targets -to expand our knowledge of the unique biodiversity in Diamer District, collect comprehensive information on the presence/absence...
Biodiversity, climate change and biofuels
Saulo Marques Andrade
Biodiversity, climate change and biofuels – Indonesia
Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto
Bird conservation in two Pacific islands, Solomon Islands
Graeme Robertson
Bird species survey in Boni and Dodori Forest Reserves, north coast of Kenya
Timothy Mwinami
Boni and Dodori's potential as an Important Bird Area (IBA) has been prone to insecurity in the past, and for a long time, researchers were not been able to visit this area. Although the situation...
Birds of Rio Muni
Matthew Shirley
Equatorial Guinea has been under extreme political turmoil throughout the latter half of the century. Due to instability, researchers have not been able to enter the continental part of the country to document species and...
Birds of the slash and burn habitats
Javier Ortiz
Working in the successional forest of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Southern Mexico, the team of 5 will determine status, abundance and patterns of distribution, for both resident and migratory bird species in relation to...
Black-breasted puffleg habitat conservation in Ecuador: Promoting local participation
Fernanda Coello
The black-breasted puffleg is the most endangered endemic hummingbird in Ecuador. Its habitat, the High Andean montane forest at Pichincha Volcano, is rapidly disappearing due to human activities such as charcoal production and conversion to...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Ecuador
Blakiston’s fish owl conservation in Russia: assessments of habitat suitability and recommendations for population restoration
Rada Surmach
The goal of this project is to provide a graduate student with training in sound study design, practical field experience, and to offer exposure to a global conservation organisation. The practical conservation component of this...
Bolivian forests ’97
Elizabeth McDonald
Working with a Bolivian forestry project, Proyecto Bolfor, the ultimate aim of the project is to contribute to the reduction of the degradation of biological resources, namely tropical dry and subhumid forest, through the use...
Breeding bird survey Kizilirmak Delta, Turkey 1991-92
Henk Nijmeijer
A preliminary visit for a longer study in 1992 which will involve a team of Dutch and Turkish ornithologists collecting detailed information of species composition and numbers of breeding birds in the delta. It is...
Breeding ecology of Baer’s pochard in central and north China
Qingxin Li
Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri) is classified as a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List as it is apparently undergoing an extremely rapid population decline. The total population is now likely to be fewer than...
Bringing bats off the brink: conservation action for the Critically Endangered Seychelles sheath-tailed bat
Terence Vel
This study will build on the previous BPCP funded ‘Bats on the Brink’ (BOTB) project by testing three alternative hypotheses about the causes of the severe population decline of Coleura seychellensis. Having identified the major...
Bringing the wild into the classroom: online conservation for Chilean teachers
Marioli Paz Saldias O'Hrens
The specific objectives of the intern are to: (1) receive formal training in environmental education and biological conservation; (2) learn about WCS’ conservation vision in Chile and how WCS works to achieve this vision through...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Chile
Bristol University Lake Chilwa expedition, Malawi
Luke Pullough
Building a home for people and biodiversity in Mangabe Reserve, eastern Madagascar
Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka
Mangabe Reserve was created in 2015 primarily to provide an oasis for the Critically Endangered golden mantella frog Mantella aurantiaca and the lemurs Indri indri and Propithecus diadema. The sustainability of the Reserve depends entirely...
Building blocks for youth empowerment in marine conservation in Fiji
AKOSITA ROKOMATE
This project will focus on the Reef Ranger programmes on Kia Island and the Great Sea Reef, aimed at educating the community about the threats resulting from increasing fishing pressure on the marine ecosystem. In...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Fiji
Building bridges between rainforest conservation and livestock grazing in Mexico
Marinés de la Peña Domene
Extensive deforestation, habitat fragmentation, and over-grazing put tropical communities at universal risk of destruction. Maintaining regeneration potential in highly fragmented landscapes is critical for conservation. Our work takes place in Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve a...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Mexico
Building capacities in coral reef restoration in the Bay Islands National Marine Park of Honduras
Zara Betsabe Guifarro Castro
Caribbean corals have been going through their own pandemic in recent years, threats such as water pollution, overfishing, diseases such as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, lack of awareness and governance have caused a devastating...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Honduras
Building capacity for community-based conservation in Cap Esterias, Gabon
Innocent Ikoubou
The objectives of the internship are two-fold: strengthening skills that will strongly benefit Innocent’s project (computer skills, database use, engaging international partners, promoting conservation programmes, budget management, fund raising, setting up and strengthening a local...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Gabon
Building capacity for conservation in Bokor National Park, Cambodia
Chhin Sophea
Although a large, nationally protected area and IBA, little is known about the biodiversity of Bokor National Park in south-west Cambodia, though the site is believed to have suffered less from habitat loss and degradation...
Building capacity for fundraising and communications for conservation in southern Belize
Roberta Kamille Pennell
The ultimate goal is to improve the financial sustainability of leading Belizean conservation organization, Ya’axche Conservation Trust, and in turn secure the long-term conservation of critical areas for biodiversity in the Toledo District, southern Belize....
Award Year: 2012
Country: Belize
Building capacity for influencing policy in Africa
Ibrahim Mitole
The internship goal is to provide the intern with hands-on skills and knowledge on how to use policy as well as advocacy to achieve conservation outcomes at site and national levels. The intern will appreciate...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Kenya
Building capacity for locally-led and participatory MPA development and monitoring
Ith Srey Oun
Ith Srey will have a key role in developing and delivering training for local stakeholders, with the aim of building her capacity for future Marine Protected Area (MPA) development and monitoring. Her skills will also...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Cambodia
Building capacity in biodiversity conservation to implement the transition plan of BirdLife International Cambodia Programme
Lenghieng Laing
This opportunity will allow an intern, who is passionate about birds and nature, to input on processes developing the biodiversity conservation programme strategy and engage in conservation action in Cambodia. Within the ten month project period, the...
Building capacity to manage watershed impacts on the Belize Barrier Reef
Maximiliano Caal
The Belize Barrier Reef is under threat from activities occurring in the watersheds draining to it. This project aims to build capacity to monitor the threats to this World Heritage Site and provide data to...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Belize
Building community capacity and support for conserving the lesser florican
Supriya Jhunjhunwala
The lesser florican a globally endangered bird has lost over 90% of its habitat. Being widely distributed, it shares its habitat with communities. Only a combination of a site-based approach of protected areas (private or...
Award Year: 2010
Country: India
Building data sets for coastal wetland sites and species factsheets in the Middle East
Azhar Ananze
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 strengthen the strategic national, regional...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Jordan
Building knowledge and increasing capacity for community-based bear conservation in Bangladesh
Sourav Chakma
Asiatic black bears and sun bears have received very little or no conservation focus in Bangladesh. By dispersing seeds, bears aid in the regeneration of forests, critical to protecting watersheds for biodiversity and agricultural practices...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Bangladesh
Building knowledge, tools and capacity for mammal conservation in Chaco agroecosystems of Argentina
A. Sofía Nanni
The largest subtropical forest in the world, the Gran Chaco, is a global hotspot of agricultural expansion and intensification, which coupled with high hunting pressure of the local inhabitants exert great pressure on its biodiversity,...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Argentina
Building Local Capacity in Delivering Effective Behaviour Change Education
David Kwarteng
This project aims to equip and empower local champions to combat extinction threats to amphibian species e.g. human consumption and habitat destruction. Project update: Twenty motivated champions, selected from biodiversity hotspots across Ghana, attended a...
Building marine conservation capacity of fishing communities in Fiji
Akosita Rokomate
Previous work in the region has shown that the community of Kia Island, northern Fiji, is almost completely dependent on the marine resources of the Great Sea Reef for subsistence and their livelihoods. Over-exploitation and...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Fiji
Building the capacity of local institutions to lead seabird conservation initiatives in Peru
Natalia Ortiz Escobar & Jessenia Ortiz
Piura State's artisanal fishing fleet is the largest in Peru, which overlaps and interacts with endangered and threatened seabirds. However, little research or conservation efforts have addressed these issue. Increased international awareness of seabird threats...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Peru
Butterflies of Vietnam and their role in tropical nature conservation
Pham Nhat Tan
Butterflies are the most common invertebrate targets of terrestrial conservation efforts. A handful of species are threatened and/or protected by international law, but the group is especially well-suited as ‘ecological indicators’ of ecosystem health and...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Vietnam
Calayan Rail Project II: Building stakeholders’ capacity to conserve an island-endemic species
Carl Oliveros
A preliminary survey of the Calayan Rail has found this island-endemic species under threat from hunting and habitat loss. Through a series of community consultations, a conservation action plan was created with local stakeholders that...
Calayan Rail Project: Targeting community involvement to conserve an island-endemic, Philippines
Cynthia Adeline A. Layusa
The previous phases of the Calayan Rail Project have seen the initiation of a long term conservation programme on Calayan Island and building local skills of local stakeholders for conservation. Building on the progress of...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Philippines
Cambodian Turtle conservation project: extending chelonian research, education and conservation in Cambodia
Sitha Som
This project proposes to build on the research results from our first year project and go to these next steps: 1) focused monitoring of the Endangered species we have found; 2) surveys to look for...
Cambridge Columbus zoological expedition to Venezuela 1988
Christopher Sharpe
A study of the birds, dragonflies and butterflies of the Paria Peninsula National Park, Macuro. The ornithological projects included census work (88 species), and ecological and behavioural studies of several species, including 2 which may...
Cambridge Ethiopia groundwater-forest expedition 1990
Mark Telfer
The park comprises typical river valley habitat, and the expedition aim was to produce inventories of the birds and mammals, with subsidiary observations of other faunal groups. Ornithological work produced a check list, and transect/point...
Cambridge Flores/Sumbawa conservation project, Indonesia 1993
Stuart Butchart
A survey of the remaining forests and the threatened endemic birds of Flores and Sumbawa. Ornithological inventories were produced to support current initiatives for the creation of protected areas in this region; much urgently required...
Cambridge Laos ’92/’93: A rainforest conservation project
Tom Evans
The expedition surveyed wildlife resources of two protected areas. Information was obtained on the distribution of many key bird and mammal species (including Kouprey, Elephant, Dhole, Gibbon, Peafowl, Giant Ibis, White Shouldered Ibis and Sarns...
Cambridge Solomon Islands rainforest project 1990
David Buckingham
A study of rainforest birds on a selection of islands in North Melanesia. Priority was given to islands with concentrations of threatened endemic bird species, data were collected on geographical and altitudinal distribution, population densities...
Cambridge Tanzania rainforest project 1992
Mathias Hague
A survey of threatened birds and mammals in several tropical montane forest blocks was implemented, to assess their relative importance for conservation. Species lists were made and approximate densities of the rare species calculated. Nine...
Cambridge University project Mount Nilo ’95, Tanzania
Nathalie Seddon
This project surveyed forest birds and mammals in northern Tanzania. The team assessed the ecological requirements and threats to the survival of restricted-range and globally threatened birds in remnant patches of submontane forest in the...
Cambridge-Royal Holloway & Bedford Amazon 1992: A Cambridge-Royal Holloway & Bedford expedition to Colombia 1992
Tigga Kingston
5 British students worked with 3 Colombians from Universidad Nacional de Colombia to produce the first records of the birds, bats, invertebrates and plants of the white sand rainforests of the Serrania de Naquen, a...
Can golden-headed lion tamarins survive in Cabruca Agroforest? Management implications for an endangered species and habitat
Leonardo Oliveira
This report is part of an ongoing study which aims to evaluate the responses of an endangered species to the matrix surrounding suitable habitat. The golden-headed lion tamarin (GHLT; Leontopithecus chrysomelas) is an endangered primate,...
Capacity building for the research and conservation of endangered sea turtles in Venezuela and Colombia
Hedelvy Guada
The Caribbean Sea is a rich basin inhabited by a wide diversity of marine flora and fauna. Its warm, sandy beaches and rich coastal ecosystems including coral reefs and sea grass beds, are critical to...
Capacity building for the research and conservation of Endangered sea turtles in Venezuela and Colombia
Hedelvy J. Guada
This follow-up project will continue work in northern Peninsula de Paria, Venezuela and the San Andres Archipelago and Islas del Rosario, Colombia. A team of ten students, professionals and NGO staff will undertake field research,...
Capacity development and delivery of the IBA Programme in Africa
Grace Sengohol Torkura
During her internship Grace will assist with the implementation of the Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) Programme in Africa. This includes supporting capacity development towards the successful delivery of the IBA Programme in Africa, updating African IBA site...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Kenya
Capacity for conservation and resource management event-planning and projects support
Vivian Cherotich Kosgei
This internship will develop conservation capacity of Vivian through on-the-job training at FFI East Africa, and through exposure to a partnership network. Vivian will gain an understanding of FFI’s work within an office environment which will...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Kenya
Case study analysis of BirdLife Asia’s work with local conservation groups
Mithi Gonzales
The internship is intended to contribute to compiling, assessing and sharing BirdLife Asia’s experience of working with local conservation groups, ecosystems services assessment and developing further work along these lines as part of contributing to forest...
Cebu black shama (Copsychus cebuensis) conservation project
Philip Godfrey Jakosalem
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., 2005), where most fragments were...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Philippines
Chagra ‘2000: Ukrainian project of conservation and studying chalk grasslands
Tatiana Atemasova
Chalk grassland is an unique ecosystem of North-eastern Ukraine. Chalk grassland sites occupy relatively small areas along elevated right banks of rivers. The sites are well remote one from each other and can be considered...
Chagra 2010: enhancing conservation of the chalk grasslands in Ukraine
Mikhail Banik
Chagra 2010 is a project for enhancing the conservation profile of chalk steppe ecosystems, rich in endemic plant species, in North-eastern Ukraine. We are focusing on the support of the recently created Dvourechansky National Park....
Award Year: 2010
Country: Ukraine
Chameleons for conservation: surveys and monitoring in Menabe Region Madagascar
Christian Randrianatoandro
We will make a quantitative assessment of chameleon populations across a gradient of habitat degradation in Menabe's dry forests. We will survey roosting chameleons at night from randomly located transects and will use distance sampling...
Changes in habitats & population dynamics for wetland birds in Dongting Lake, Central Yangtze
Zhao Shuqing
Project Dongting Lake '2001 will assess the conservation status of threatened and endemic bird species in this area, and provide a preliminary proposal on how to preserve the threatened habitats and bird species based on...
Changing attitudes of youth in Amur tiger habitat, Russia
Anna Mukhacheva
The Amur tiger is listed as Endangered and is on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The primary threats to Amur tigers across their...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Russia
Citizen science with Mexican artisanal fishers in community marine reserves
María Fernanda Pérez Alarcón
The Gulf of California is a unique habitat, but heavily overfished (Sala et al. 2004). In 2016, proposals to create four fully-protected marine reserves (2.16 km2) and a Marine Protected Area (MPA) (40.7 km2) where...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Mexico
Climate change impacts on the conservation of birds in Asia
Jagadish Singh
Cochabamba ’95
Thor Hjarsen
The area surrounding Cochabamba, Northern Bolivia has a unique and threatened woodland type with many endangered or vulnerable species of birds, including several endemics. The team surveyed bird fauna and vegetation in natural forests (dominated...
Colombian weasel project 1993
Dave Fawcett
The Colombian Weasel (Mustela felepei) has only recently been discovered and has never been studied in the wild. Two British and three Colombians are hoping to instigate a detailed study of a Colombian Weasel population,...
Combating the illegal trade of marine turtles in Palawan
Sue Andrey Ong
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 the last remaining nesting grounds...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Philippines
Combining research and local community involvement to save lemurs
Sylviane Volampeno
The distribution of the blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) is restricted to the north-western part of Madagascar and the Sahamalaza-Iles Radama National Park (SIRNP) is its main habitat. The lemur is primarily threatened by habitat...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Madagascar
Commander Islands – 1996 expedition
Elena Kruchenkova
The project analysed the use of fur seal rookeries by arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) and assessed the conservation of relict Alopex populations on Mednyi and Bering Islands, in the Commander Islands, North Pacific. On Mednyi,...
Community awareness and capacity building for Endangered turtle conservation in Northeast India
Chittaranjan Baruah
The northeastern region of India, located at the conjunction of the Himalaya and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots, is regarded as one of the major centres of turtle diversity. The populations of many species of freshwater turtle...
Award Year: 2010
Country: India
Community conservation actions for the Endangered Bolivian spinetail
Monica Beatriz San Cristobal Gonzales
The Inter-Andean dry forest in La Paz and Cochabamba departments of Bolivia is a restricted endemic habitat with many endemic threatened Cacti species. The endemic Endangered Bolivian spinetail is found only in this dry forest...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Bolivia
Community perception on forests and birds conservation: the Case Kerita indigenous forest
David Kuria
The Kerita Forest is a part of the Kikuyu Escarpment Forest, listed as an Important Bird Area. Among Kenya's 60 IBAs, this area is listed in the highest priority class - 'Critical' - for conservation...
Community-based conservation in Important Bird Areas with a focus on the Khurkh-Khuiten Wetlands
Tuvshin Unenbat
The overall goal is to expose the intern to the full range of stages in a conservation project from the collection of biological data to the development, implementation and evaluation of conservation strategies. The first...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Mongolia
Community-based conservation of Critically Endangered vulture species in western Nepal
Khadananda Paudel
According to various research findings, the white-rumped vulture, slender-billed vulture and red-headed vulture have been declining in South Asia, including in Nepal, since the 1990s. All three species are categorized as Critically Endangered by the...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Nepal
Community-based conservation of cycad in Mayuge District, Uganda
Dennis Kamoga
Encephalartos equatorialis exists in a natural habitat in Luwerere-Mayuge district in Uganda. The species is Critically Endangered with estimates of 300 plants, yet with little known data. The project will improve habitat conditions of the...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Uganda
Community-based conservation of Lake Kuyucuk Ramsar site
Onder Cirik
For this project we will build on the awareness we created to secure a sustainable future for Lake Kuyucuk, its wildlife, and surrounding communities. We will lobby for strict protection of the site. Strict conservation...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Turkey
Community-based conservation of Lake Kuyucuk, Kars, Turkey
Onder Cirik
Despite hosting over 30,000 birds of 128 species, Lake Kuyucuk, in the Caucasian Biodiversity Hotspot, is little-protected, little-known and lacks a conservation plan. The local government lacks the necessary knowledge, capacity, and qualified people. We...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Turkey
Community-based conservation of red panda in Arunachal, India
Rimung Tasso
Habitat destruction coupled with hunting and feral dog attacks have become global concerns for red panda populations. Arunachal Pradesh harbours the largest number of red pandas in India but ironically, not much is known about...
Award Year: 2021
Country: India
Community-based conservation of sea turtles on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
Ferguson Vaghi & Michael Esbach
The plight of sea turtles in the Pacific has captured the attention of scientists and conservation practitioners around the world. Their fate lies heavily in the hands of indigenous or local communities who are often...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Solomon Islands
Community-based eco-tourism as an income generating activity to reduce illegal turtle trade.
Luis Carlos Negrette Babilonia
The goal of this internship will be to strengthen the community-based conservation program for the Critically Endangered river turtle Podocnemis lewyana, by improving the eco-tourism initiative implemented as an income generating activity and substitute for...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Colombia
Community-based management of wildlife in the Peruvian Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape, Peru
Akira Wong Sato
The intern will be trained in the Living Landscape approach and adaptive management through active participation in the designing of a monitoring plan for the Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP), within the Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Peru
Community-based reptile conservation in karst forests of southern China
Tiandu Zhang
Lack of information about population status and biological knowledge of the The Karst forest of northwestern Guangdong harbors several endangered reptile species. With continuing illegal hunting and habitat degradation, reptiles are experiencing population decline due...
Award Year: 2011
Country: China
Community-based wildlife management in the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Community Reserve, Peru
Mari Guadalupe Inga Saquiray
The intern will receive training in methods and techniques used for the monitoring of key indicators and landscape species. Under the guidance of her supervisor, the intern will attend advanced WCS field courses, and will...
Community-based wildlife monitoring in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Hari Prayogo
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 is crucial for the long-term...
Community-Driven Conservation of Cambodian Chelonians
Sitha Som
Every month, government rangers in Cambodia confiscate turtles that are being exported to neighboring countries. One of the greatest threats to endangered turtles and tortoises in Cambodia is hunting – rural people are poor and...
Comoro Islands rainforest and biodiversity conservation project
Hugh Doulton
Comoran rainforest is being rapidly degraded, mainly due to banana underplanting. We aim to help produce plans to slow this process, which is putting at risk many endemic and red data book species. Habitat and...
Complementing local communities biodiversity conservation initiatives in Southern Cebu, Philippines
Philip Godfrey C. Jakosalem
The island of Cebu, Philippines is considered an endemic and important bird area due to the presence of six restricted range species and two endemic bird species - the Cebu flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor) and the...
Conducting actions to stop Titicaca flightless grebe accidental fishing net deaths in Bolivia
Hugo Aranibar
The Titicaca Flightless Grebe is in a fast decline through accidental fishing net deaths in Bolivia and Peru. Birds are washed up on the beach daily. If no actions are taken immediately in a few...
Conducting field surveys and supporting the National Conservation Training Programme
Dilshod Akhrorov
The intern will be closely engaged with the work of FFI in Tajikistan, including involvement with national level training in conservation, and also biodiversity surveys in a range of habitats across the country. The intern...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Tajikistan
Conducting forest birds survey and monitoring waterbirds in Vietnam
Phan Van Truong
The BirdLife Vietnam programme is in the process of transforming into a national NGO, a future BirdLife partner in Vietnam. This internship is an opportunity to have additional capacity to implement our existing projects (and...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Vietnam
Conflict and conservation: Wild yak on Tibetan Plateau in China
Lishu Li
Lack of information about population status and biological knowledge of the wild yak (Bos mutus) is a serious problem when conservation initiative are planed for this unique species on the Tibetan Plateau in China. Increasing...
Connectivity of whale sharks between Mexico and Colombia
Frida Lara Lizardi
Due to the remote location of the Revillagigedo Archipelago, there has been relatively little research of the marine fauna. Status of shark populations at the Revillagigedo is unknown, although evidence indicates heavy exploitation by fisheries....
Award Year: 2015
Country: Mexico
Conservation action on protecting the endemic owls in the Lianhuashan Mountains in Gansu, China
Yun Fang
During our work on the conservation biology of the Chinese grouse at the Lianhuashan Mountains, we got the new discoveries of two endemic owls, one is the Sichuan Wood Owl (Strix davidi), the other is...
Conservation action planning and Sakhalin taimen: Sakhalin, Russia
Ovchinnikov Vladimir Ivanovich
A Conservation Action Plan (CAP) focused on Sakhalin taimen, the world's largest salmonid, will be prepared for the Langry and Bolshaya basins in Northwest Sakhalin. The CAP process assists and informs the conservation of particular...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Russia
Conservation Action Planning: Application on the ground, Sakhalin Island, Russia
Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov
We propose to work with local stakeholders to refine and implement the Conservation Action Plan (CAP) developed in 2008 for the Langry basin in Northwest Sakhalin. The CAP focuses on Sakhalin and Siberian taimen, the...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Russia
Conservation action, training and research in the Androy Region of southern Madagascar
Barry Ferguson
The Androy region of central and southern Madagascar is home to the Antandroy people and consists of a wealth of endemic and threatened wildlife. The region, which has been identified as a global biodiversity conservation...
Conservation actions and invertebrates investigation in Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst caves, Georgia
Eter Magradze
Cave-dwelling invertebrates in the Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst cave massif of the Imereti region, western Georgia, have been poorly investigated. Only 34% of the 49 caves have been studied biospeleologically (i.e., the formal biological study of cave-dwelling...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Georgia
Conservation actions for cetaceans in Georgian territorial waters
Temur Shvelidze
Black Sea cetacean species are classified by IUCN categories (Common dolphin – Delphinus delphis ponticus - VU, Bottlenose Dolphin – Tursiops truncates ponticus - EN, Harbour porpoise - Phocoena phocoena relicta – EN). The seawater conditions combined...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Georgia
Conservation actions for the imperial eagle in Kakheti Region, Georgia
Natia Javakhishvili
The eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca is classified as Vulnerable and decreasing by BirdLife International. Eastern Georgia’s steppes form an important breeding and wintering site, holding an estimated 35-50 breeding pairs. The population appears to...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Georgia
Conservation and culture: customary forest assessment in Jambi Province, Indonesia
Eko Waskito
The communities in Hulu Batang Asai have a basic knowledge of conservation, which can be seen in the principles of forest management in customary law. Their traditional forest areas link to Kerinci Seblat National Park,...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Indonesia
Conservation and ecology of giant ibis in Western Siem Pang IBA, Cambodia
Ty Srun
Once widespread throughout South-East Asia, giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) is listing as Critically Endangered by IUCN and restricted to the dry forests of north-eastern Cambodia. Its population has declined rapidly late 20th century and continues...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Cambodia
Conservation and management of Amazon turtles, Brazil
Camila Rudge Ferrara
Turtles are among the most vulnerable animals in Amazonian cultures because they have been traditionally harvested as a source of protein. The project goal is to provide necessary skills and practical experience to attend the...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Brazil
Conservation and monitoring of Tibetan antelopes in Hoh Xil Nature Reserve
Lin Xia
This project is to monitor the Tibetan antelope during their migrating season. Tibetan Antelopes is one of the most rare and precious animals in the world, live in the vast expanse of 880,000 square kilometres...
Conservation and Research of Distribution of the Critically Endangered Darevsky’s viper in Armenia
Levon Aghasyan
The Darevsky's viper is a Critically Endangered snake (IUCN category CR C2b) distributed only in Armenia's south-western part of the Javakheti Ridge. This project consists of 2 stages: (1) investigations to reveal and determine the...
Conservation and research on mangroves in the coastal region of Myanmar
Tin Zar Ni Win
The goal of the project is to train Tin Zar, a young conservation leader, on nature conservation in Myanmar. Tin Zar will lead the design and implementation of a research project on the community forestry...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Myanmar
Conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in south and central-eastern Rwanda
Serges Joram Nsengimana
The threats to the Nyabarongo and Akanyaru Wetlands are a result of a complex mixture of people's attitudes, a lack of alternatives and the fact that in Rwanda the wetlands are free lands. Current threats...
Conservation assessment and action plan for a threatened Colombian cycad
Cristina Lopez-Gallego
Zamia encephalartoides is a threatened cycad endemic to a unique ecosystem, the arid Chicamocha Canyon of Colombia. Its distribution and population status are poorly known, and expanding agriculture and other human activities are rapidly extirpating...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Colombia
Conservation assessment of amphibians in Tama Bi-National Park, Colombia-Venezuela
Aldemar A. Acevedo
The global decline of amphibians is one of the main challenges to conservation. Many regions have a lack of information which is a constraint to evaluate and generate adequate conservation plans. Tama Bi-National Park, shared...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Colombia/Venezuela
Conservation assessment of Arabian dragon tree (Dracaena serrulata) in Oman
Ghudaina Ahmed Al Issaey
70% of the global population of the Arabian dragon tree are found in the Dhofar mountains in southern Oman. It is listed as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. However the designation is based...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Oman
Conservation assessment of rare endemic plants of Mandrare Valley, Madagascar
Tsagnangara Zafiniriko Cedric
The project will focus on some rare endemic plants appearing on the IUCN red lists in the Mandrare valley. This place is known as a habitat for many of these species and where there are...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Madagascar
Conservation biological study on the Chinese grouse (Bonasa Sewerzowi)
Sun Yue-Hua
We will use landscape ecological methods to study the wildlife conservation and management at Gannan Tibetan Autonomous State in the southern Gansu Province. The Chinese grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi), which is an endemic and rare bird...
Conservation biological study on the Chinese grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi) 2
Sun Yue-Hua
The Chinese grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi) is a rare and endemic mountain bird found almost exclusively in the highly threatened and fragile virgin spruce-fir forests of south-west China. The project will build on previous radio-tracking work...
Conservation Field Training for Young Park Rangers in Argentina
Maria Jose Pacha
The last remaining continuous block of the Atlantic Forest needs skilled park rangers to adequately protect this ecoregion and attend to the complex environmental, social and economic needs of this endangered ecoregion. The overall goal...
Conservation in the Takamanda-Mone landscape
Indah Eni Kuchambi
The intern will have a number of responsibilities including: scientific presentations, small project management, scientific research, scientific writing, fund raising, communication, timely production of reports for specific field projects, and preparation of a publishable manuscript...
Conservation initiatives for greater adjutant stork in Assam, India
Purnima Devi Barman
The endangered Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is currently known to breed only in Assam, India, and Cambodia. Out of its total estimated global population of 1,000 about 600-700 birds are found in Assam. This poorly...
Award Year: 2009
Country: India
Conservation management intern: investing in future guardians of Antigua and Barbuda’s natural environment
J'nai Spencer
The Environmental Awareness Group is the longest existing non-governmental, environmental organisation in Antigua & Barbuda. In its 26 years of existence, the organisation has managed many successful conservation projects and has been instrumental in developing...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Conservation management plans for focal species in the Cauca Valley
Catalina Gutierrez Chacon
Conservation of African wild dogs in northern Mozambique
Jean-Marc Andre
The vast wilderness of Mozambique provides potential habitat for the Endangered African wild dog, allowing for a more or less continuous range for the dogs across neighboring countries. Using both interviews with local people as...
Conservation of an endemic and Endangered oak tree in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Daniel Wblesther Perez Morales
Quercus brandegeei is an Endangered and endemic oak tree in Baja California Sur, Mexico. One-third of its 3,000 km² range is within a protected area, Sierra La Laguna Biosphere Reserve (SLLBR). During the past three...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Mexico
Conservation of an IBA in collaboration with students and local land users, Kazakhstan
Maxim Koshkin
The inventory of IBAs in Central Asia and the recent nomination of the Central Kazakh steppes and wetlands as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, Saryarka, demonstrates the outstanding importance of this region for nature...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Kazakhstan
Conservation of an island endemic; Calayan rail (Gallirallus calayanensis)
Carmela Espanola
The Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis), an endemic of Calayan Island in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines, was discovered and described last year by Allen et al. (2004) and was assigned a provisional IUCN "vulnerable" threat status,...
Conservation of black softshell turtles in Assam, northeast India
Daisy Das
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 Bengal and other locations along...
Award Year: 2021
Country: India
Conservation of Bornean hornbills in Malaysia
Ravinder Kaur
The Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary is a regenerating forest and the population of critically endangered helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) and near threatened rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) are declining based on monthly river surveys conducted by HUTAN....
Award Year: 2017
Country: Malaysia
Conservation of cetacean in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam
Long Vu
Over-fishing threatens coastal cetacean populations around the world. In Vietnam, there is no conservation status assessment for any cetacean species. In Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve (KGBR) unsustainable fishing persists, along with a lack of knowledge...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Vietnam
Conservation of Christmas Island frigatebird in West Java, Indonesia
Iwan Febrianto
The Critically Endangered Christmas Island frigatebird breeds only on Christmas Island. However, 10-20% of the world population is regularly present in the Sunda Straits and Jakarta Bay, Indonesia. Both sites have no legal protection, the...
Conservation of Critically Endangered Bengal florican in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal
Aditya Pal
The Bengal florican is one of the rarest bustard species and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Its estimated population is less than 100 individuals in Nepal. It is highly threatened due to...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Nepal
Conservation of dugong in Phu Quoc Islands, Vietnam
Quang Vo Van
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a precious marine mammal and a threatened species. The dugong has a range that spans 37 countries in the Indian and Pacific Oceans ranging from east Africa to Vanuatu. Dugong’s...
Conservation of endemic bats in previously unprotected roosting sites in Vietnam
Vu Dinh Thong
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. With support from CLP and...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Vietnam
Conservation of endemic titi monkeys through strategic outreach in Bolivia
Pamela Carvajal
The Bolivian endemic titi monkeys (Callicebus olallae and C. modestus) are Endangered (IUCN, 2010) and have an extremely restricted distributional range in fragmented forests in Southwestern Beni Department. Both species are threatened by significant habitat...
Conservation of Gangetic dolphin in Brahmaputra river system, India
Abdul Wakid
The Brahmaputra river system is one of the major habitats of Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in the world. However, due to the lack of site-based and people-oriented conservation approaches, dolphin populations in this habitat are...
Conservation of green peafowl in the proposed A Yun Pa Nature Reserve, Vietnam
Thinh Vu
The green peafowl is the galliform species at most immediate risk in Indochina. The species has dramatically declined, or even disappeared, in most of its historical range in recent decades. The overal goal of this...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Vietnam
Conservation of Herpetofauna in Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
M. Irfansyah Lubis
Sulawesi Island, the heart of Wallacea, has around 110 species reptile with 41 endemic species. The project aim to collect baseline data of herpetofauna diversity and also bioecological data in Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park vicinity...
Conservation of Indian skimmer in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India
Parveen Shaikh
Indian Skimmer is listed as a ‘Vulnerable’ species on the IUCN Red List but its population is undergoing a rapid decline due to widespread degradation and disturbance of lowland rivers and lakes. India holds the...
Award Year: 2016
Country: India
Conservation of Melocactus actinacanthus (Cactaceae)
Luis Roberto Gonzales Torres
Melocactus actinacanthus is a critically endangered cactus in Cuba. The unique known population was strongly reduced by amateur collectors and habitat destruction. In fact, the current population size is less than 50 individuals and it...
Conservation of muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) along Serra do Mar, Brazil
Andre Monnerat Lanna
The Atlantic Forest is one of the 34 world hotspots of biodiversity and currently only 11.7% of its original cover remains. The Southern Muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is an endemic species of the Atlantic Forest and...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Brazil
Conservation of otter habitats through stakeholder participation
Atul Arun Sinai Borker
Otters play a crucial ecological role in maintaining functioning riverine systems. Smooth-coated Otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) and Asian Small-clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus) found in Goa, India and are classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List....
Award Year: 2014
Country: India
Conservation of otters through community participation in River Moyar, Tamil nadu
Kannathasan Narasimmarajan
Otters are apex predators of freshwater ecosystems. Being an umbrella species they have been severely affected by the loss of riparian habitats to agriculture, hydroelectric projects and use of dynamite in fishing, which have severely...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Conservation of Oxyura leucocephala in Barabinskay lowland (Russia)
Evgeniy Murzakhanov
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 studying and conservation of Oxyura...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Russia
Conservation of pampas meadowlarks (Sturnella defilippii): effect of grassland transformation
Pablo Tubaro
This project will study the population trends, status, distribution and ecology of the threatened Pampas meadowlark (Sturnella defilippii) in Argentina. This bird species is dependent on the grasslands of a small area of the south-western...
Conservation of private lands for the protection of the Huemul in Central Chile
Varia Dellacasa
The Nevados de Chillan, an area spanning 560,000 hectares in Central Chile, contains the northernmost population of Huemul deer and is a globally recognized priority site for biodiversity conservation. The team has chosen a focus...
Conservation of raptors in Batumi Flyway, Ajara Region, Georgia
Alexander Rukhaia
The Batumi Bottleneck is a spectacular destination and raptor flight there is very diverse. At least 35 different species of raptors have been observed migrating through the region. Unfortunately this migration process is affected by massive...
Conservation of rare plants of Lake Baikal: monitoring of plants and education of local community
Denis Sandanov
The project will take place on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Russian Federal Government has recently designated this region as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ)...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Russia
Conservation of sandbar shark breeding habitat in Boncuk Cove,Turkey
Mert Ardar
Boncuk Cove in Gulf of Gökova in Turkey is a rare and important nursery ground for sandbark sharks in the Mediterranean. Recent surveys in 2008 and 2012 clearly show that the cove is actively used...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Turkey
Conservation of savannah elephants in Yankari Game Reserve, Nigeria
Adetutu Ojomo
Elephants in Yankari Game Reserve are being threatened by an unprecedented rate of poaching (fueled by the huge illegal ivory trade market existing in the region and apathy resulting from the destructive behaviour of elephants)...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Nigeria
Conservation of slender-snouted crocodile in the Lake Region of Gabon
Cyrille Mvele
The lake region of Gabon is thought to have one of the largest remaining populations of slender-snouted crocodile in Africa. While the species is formally protected in Gabon, it is heavily hunted for bushmeat and...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Gabon
Conservation of southern Amazonian marmosets in Brazil
Rodrigo Costa Araújo
The southern Amazonian marmosets encompass 14 species of primates from genera Mico and Callibella that are commonly known as "marmosets", and occur on south Amazon rainforest. Southern Amazonian Marmosets (SAM) are little studied in the...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Brazil
Conservation of Southern Tuco-tucos in Pampean dunes:creation of sanctuaries and threats alleviation
Rodrigo Calvo
The Southern Tuco-tuco, Ctenomy australis, is one of the most Endangered mammals from the Pampean grasslands in Argentina. This endemic and fossorial species is an ecosystem engineer, adapted to live only in coastal sandy grasslands....
Award Year: 2023
Country: Argentina
Conservation of spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) in Leizhou Peninsula, China
Chengyi Liu
Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea, hereafter “SBS”) is one of the most endangered species in the world. As a long-distance migrant, the protection of key stopover sites along its migratory route is critically important. Situated in...
Award Year: 2017
Country: China
Conservation of spot billed pelican (Pelecanus philipensis) in north central and central provinces of Sri Lanka
Kanchana Weeracoon Ranasinge
Spot Billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is one of the important bird species categorised as vulnerable and the only known present day breeding populations occur in Sri Lanka, India and Cambodia (Threatened birds of Asia, the...
Conservation of the Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni)
Weber Silva
This project will study the ecological requirements of the range-restricted and Critically Endangered Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni) by systematically visiting its known distributional range in Chapada do Araripe throughout the year. Information on the socio-economic...
Conservation of the Caatinga howler monkey (Alouatta ululata), Brazil
Thieres Pinto
The Caatinga Howler Monkey (Alouatta ululata) is an Endangered (IUCN, 2008) primate and probably the least known howler monkey in the world. Poaching and habitat loss are the main threats to the species. Our long...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Brazil
Conservation of the Critically Endangered Bolivian frog Psychrophrynella Illimani
Arturo Muñoz
The endemic frog Psychroprynella illimani, classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, resides in the high Andes of Bolivia between gold mines and the Totoral community. Combining field research and education we hope to establish...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Bolivia
Conservation of the Critically Endangered frog, Conraua derooi, in Ghana
Caleb Ofori Boateng
This project will protect the last known viable population of a Critically Endangered frog (Conrau derooi) from the threat of habitat destruction and consumption. It will also provide information on the distribution of several threatened...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Ghana
Conservation of the Critically Endangered Hammerhead Sharks in Ghana
Tabitha Adinorkwor Alimo
The great hammerhead and scalloped hammerhead sharks have undergone more than 80% depletion globally in three generations pushing them to the brink of extinction. Their major threats include fins and meat trade, by-catch mortalities, and...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Ghana
Conservation of the Critically Endangered Seychelles sheath-tailed bat
Sarah Burthe
The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat has undergone a severe decline during the mid-to-late 20th century and is now extinct on most islands. Complete extinction seems likely without the implementation of conservation measures. The species is chronically...
Conservation of the Critically Endangered toad skinned frog in India
Pathinettam Arun Kumar Kanagavel
The toad skinned Frog, Indirana phrynoderma is an evolutionarily distinct and Critically Endangered amphibian, endemic to the Anamalai Hills of the southern Western Ghats in India. It is range-restricted to a single location (< 100...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Conservation of the Critically Endangered Togo slippery frog
Caleb Ofori Boateng
The Togo slippery frog (Conraua derooi) is an evolutionary distinct and Critically Endangered frog known to occur in only two isolated sites: The Atewa mountains and the Togo-Volta Hills. Previous conservation efforts have focused on...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Ghana
Conservation of the Endangered Preuss’s monkey on the Obudu Plateau, Nigeria
Netanela Duke Ekpenyong
The Preuss’s monkey (Allochrocebus preussi) is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In Nigeria, A. preussi is restricted to the montane forests of Cross River National Park, the Sankwala Mountains, and the forest...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Nigeria
Conservation of the Endangered Salim Ali’s fruit bat in Western Ghats, India
Nithin Divakar
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 Ghats of India. It is...
Award Year: 2021
Country: India
Conservation of the grey-breasted parakeet, Brazil
Fábio de Paiva Nunes
The grey-breasted parakeet (Pyrrhura griseipectus) is the most endangered parakeet in the Americas, considered Critically Endangered by IUCN. Less than 250 individuals exist in the wild. The grey-breasted parakeet used to occur in a large...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Brazil
Conservation of the Medemia argun and the Nubian Desert Oasis biodiversity in Egypt
Haitham Ibrahim
Medemia argun is a mysterious and little known palm, it occurs as very few populations in the Nubian Desert. Dungul oasis support the only known population in Egypt, other sites remain almost unexplored.The ecosystems are...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Egypt
Conservation of the Myristica Swamps – the highly threatened and unique ecosystem in the Western Ghats, India
Bhausaheb Tambat
Myristica swamps are one of the unique ecosystems in the Western Ghats—a global mega diversity hot spot in India. Located in low-lying, poorly drained depressions, these swamps form an extensive network along the watercourses through...
Conservation of the Syrian serin in Lebanon
Soumar Dakdouk
The Syrian serin is one of the species of birds that breeds in and migrates through Lebanon and is considered "globally threatened" by IUCN (Evans 1994). It is a "restricted-range" specie (BirdLife Category 2) whose...
Conservation of the tri-spine horseshoe crab and its habitat in Palawan, Philippines
Lea Janine Gajardo
Horseshoe crab research in the Philippines is developing. As such, important baseline data are missing. Repeated monitoring in a nursery habitat in Palawan revealed that increasing human impact strongly altered the juveniles’ distribution. 13...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Philippines
Conservation of the Vulnerable Malabar Grey Hornbill in Southern Western Ghats, India
Ahirbudhnyan M
The Malabar grey hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) is a keystone species, endemic to the Western Ghats in India, and categorised as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List owing to habitat loss, fragmentation, logging and lack of...
Award Year: 2024
Country: India
Conservation of the Vulnerable rufous-spotted torrent frog in China
Yuzhou Gong
The rufous-spotted torrent frog (Amolops loloensis) is endemic to southern Sichuan and has been categorized as Vulnerable (VU) in the IUCN Red List. The population of this species has been experiencing declines, with one population...
Award Year: 2016
Country: China
Conservation of the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in Bangladesh
M. Monirul H. Khan
The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) was once abundant, but today it is at the brink of extinction due to diclofenac poisoning and lack of food. The breeding success of this threatened species needs to be...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Bangladesh
Conservation of threatened amphibians in Barbas-Bremen Natural Regional Park, Colombia
Carlos Alberto Soto Garzón
Amphibians globally are threatened by habitat fragmentation, destruction and by climatic changes, because of this it is important to realize studies that allow conserving them and the places they live in. We will achieve a...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Colombia
Conservation of Threatened and Migratory Birds in the Eerguna-Midflow Transboundary Wetland, China/Russia
Zheng Lijun
The Eerguna-Midflow is a wetland area straddling the China-Russian border in the northeast of Inner Mongolia. The Eerguna Provincial Wetland Reserve only includes the northwestern part of these wetlands, which provide important breeding and stop-over...
Conservation of threatened birds in Azerbaijan
Mehrab Guliyev
A rich diversity of landscape types in Azerbaijan creates ideal conditions for a high number of globally threatened species. Six species were selected for this project based on the fact that insufficient data had been...
Conservation of threatened conifers in the Eastern Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
Tran Thi Thu Trang
In response to the recommendations made by the Fauna & Flora International’s Vietnam Conifer Conservation Status Review 2004, the project team will initiate in situ and ex situ conservation programme of threatened conifers in cooperation...
Conservation of threatened fish species of the Mekong Ramsar Site, Cambodia
Chouly Ou
The Mekong River has long been known for its importance as a source of biodiversity and as the primary livelihood (e.g. fishing) for many Cambodians. Natural resources have declined dramatically due to anthropogenic activities. Our...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Cambodia
Conservation of Threatened Harrisons Giant Mastiff Bat at Mt Suswa Conservancy Kenya
David Wechuli Barasa
Bats represent about 25% of global mammal diversity. They are essential in maintaining ecological processes and providing valuable ecosystem services. The globally Vulnerable Harrison’s Giant Mastiff Bat (Otomops harrisoni) uses cave roosts of the Mt....
Award Year: 2023
Country: Kenya
Conservation of threatened migratory and resident shorebirds in the Banco dos Cajuais, Brazil
Victoria Maria Reis de Souza
The Banco dos Cajuais, located in the municipality of Icapuí, Ceará state, is recognized as an important stopover/wintering area for shorebirds that are priority species in the National Action Plan for the Conservation of Shorebird...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Brazil
Conservation of threatened plant species in a high diversity area of the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Elton John de Lirio
The Santa Teresa municipality, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, is internationally known for its high biodiversity. However, native and endemic plant species are under pressure due to deforestation and urban expansion, as it is known...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Brazil
Conservation of threatened wildlife in southwestern Amazonia – Brazil
Willandia Chaves Didier
Many gaps in knowledge impede conservation actions for species of concern in Amazonia. Our study-sites are large protected areas within the known or potential range of several globally threatened and/or restricted-range species. Our goals are:...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Brazil
Conservation of Tricholoma matsutake in Northwest Yunnan, China
Anthony Amend
The ectomycorrhizal species Tricholoma matsutake has been exported since 1985 from southwest Yunnan, China. It has quickly eclipsed logging and pastorialism to become the major contribution to rural livelihood and local government revenue. Productivity of...
Conservation of two Endangered conifers in eastern Mexico
Jerónimo Vázquez Ramírez
Deforestation and degradation of the habitat of Hickel's Fir (Abies hikelii) and Mesoamerican Yew (Taxus globosa) have caused the decline and fragmentation of their populations in eastern Mexico, specially in the Cofre de Perote mountain....
Award Year: 2017
Country: Mexico
Conservation of unique ecosystems for ecotourism in Kamchatka, Russia
Anna Zavadskaya
The Kamchatka peninsula has a high concentration of unique conservation objects, but also a rapidly developing ecotourism system. Unreasonable management of vulnerable ecosystems may lead to their significant modification, and to the loss of habitats...
Conservation of velvet scoter on Tabatskuri Lake in Georgia
Conservation of Velvet Scoter on Tabatskuri Lake in Georgia
The populations of velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) is decreasing worldwide and the species is classified as Vulnerable by IUCN. Within the Western Palearctic two populations are recognized: a large population of northern Europe and western...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Georgia
Conservation of waterbirds and their habitats in Chongming Island, China
Zhijun Ma
Chongming Island is an important stopover site for migrants as well as a wintering ground for waterfowls. More than 500,000 individuals of 108 waterbird species are counted there. The silt from sand and soil brought...
Conservation of white-headed duck in Russian Federation
Murzakhanov Evgeniy
Numbers of white-headed duck in Russia have drastically reduced during the last 40 years. This project will help reduce the degradation of 46 key sites of white-headed duck in Russia by i) creating a National...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Russia
Conservation planning for tropical dry ecosystems of Cucuta, Colombia
Silvia Juliana Alvarez Vargas
Tropical dry forests in the area of Cúcuta, northeast Colombia, have been recognized as important representatives of inter-Andean dry forests and their protection has been identified as a national priority. However, there is little information...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Colombia
Conservation research of Cao Vit gibbon in China
Fan Pengfei
The critically endangered Cao Vit gibbon survives in a small population (approximately 100 individuals) in a remaining forest area of less than 3,000 hectares along the border of China (Guangxi) and northern Vietnam. Fuelwood collection...
Award Year: 2008
Country: China
Conservation status of Craveri’s murrelet in Mexico
Yuliana Rocío Bedolla Guzmán
The Craveri’s Murrelet (CRMU; Synthliboramphus craveri) is an endemic species of Mexico, listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. This small alcid breeds on islands in the Gulf of California and in the Mexican...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Mexico
Conservation status of parrotfish species in protected coral reefs, Colombia
Juliana Lopez Angarita
Current climate change and anthropogenic pressures impose significant challenges to scientists and conservationists because of their synergetic impacts on coral reefs biodiversity and functioning. Particularly, overfishing of key species such as parrotfish (Genus: Scarus and...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Colombia
Conservation status of red-handed howler monkey in Amapá, Brazil
Renato Richard Hilário
Red-handed howler monkey (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable primate endemic to Brazil and occurs within three areas: the Atlantic Forest and both banks of the Amazon river. At the Atlantic forest, species is restricted to...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Brazil
Conservation status of the bumble-bee bat in Myanmar
Ramos Pereira
Background: - the bumble-bee bat is the world's smallest mammal, weighting 2 grams. Until recently its distribution area was thought to be restricted to a small area on the River Kwai, Thailand. In March 2001,...
Conservation status of the Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
Peter Harlow
Subsequent to the discovery of the Fijian crested iguana (Gibbons 1981), the species was reported on a further 7 islands (Gibbons 1984). At the time Gibbons regarded the species as rare on all of these...
Conservation status of the montaine slender loris in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Saman Naliya Gamage
Loris tardigradus nycticeboides is a small endemic nocturnal primate found in Sri Lanka. It is confined to the Horton Plains National Park, a montane forest whose fauna and flora are under threat from heavy human...
Conservation status of the Pacific Goliath grouper in Colombia
Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos Galindo
Groupers are very vulnerable to overfishing and their reduction may result in severe changes in marine ecosystems where they act as top predators. To assess the conservation status of the Pacific Goliath grouper in two...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Colombia
Conservation status of threatened fish taxa of Eastern Ghats, India
Paromita Ray
Unlike Western Ghats, biodiversity of Eastern Ghats has received very little attention from researchers and conservationists. The lower taxa such as fishes are all the more neglected since several areas are yet to be explored....
Award Year: 2017
Country: India
Conservation, human rights and indigenous peoples
Ria Saryanthi
BirdLife is working to better understand the impact of its conservation actions on local communities and Indigenous Peoples and the role that those affected by conservation could have in both promoting conservation and benefiting from...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Indonesia
Conserving Angolan scarp forests: a holistic approach for Kumbira Forest
Ninda Lara Baptista
The central escarpment forest in Angola, with Kumbira Forest as its key site, is one of the most important areas for biodiversity in the country especially for threatened endemic birds. Nevertheless, human activities, especially slash-and-burn...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Angola
Conserving Bañados del Quirquincho: a key area for threatened species in Argentina
Patricia Beatriz Puechagut
The Bañados del Quirquincho is one of the few wetlands in the Dry Chaco of Argentina and an Important Bird Area. It harbors many threatened species such as Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri), Lowland tapir (Tapirus...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Argentina
Conserving endemic and globally threatened fish in Lake Manguao, Palawan, Philippines
Joie Matillano
The endemic fish fauna of Lake Manguao is poorly known and increasingly threatened by habitat conversion and introduction of exotic species. This project aims to develop appropriate management, conservation, and outreach initiatives for globally threatened...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Philippines
Conserving endemic endangered birds in Mau Narok/ Molo grasslands IBA: using alternative community-based conservation friendly approaches
Geoffrey Mwangi Wambugu
Mau Narok/Molo Grasslands Important Bird Area (IBA) in Kenya, is renowned for holding a significant population of the Sharpe’s Longclaw (Macronyx sharpei) and Aberdare Cisticola (Cisticola aberdare), both endangered birds endemic to Kenya. It also...
Conserving European ground squirrels in Eastern Romania
Emanuel Stefan Baltag
The European ground squirrel is a small mammal which is endemic to Europe and in continuous decline across the entire distribution range. In 2013 we have conducted 872 quadrants surveys in order to establish the...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Romania
Conserving globally threatened fauna in Balabac Island, Palawan, Philippines
Nevong Puna
Very little known about the status of birds on Balabac Island. A recent rapid assessment by Matillano et al. (2002) identified the threats of direct persecution of bird and pressure of their habitat. The aim...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Philippines
Conserving livelihoods and Semnopithecus Ajax: Resolving conflicts around Khajiar-Kalatop Sanctuary
Martina Anandam
Human-primate conflict is a burning issue in Chamba, northern India, with 76 of the 244 surveyed sites reporting conflict with Chamba sacred langurs, otherwise known as Himalayan grey langurs (Semnopithecus ajax), due to crop raiding....
Award Year: 2014
Country: India
Conserving Ophiocordyceps sinensis in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India
Pramod Kumar Yadav
Caterpillar fungus also called Kira Jari locally, is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau and the adjacent alpine Himalayas. Over the last few decades, the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) dwellers have become astute to the...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Conserving periled “tiger of the river”: golden mahseer in upper Ganga, India
Saurabh Dewan
Once acclaimed as the 'tiger of river', the Himalayan or Golden mahseer (Tor putitora) is in peril owing to destructive fishing methods, indiscriminate fishing of brooders, habitat fragmentation due to construction of dams and barrages....
Award Year: 2017
Country: India
Conserving shorebirds through community engagement in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Thu Trang
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, while hunting was often overlooked....
Award Year: 2021
Country: Vietnam
Conserving the Chinese pangolin in India’s Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape
Kuladip Sarma
The occurrence and distribution range of Chinese pangolin in India is yet to be explored systematically. However, the species has been experiencing major anthropogenic threats in terms of local trade and hunting especially in the...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Conserving the Critically Endangered Darevsky’s viper in Lake Arpi National Park, Armenia
Levon Aghasyan
The Darevsky's viper is an endemic Armenian snake classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List and the Red Data Book of Armenia. This project aims to continue our previous efforts on viper research...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Armenia
Conserving the Critically Endangered Satara gecko with local stakeholders in Western Ghats
Vaishnavi Apte
Open ecosystems, which are critical for biodiversity, are threatened globally. The Western Ghats’ rock outcrops with the Critically Endangered Satara gecko being found only on one unprotected lateritic plateau are a case to the point....
Award Year: 2024
Country: India
Conserving the Endangered Himalayan grey langur in India’s Chamba Valley
Martina Anandam
The Himalayan grey langur (Semnopithecus ajax) is an Endangered colobine confined to the Chamba Valley of the Western Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh state in India. The langur has a narrow occupancy range spanning just about...
Award Year: 2012
Country: India
Conserving the Endangered silvery-brown tamarin in highly degraded forests
Lina Maria Valencia
Throughout Colombia, primate species suffer from widespread and ongoing habitat fragmentation. The silvery-brown tamarin (Saguinus leucopus), an endemic primate of Colombia, is one of six Colombian primates listed as endangered due to a dramatic reduction...
Conserving the last of the wild: pumas and wild camelids in the semiarid landscapes of the Argentinean Andes
Emiliano Donadio
The loss of species interactions may result in negative impacts that affect both interacting species and the biological communities and ecosystems they inhabit. Unlike North America, southern South American predator-prey systems have been disrupted mainly...
Conserving threatened Polylepis forests to maintain ecosystem services in Bolivia
Vanesa Serrudo Gonzales
Polylepis forests are threatened high Andean ecosystems that provide important ecosystem services. We aim to raise public awareness of the importance of Polylepis forests for water catchment and climate change. We will work in the...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Bolivia
Conserving West Indian whistling-Ducks on Antigua and Barbuda’s offshore islands
Natalya Lawrence
The offshore-islands of Antigua are habitat for endemic and globally threatened wildlife. Offshore-islands within the North East Marine Management Area have earned designations such as Key Biodiversity Area, Important Bird Area, and Alliance for Zero...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Conserving wild goats in the Peramagroon and Barzan mountain
Korsh Ararat
Wild goats (Capran aegagrus) in Iraq are under strong conservation pressure due to hunting and habitat loss. This project aims to protect the wild population of wild goats and their habitat in the Peramagroon and...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Iraq
Contributing to fruit and nut forest conservation and snow leopard conservation in the Kyrgyz Republic
Akylai Kabaeva
This internship provides Akylai Kabaeva with the opportunity to work as an integrated member of FFI Kyrgyzstan team, gaining exposure to the day-to-day workings of an international conservation NGO, with on-the-job training and networking opportunities....
Award Year: 2016
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Contributing to terrestrial conservation projects focussed on flora and bees
Davide do Espirito Santo Ceita Dias
The aim of this internship is support an early-career conservationist to assist Fundação Principe Trust (FPT) in building local capacity to conserve threatened flora of Sao Tome & Principe and help reduce pressures on forest...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Sao Tome and Principe
Contribution of WCS’s Andes-Amazonia and Amazon waters to sustainable development goals and key international agreements
Giulianna Aguilar
For Giulianna, the overall goal is to receive on-the-job training on conservation issues, in particular on international conventions relevant for nature conservation and sustainable development. This is also an opportunity for networking with high-level conservation...
Contribution to the “Adaptive fisheries management in Kenya’s coral reefs” project
Douglas Maina
Artisanal fishing is one of the main activities carried out by coastal communities on the Kenyan coast particularly in coral reefs, the dominant coastal ecosystem. WCS has been conducting research on fishing and impacts on...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Kenya
Cooperation and conflict between Irrawaddy dolphins and fishers of Chilika Lagoon, India
Coralie D'Lima
Fisheries bycatch is a major threat to the Irrawaddy dolphin worldwide. Nonetheless, these dolphins are known to forage cooperatively with fishermen. The dolphin population in Chilika lagoon is small (View Project
Award Year: 2009
Country: India
Coordinating working groups to implement the BirdLife Africa Species Programme
Jean Paul Ntungane
The primary objectives of the internship are: 1) to support coordination of the international Working Groups for Lesser Flamingo, White-winged Flufftail and Madagascar Pond-heron, to ensure active cooperation and successful implementation of the International Single...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Rwanda
Coral larvae distribution, settlement and early-survivorship at Los Roques National Park, Venezuela
Adriana Humanes
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) as well as the identification...
Coral reef conservation in the largest Brazilian Marine Protected Area
Pedro Henrique Cipresso Pereira
Coral reefs are threatened by pressure from tourists, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Due to this series of impacts, reefs have been dramatically reduced all around the world and up to 50% of those areas...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Brazil
Coral reef conservation through optical-chemical ecological assessment of Pacific Panamanian reef habitats
Luis Camilli
In 2002, an agreement to form an Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (a.k.a. the “Pacific Biological Corridor”), was signed by the governments of Costa Rica, Panamá, Ecuador and Colombia with the aim of conservation and sustainable...
Coral reef monitoring
Roberto Jean Luc Komeno
Madagascar is one of the top 15 countries with the largest area of coral reefs in the world, boasting more coral species than any other country in Africa, the Indian Ocean or the Red Sea...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Madagascar
Corridor capacity building program in north east China for Amur Leopard
Ying LI
The far eastern, or Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis; Schlegel, 1857) is probably the most threatened large felid subspecies in the world, and has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since...
Creating a roadmap for China’s mining sector to reduce net biodiversity loss
Jinyu Yang
WCS has launched an effort to develop strategies to engage with China’s business stakeholders and prioritize biodiversity in their overseas investment. Mining is one of the key focus sectors of this initiative, which involves working...
Award Year: 2022
Country: China
Creating a safe haven for the Critically Endangered Barbados leaf-toed gecko
Dennis Connor Blades
This internship will train a young conservation leader on how to plan and carry out practical conservation actions to secure and increase a population of the Critically Endangered and endemic Barbados leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus pulcher)....
Award Year: 2021
Country: Barbados
Creating a safer environment for seabirds on Príncipe island
Yanik Mendes
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 island. This will allow Yanik...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Sao Tome and Principe
Creating capacities for the conservation of sharks in Honduras
Gabriela Ochoa
In Honduras, despite Shark Sanctuary Legislation, artisanal fishers in the Moskitia region continue overfishing sharks. This fishery targets endangered hammerheads and other sharks to meet the demand for dry fish during Lent. Most consumers are...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Honduras
Creating the grassroots to conserve the Santa Fe frog in the South American Great Chaco
Ana Lis Lopez Etcheves
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 population trend. In Argentina, it...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Argentina
Crested ibis 2001: conservation biology and environment pollution monitoring
Chang-Qing Ding
The Crested Ibis is a globally threatened species and ranked as critical endangered (Collar et.al.,1994). After the rediscovery of the wild birds in Yangxian, Shaanxi province in 1981, great conservation efforts have been taken. The...
CROC (community-based research, observance & conservation project)
Jan van der Ploeg
The Philippine crocodile was once widely distributed and abundant throughout the Philippines. Intensive hunting and habitat loss have led to the disappearance of C. mindorensis in most parts of the archipelago. In 1982 the wild...
CROC – crocodile rehabilitation, observance and conservation, Philippines
Jessie Guerrero
The endemic Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is the most severally endangered crocodile species in the world. The species was rediscovered in 1999 on the island of Luzon which led to the establishment of the Crocodile...
CROC: A follow-up proposal for the conservation of the critically endangered Philippine crocodile
Jan van der Ploeg
The Philippine crocodile is a critically endangered species (IUCN 2000) and considered to be the most threatened crocodile species in the world. This endemic freshwater crocodile, once thought to be extinct in Luzon, was recently...
Curbing forest and wildlife crimes through policy and regulation improvement
Herovan Alfin
Daggel ’01
Gadzhibek Dzhamirzhoev
Daggel’01 is a new joint Ukrainian-Russian project following up activities started under Adji lake conservation project (1998 BP/BirdLife/FFI Conservation Programme winner) with more broad involvement of local participants. The project aims at promotion of conservation...
Data management in the Albertine Rift and the Greater Virunga Landscape, Uganda
Richard Ssemmanda
The internship is designed to provide training and experience for the intern in data management, analyses and presentation. This will also strengthen WCS’s data management capabilities by strengthening our systems in this area.View Project
Dependence of Tibetan foxes on plateau pikas
Qunxiu Liu
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 are currently the target of...
Desert spectacled bears design their own reserve
Renzo Guidice
Telemetry of Spectacled Bears captured in the Chaparri Ecological Reserve will be used to assess their spatial needs and identify priority areas for conservation as part of the Lambayeque Biological Corridor. Additionally, the study will...
Designing marine protected area networks in Bua Province, Fiji, using decision support software
Gander Wainiqolo
This internship will provide technical mapping and analytical support to the WCS Fiji Program, with the goal of establishing resilient marine protected area networks across the four currently unmanaged districts in Bua Province. WCS Fiji...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Fiji
Developing a Community Forest Buffer for the Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, India
Sameer Punde
The Bhimashankar Sanctuary is located in the Western Ghats is recognised as an Important Bird Area. Since its demarcation as a wildlife sanctuary, forest resources traditionally used by tribal communities has largely been restricted to...
Developing an environment education programme for Important Bird Areas in Fiji
Mere Sauya Valu
This internship will provide an opportunity for the intern to learn about environment education for children, access resources, and acquire lessons from children environment clubs that have frameworks that are widely applicable in Fiji and...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Fiji
Developing biodiversity monitoring skills of a future conservation leader in Cambodia
Yav Net
This internship will provide on the job training in monitoring and pilot restoration of the non-breading habitat of Sarus Crane in Boeung Preak Lapouv Sarus Crane reserve. Within this twelve months period, this internship project...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Cambodia
Developing capacity to fundraise with corporates and high net-worth individuals (HNWI) in Africa
Louisa Mwenda
This internship will establish a database of businesses and high net-worth individuals with a large footprint or bond with Africa, who can be jointly approached by partners and the BirdLife International Secretariat for support. This support...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Kenya
Developing effective conservation communications to support FFI conservation programs in Nicaragua
Carla Veronica Caceres Espinoza
The overall goal is to provide a future conservation leader with on-the-job training, exposure to the day-to-day workings of a conservation NGO, and networking opportunities by working as a member of a FFI Latin American...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Nicaragua
Developing partner capacities for IBA and KBAs
Carolina Tavares da Silva Bernardo
The long term goal of this internship is to develop partner capacity to manage and inform conservation actions in Brasil, a megabiodiverse country with 234 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) and 8000 km of coastline. SAVE...
Developing skills in primate research which support gibbon conservation in Laos
Ladsamy Phanthamixay
Primate conservation is a priority for biodiversity conservation in Laos as demonstrated by the national gibbon conservation action plan, but there is a lack of Lao primate conservationists. FFI’s entry point into Laos has been...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Laos
Developing the communication, monitoring, evaluation and learning skills of an early-career Ugandan conservationist
Clinton Mwebaze
The goal is to increase the visibility of WCS Uganda both nationally and internationally through communication, and support evidence-based programming, using creative solutions to document and publish our program strategies, activities and successes. This internship...
Development of catching techniques and tagging of the red-breasted goose by satellite transmitters in Kazakhstan
Zuban Ivan Aleksandrovich
The main purpose of the project is to develop a method for catching and tagging red-breasted geese (Rufibrenta ruficollis) with satellite transmitters at migration stopover places in northern Kazakhstan. Northern Kazakhstan is a unique place...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Kazakhstan
Development of community education network with WCS China
Yufang Gao
Development of conservation measures for the Darevsky’s viper in the Caucasus
Levon Aghasyan
The Darevsky's viper is critically endangered and found so far only in a small area in extreme N.W. Armenia adjacent to the border with Georgia. The principal threats are livestock breeding and strong preferences of...
Diadema ’98: biological research and conservation in the forests of New Caledonia
Jon Ekstrom
New Caledonia is an overseas territory of France situated about 1,200km east of Australia. The islands have an extraordinary diversity of fauna and flora with an extreme level of endemism in many taxa including birds...
Dipper project: conservation and status of Cinclus schulzi in Argentina
María Verónica Miranda
Rufous-throated dipper (Cinclus schulzi) is an endemic bird of the subtropical montane forests of Northwestern Argentina and Southern Bolivia or Yungas. This dipper is highly specialized on rivers, sensitive to river alterations, and considered a...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Argentina
Disease epidemiology and its link with domestic and ecosystem health with WCS’s global avian influenza network for surveillance
Glenda Ayala
Distribution study of white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) in East Kalimantan-Indonesia
Edy Sutrisno
The White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) has been listed as an endangered species in the Red Data Book, due to its small and declining population. There is still limited research on this species, especially about its...
Distribution, abundance and conservation status of the Fijian ground frog (Platymantis vitianus)
Joape Kuruyawa
This project, focusing on the promotion of the ground frog (Platymantis vitianus) as a national heritage icon, will be the first stage in what is envisaged is a long-term conservation goal in Fiji. The ground...
Distribution, relative abundance and commercial trade of tortoises in peninsular Malaysia
Reuben Sharma
This project will conduct the first ever survey on the distribution, population and ecology of three species of wild tortoises in the forests of the lower slopes of the Titiwangsa mountain range, peninsular Malaysia. The...
Diversity patterns of amphibians in lowland Amazonian forests, Southeastern Peru
Rudolf von May
Biological diversity is threatened worldwide and it is a priority to develop regional and local strategies to conserve and manage wildlife habitats. In order to develop these strategies there is a need to generate detailed...
Do protected areas of India’s Western Ghats conserve fish diversity?
Robin Kurian Abraham
Protected Areas (PA) designed to preserve charismatic species have been recently challenged in their efficiency in conserving more obscure species like freshwater fish that are not initially taken into account. In this study, we aim...
Award Year: 2009
Country: India
Dong Khanthung 98
Stephen Ling
Up until 1992, Laos had not been subject to any coherent biological survey work and uniquely in Asia had no protected areas. Since then surveys, mainly concentrating on birds have been carried out in 20...
Dracaena ombet tree community-based conservation project, Gabel Elba Protectorate, Egypt
Usama Mohammed
Dracaena ombet is a globally endangered tree and its subpopulations in Gabel Elba (GE) in Egypt are particularly threatened. Our Future Conservationist project report stated the urgent need to conserve remaining populations in GE as...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Egypt
Dracaena-MAP-Egypt: Dracaena ombet Monitoring & Assessment Project in Gabel Elba Protected Area, Egypt
Usama Mohammed
Dracaena ombet tree sub-populations in Gabel Elba in Egypt and Sudan are particularly threatened. This is one of the few species that can survive the extensive periods of drought in all parts of its range...
Dugong Without Borders: Building capacity for Indian Ocean sirenian conservation, Comoros
Patricia Davis
The islands of the Comoros and Madagascar harbour the last dugong populations in the South West Indian Ocean Islands. However, these populations are currently unstudied, apart from work in the Comoros co-funded by the CLP....
Award Year: 2009
Country: Comoros
Dugongs for Life: Incentivizing Malagasy communities for marine ecosystem stewardship
Lalarisoa Rakotoarimino
Our team has been working in the Nosy Hara Marine Park region since the completion of our CLP Follow-up Award Project, Dugongs without Borders, in 2010. We have an intimate knowledge of the challenges facing...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Madagascar
Ecological and conservation assessment of Rosa arabica in St Katherine, Egypt
Karim Abdelhai Mourse Eissa Omar
Sinai Rose, Rosa arabica, is endemic to the high mountains of south Sinai, Egypt. The global population is less than 100 individuals, localized in nine locations within St. Katherine Protected area (SKP). It is threatened...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Egypt
Ecological and distribution assessment of hicatee in Southern Belize
Elmar Requena
The Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) is Critically Endangered (IUCN 2012) with populations still declining. Its distribution is limited to river reaches within Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. In Belize, hicatee (as it is locally...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Belize
Ecological assessment of hispid hare in Manas National Park, India
Naba Krishna Nath
Except for a few indirect pieces of evidence, no detailed information is available about the Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Manas National Park. Up to date information on the distribution, viable population, and survival threats...
Award Year: 2009
Country: India
Ecological impacts of upstream oil palm plantations on birds and primates in peninsular Malaysia
Badrul Azhar Sharif
The establishment of commercial oil palm cultivation areas has caused massive tropical deforestation in Southeast Asia. Palm oil industry is perceived as the main threat to biodiversity despite being portrayed as sustainable producer of palm...
Ecological studies and conservation status assessment of tiger in Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China
Limin Feng
Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve on the border with Myanmar and Laos hold the last promise for the survival of Indochinese tigers in China and conservation action is urgently needed after the first photo of tiger spotted...
Award Year: 2008
Country: China
Ecological Studies and Conservation Status Assessment on Threatened Species of Genus Vibrissaphora in China
Ben Han
Almost all known species with severely fragmented distribution of genus Vibrissaphora are poorly studied in China. Two species are listed as Endangered by the IUCN. Another species rated as Near Threatened may underestimate threatens to...
Ecological studies on Dugong dugon and its habitat: A contribution toward species conservation, India
Elrika D'souza
The population of Dugong dugon from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands is reported to be in decline. The presence of around 40 dugongs was reported in 1999, however, this number may have reduced due to...
Award Year: 2009
Country: India
Ecological studies to conserve the endemic Philippine forest turtle, Palawan, Philippines
Diverlie Acosta
The Palawan endemic Philippine Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) ranks among the top 25 most Critically Endangered turtles in the world. Knowledge on this species' habitat requirements and reasons for the limited distribution are negligible so...
Ecology and Conservation of a Bush Dog Population in Brazil: A Monitoring and Educational Programme
Guilherme Braga Ferreira
Bush dog is a poorly known South American canid classified as Vulnerable by IUCN. One of the few sites known to still have the species in Brazil is a river valley that holds a great...
Ecology and conservation of frogs of Mount Gede Pangrango national park
Mirza Dikari Kusrini
Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, which is one of the last remaining pristine areas in the highly populated province of West Java, little is known of the local frog fauna, despite the high degree of...
Ecology and conservation of Ganges River dolphin in Karnali, Nepal
Gopal Khanal
Lack of updated information about population number, their status and ecology and low level of awareness among riverbank fishing communities is becoming a major constraint in the conservation of Ganges river dolphin in the Karnali...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Nepal
Ecology and conservation of pearly tree frog at Mt.Ungaran, Indonesia
Lutfian Nazar
Pearly tree frog (Nyctixalus margaritifer) is a Javanese endemic that is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN because of a continuing decline in areas of suitable habitat. We will work at Mount Ungaran - one...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Indonesia
Ecology and conservation of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil
Ronaldo Francini-Filho
The Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations project aims to determine the location and characteristics of spawning aggregations of threatened and commercially important reef fishes (Lutjanidae and Serranidae) in the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil—a priority area for biodiversity...
Ecology and conservation of residential populations of Gangetic dolphin in Brahmaputra River System, India
Abdul Wakid
For the long term conservation of last two residential populations of Gangetic dolphin in Brahmaputra Valley, detailed ecological study will be conducted on the identified dolphin habitats of Kulsi and Subansiri River. To reduce the...
Ecology and Conservation of Saiga in Russia
Nadezhda Arylova
Ecology and conservation of sharks in a nursery area in the São Paulo state coast, Brazil
Rafael Cabrera Namora
Sharks are an important component of the marine coastal fauna in the southeastern of Brazil. In this region several species have been exploited or caught as by-catch without any regulatory measures. Identification and conservation of...
Ecology and conservation of the endemic Nicobar flying fox (Pteropus faunulus) in the Nicobar Islands, India
Bandana Aul
The Nicobar Bat project focuses on the conservation and ecology of the endemic fruit bat, Nicobar flying fox (Pteropus faunulus) in the Nicobar Islands of India. The proposed project is a follow-up of the project...
Ecology and conservation of the four-horned antelope in the Eastern Ghats of India
Suresh Jones
This project aims to understand the foraging and breeding ecology of the four-horned antelope in the uplands of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh - India, as well as to initiate conservation work involving local communities....
Award Year: 2011
Country: India
Ecology and conservation status of Aberdare cisticola in the Mau Narok-Molo grasslands, Kenya
Mercy Mwanika
The Aberdare cisticola is listed as globally endangered (Birdlife International, 2000). It inhabits moist grassland in Mau Narok-Molo and Aberdares in central Kenya (Bennun and Njoroge, 1999). It is threatened by habitat loss due to...
Ecology behaviour and conservation of the La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia Blainvillei) in Northern Patagonia, Argentina
Pablo Bordino
The La Plata dolphin or Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) is endemic to the coastal waters of the central western South Atlantic (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina) and one of the rarest and most poorly known South American...
Ecology, distribution, status and protection of three Congolese fruit bats
Patrick Kipalu Kongo
Two or three endemic fruit bats occur in the savannas south of the Central African rain forest block: Epomophoris grandis, Micropteropus intermedius and Epomophorus cf. labiatus. According to IUCN, two are Data Deficient and one...
Ecosystem accounting in WCS priority landscapes in Madagascar
Andry Randriambololona
Ecosystem accounting is a developing practice that aims to inform the development of mechanisms to capture the economic benefits of ecosystems services to benefit conservation outcomes. Global interest in ecosystem accounting is growing, yet despite...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Madagascar
Education and communication strategy for the Ecuadorian brown-headed spider monkey conservation in north western Ecuador
Nancy Nathalia Fuentes Salcedo
Since 2012 Proyecto Washu has been working in the buffer zone of the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, mainly in the area of Tesoro Escondido where one of the last health populations of the Critically Endangered Ecuadorian...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Ecuador
Education centre for the conservation of the Serra do Urubu Important Bird Area, Brazil
Tatiana Pongiluppi Souza
SAVE Brasil has been working for the conservation of the Serra do Urubu Important Bird Area since 2004. Over the past five years it has become apparent that in order to ensure the long term...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Brazil
Effect of landscape change on mammals in Eastern Ghats, India
Vikram Aditya
The northern Eastern Ghats forests in southern India harbour several endangered species of flora and fauna. Landscape change driven by irrigation projects, mining, road construction and encroachments are degrading these forests and affecting mammalian populations...
Award Year: 2014
Country: India
Elephant and lion monitoring and anti-poaching efforts around Yankari Game Reserve and Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria
Nyanganji Gills Gilbert
The intern will be based at Yankari Game Reserve where he will give support to the existing WCS project designed to improve levels of elephant protection in collaboration with Bauchi State Government. The intern will...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Nigeria
Empowering local youth for the conservation of the Bengal florican in Koshi, Nepal
Aditya Pal
The Bengal florican, a critically endangered bird, faces severe threats in Nepal's Koshi region due to habitat loss. Previous CLP project surveys have found a sizeable yet vulnerable population living outside protected areas, where conservation...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Nepal
Empowering tree nurseries to grow threatened species in southern Brazil
Paula de Freitas Larocca
The Araucaria Forest in Brazil contains more than 350 tree species. It is one of the most threatened ecosystems in the Atlantic Forest. As a result, many tree species are highly threatened and need to...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Brazil
Enabling Support for Sharks in the Miskito Cays of Honduras
Gabriela Ochoa
In 2011 Honduras was declared a Shark Sanctuary and prohibited all shark fishing. In 2016, this was partially repealed to allow captures and commercialization of sharks for the Moskitia Region. As a result, an artisanal fishery...
Award Year: 2019
Country: Honduras
Enabling the coexistence of people and greater adjutant in India
Purnima Devi Barman
In earlier projects, it was observed that all the stakeholders were working in an isolated manner to conserve the greater adjutant. The conservation efforts were not supported by an action plan and the scientific information...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Endangered primates’ role in the conservation of Colombian ecosystem services
Ana Gabriela de Luna
The diverse inter-Andean lowland rainforests are currently disappearing due to habitat destruction and fragmentation. Information on all the ecosystem services these forest provide and how they are maintained is scarce. Our main objective is to...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Colombia
Endangered waterbirds conservation and their habitat management in Liaohe Delta Wetland, China
Li Xiaowen
The team will build upon a national project promoting the sustainable development of deltaic wetlands around the Bohai Sea by working in close collaboration with local government and Shuangtaihekou reserve staff. Ornithological and vegetation surveys...
Endemic land snails and earthworms from a Protected Area in the Ventania Mountain System
Silvana Burela
The "ETP Reserve", located at the Ventania Mountain System, is the only reserve protecting the natural highland grasslands in the Argentinian pampas. These ancient mountains form a very particular outcrop in the pampas plain, containing...
Engaging communities in the conservation of wild Maire’s yews in Nepal
Reshu Bashyal
Yews have been heavily exploited in Nepal. Annually, Nepal exports an average of 25 kg of 10-DAB-III about 45,454 kilograms of Taxus leaves. T. mairei’s leaves are raw materials for the production of cancer curing...
Award Year: 2019
Country: Nepal
Engaging key stakeholders in Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) conservation in Java Indonesia
Windi Liani Bukit
The Critically Endangered Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) remains one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates despite full legal protection and long-term in situ conservation efforts. This endemic species continues to face three core...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Indonesia
Enhancing community participation in the conservation of sea turtles in Kenya
Simmons Nzuki
Turtle conservation efforts in Kenya have for many years focused on providing scientific information which reveals diminishing turtle populations with low recruitment rates, reduced nesting activity and sightings, and increased cases of mortality and poaching,...
Enhancing community-based vulture conservation in Western Lowland of Nepal
Khadananda Paudel
Subsequent to the dramatic decline of critically endangered vultures caused by diclofenac, Nepal is leading in-situ conservation of vultures in South Asia through innovative approaches, such as the declaration of community-managed Vulture Safe Zones. This...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Nepal
Ensuring effective conservation for endangered grassland birds in Uruguay
Valeria Perez Guida
Uruguay has natural grasslands covering 71% of the country that currently face numerous threats to their conservation. The major threat to this habitat is the use of land for forestation, cattle grazing and agriculture. These...
Ensuring harlequin toad conservation in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Andres Andres Rocha Usuga
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 loss and degradation have...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Colombia
Ensuring long-term protection of rare endemic plants at Lake Baikal, Russia
Denis Sandanov
The initial CLP-funded project helped us to conduct botanical surveys and monitoring of rare plants on Lake Baikal. The main purpose of this project is to organize the long-term protection of all rare endemic plants...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Russia
Environmental and human influences on the distribution of birds in the Western Amazon, and implications for conservation planning
Lazarus Pomara
Causes of biogeographic diversity may include spatial and temporal variability in ecological conditions, dispersal abilities of species, and historical climate changes. Additional complexity is contributed by human influences, including agriculture, hunting, and forestry. This research...
Environmental planning and education in Cerro Verde, the first coastal marine protected area in Uruguay
Milagros Lopez-Mendilaharsu
This proposal seeks to consolidate the work of diverse organizations in the area, strengthening and impelling the implementation and the participatory management on the first Coastal-Marine Protected Area in Cerro Verde, Uruguay. With the support...
Eritrea ’94
Mike Morrison
The aim of the expedition was to conduct a baseline marine survey of the southern part of the archipelago, to identify primary marine habitat type and their main constituent genera. This information was used to...
Establishing a Conservation Network for Protection of Threatened Cave-dwelling Bats in Turkey
Emrah Çoraman
Globally threatened cave-dwelling bat species in Turkey are under threat by increasing mining and construction activities, cave tourism, and by human disturbance. Lack of population data and legal protection status of underground roosts of globally...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Turkey
Establishing a mangrove alliance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Laura Perdomo
The BirdLife Americas Program has identified the establishment of a Mangrove Alliance as a priority for 2010 in delivering key components of the Important Bird Area and Preventing Extinctions Programs and the flyways initiative. Its...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Dominican Republic
Establishing a stakeholder participation-based gharial conservation programme in Katernia
Gaurav Vashistha
The gharial is a freshwater crocodile, endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Girwa river in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary has the second-largest breeding gharial population, which has been isolated to a 20 km stretch since 1976 due...
Award Year: 2022
Country: India
Establishing baseline data for the conservation of the Critically Endangered Isabela oriole, Philippines
Joni Acay & Nikki Dyanne Realubit
The Isabela oriole, (Oriolus isabellae), is one of the least known Philippine bird species. Endemic to Luzon, it is Critically Endangered and probably survives in the last remaining lowland forests of this island. With its...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Philippines
Establishing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and improving MPA/fisheries management in Cambodia
Morokot Long
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 students whom have expressed interest...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Cambodia
Estimating population density of elephants in Taman Negara
Jessica Tay Mui Li & Lalita Gomes
Estimating the population of Maire’s yew and engaging communities in conservation in Nepal
Reshu Bashyal
Nepal hosts three Taxus species, Taxus contorta distributed west to central Nepal, Taxus wallichiana in central to east Nepal and Taxus mairei is scattered in Kavrepalanchok, Makwanpur and Sindhuli districts of central Nepal. Taxus are...
Award Year: 2018
Country: Nepal
Eurasian bridge ’99 : bat research in north-western Turkey
Arpat Ozgul
An investigative project aiming to locate and identify the populations of threatened bat species in north-western Turkey. This, the first study of its kind, will provide much needed information and by setting up the first...
Evaluating threatened primates in Caquetá, Colombia
Javier Enrique Garcia Villalba
The National Parks of Cordillera de los Picachos and Upper Fragua Indi Wasi, and the municipality of Valparaiso are conservation zones of international importance. Here, a number of primate species - Ateles belzebuth (VU), Aotus...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Colombia
Evaluation of Important Sites for Flamingos in the Bolivian Altiplano: Raising Awareness for Wetland Conservation
Maria Sol Aguilar
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 possible solutions. We will conduct...
Evaluation of present distribution and condition of the manatee in Cuanza River
Edson Marcus Tuenongoa de Carvalho
The wide distribution of the African manatee along the west coast of Africa contrasts with the low level of information about the biology and present status of the species, particularly in Angola. The objectives of...
Evaluation of threatened amphibians in Colombian key sites
Victor Fabio Luna Mora
The Alliance for Zero extinction initiative by members of the BP Conservation Award partnership have identified over 26 sites of vital importance to CR and EN amphibians in Colombia. Seventeen of those sites are wholly...
Expanding protected areas in Argun Midflow and bird monitoring network in Daurai ecoregion on Russia-China-Mongolia border
Evgeny Simonov, Cong Lulu
In 2007 we documented and publicized the fact that wetlands of Argun River are critically endangered due to lack of conservation management and expanding human pressures in the dry phase of local climate cycle. In...
Award Year: 2008
Country: China/Russia
Expedition to survey status and threats of Globally-threatened bird species in South Nguruman Important Bird Area, Kenya
Anne Okelo
South Nguruman, located in the southernmost part of Kenya, consists of diverse habitats with vegetation ranging from Acaacia tortilis woodland on the plains, dense Acacia commiphora bush on the lower slopes of rift Valley escarpment,...
Facilitating avian conservation in post-logging lowland rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia
Muhammad Nazri Janra
Harapan Rainforest (HRF) is a post-logging lowland rainforest in Sumatra. It encompasses an IBA, represents a critically endangered ecosystem, and hosts a pioneering conservation program. Our project proposes a set of activities welcomed by HRF...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Indonesia
Facilitative conservation – crocodiles as a proactive conservation model, Lake Nasser
Ekramy Mohammed Elabassery Elabassery
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 in conservation to a paradigm...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Egypt
Fernando de Noronha’s Shark Project: Participative Fisheries Monitoring in Brazil
José Garcia Junior
Fernando de Noronha is an important shark nursery in the equatorial Atlantic that was commercially exploited for five years. Although part of the local population considers sharks as important ecotourism resources, juveniles are still captured...
FFI Cambodia programme Species Conservation Internship
Trang Nguyen
Trang Nguyen will participate in a range of FFI Cambodia’s species conservation projects across three FFI Cambodia programmes: Marine, Flagship Species and the University Capacity Building project. Trang will assist in implementing a number of...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Cambodia
FFI Tajikistan programme support and research intern: contributing to fruit and nut forest conservation
Yusufjon Qobilov
This internship will provide Yusufjon Qobilov with the opportunity to work as an integrated member of FFI Tajikistan, gaining exposure to the day-to-day workings of an international conservation NGO, with on-the-job training and networking opportunities....
Field internship on monitoring wildlife, tourism impact and chimpanzee habituation in Nyungwe National Park
Protais Niyigaba
The goal of the internship is to provide valuable experience and practical knowledge of various aspects of implementation, management and monitoring of a conservation project. Specific knowledge in wildlife monitoring and field techniques on chimpanzee...
Field research at the Sikhote-Alin research center
Darya Alexandrovna Maximova
The overall goal of this internship is to introduce the intern to the world of conservation research and to allow her to gain experience, leadership skills, and an understanding of how to plan and implement...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Russia
Finding and conserving the little spotted cat of the Yungas, Argentina
Erica Cuyckens
Oncilla or little spotted cat (Leopardus tigrinus) ranges from Costa Rica to northern Argentina. It is rare in the majority of its geographical extension and patchily distributed. In the Yungas region of Argentina the only...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Argentina
Finding Napo: conservation of Napoleon Wrasses and rare corals at Namu Atoll
Maria Berger
Rare coral reef animals are highly endangered by the present threats imposed on reefs, yet a lack of information on their distribution, abundance and population dynamics means that rare species are seldom considered in conservation...
First characterization of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCE) in Cozumel, Mexico
Erika Belen Gress Hernandez
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) (reefs at 30-150 m depth) have been poorly explored due to inaccessibility, but are likely to be buffered from shallow reef impacts because of the depth at which they are found....
Award Year: 2016
Country: Mexico
Five threatened species at Western Andes of Colombia
Karolina Fierro-Calderon
The study areas have been transformed severely, with the original landscape converted to agriculture and pasture for cattle. Our main objectives are a) to determine the population density of five threatened species in two protected...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Colombia
For sustainable recovery of grey-shanked douc monkeys in Vietnam
THANG LONG HA
To prepare a handbook and train local teachers as a way to increase conservation awareness in the project area. Project update: “After receiving the final instalment of the KSMA funding, the second training course was...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Vietnam
For sustainable recovery of grey-shanked douc monkeys in Vietnam
Thang Long Ha
This project is designed to ensure the sustainable recovery of the grey-shanked douc monkey population in Kon Ka Kinh National Park as well as to educate local people about the conservation value of the species....
Award Year: 2010
Country: Vietnam
Forest bird status in eastern Nepal
Tim Dodman
The forests of eastern Nepal are unique in the country and are at considerable risk of degradation and destruction. Within a relatively small area there is a high diversity of forest types and associated fauna...
Fostering local support for the conservation of the Endangered Preuss’s monkey on the Obudu Plateau, Nigeria
Ebenezer Eyituoyo Ofuya
The population size and distribution of the Preuss’s monkey (Allochrocebus preussi), which is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species (Cronin et al., 2019), has been severely depleted by hunting...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Nigeria
Freshwater turtle conservation in the Nanling Nature Reserve, Guangdong, China
Shiping Gong
The Nanling Nature Reserve is located in the Nanling Mountain Ecoregion, northern Guangdong, one of the globally critical areas for biodiversity conservation. It has at least 7 endangered freshwater turtle species which are endangered due...
Award Year: 2009
Country: China
Frogs of Gede-Pangrango: a follow-up proposal for the conservation of frogs in West Java, Indonesia
Mirza Kusrini
The Frogs of Gede-Pangrango Project aims to increase awareness of frog research and conservation and extend research based on the first years results. We proposed four activities: 1) frog conservation education to primary students and...
From fish spawning aggregations to effective Marine Protected Areas in Brazil
Matheus Oliveira Freitas
This follow-up initiative aims to provide support for the expansion and adaptive co-management of the Abrolhos Bank Marine Protected Area (MPA) network, Brazil. Results from the initial award backed-up proposals for an additional MPA (first...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Brazil
Frontier social conservation action and research on horseshoe crabs in Indonesia
Hanifa Miranda
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 ‘living fossil’, one of them...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Indonesia
Future-proofing endangered species conservation in Anguilla
Marlene Horsford
The goal of this internship is to train an emerging conservation leader on the impacts of climate change on Anguilla’s endangered plant and reptile species and the development and implementation of practical conservation actions to...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Anguilla
Galapagos marine survey 1991
John Brierley
Although the terrestrial ecology of the Galapagos Islands is well-known, little work has been done on the off-shore marine environment. Ten subtidal sites were surveyed by divers to establish quantitative baseline data on the marine...
Galapagos marine survey phase II
John Brierley
With a proven track record of achievement in marine conservation in Galápagos - following the successful completion of Galápagos Marine Survey 1991 - the aim of the Phase II follow-up project was to return with...
Gauging the impact of conservation education: an evaluation of conservation capacity building projects in Liberia
Ernest B. Waylee
The overall goal is to give an early career Liberian conservationist the opportunity to work within a busy international NGO office, supporting their professional development through exposure to, and engagement in various stages of project...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Liberia
Gaynawaan 2004: conservation of threatened vertebrates at Mount Sinaka, Mindanao
Jayson Ibanez
This project will step-up the conservation of Mount Sinaka, a 19 sq km Important Bird Area (IBA), by focusing research and monitoring on globally threatened and indicator vertebrates, which are cost-effective conservation surrogates and umbrellas...
Generating public support for bird conservation in Cambodia
Taing PorChhay
The objective of this internship is to build the conservation capacity of a fresh university graduate who will establish a bird watching and nature club in Cambodia. Within a 6 month project period, the intern...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Cambodia
Geographic Information Systems and Monitoring Information System Reporting
Phlong Nguon Leng
The overall goal of the internship is to help CI – Greater Mekong organize its GIS data/information, support an on-going prioritization process to target national areas for ecosystem importance, and maintain the Monitoring Information System Reporting...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Cambodia
Gharial conservation in India: a research, outreach, and training program
Laurel Converse and Abhijit Das
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a critically endangered crocodilian existing only in India and Nepal. India’s Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary contains a breeding population vital to the survival of the species. However this population is threatened...
Award Year: 2008
Country: India
GIS climate change, resilient altitudinal gradient mapping and modeling
Fides Kirimi
The overall goal of the internship is to develop Fides' skills in geospatial mapping analysis and concurrently support the BirdLife Africa Secretariat in this important area of work. Using the Climate Resilient Altitudinal Gradient (CRAG)...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Kenya
Globally threatened birds of the Russian west
Ismail Nigmatoulline
Little is known of the globally threatened birds that live in the virtually untouched habitats of the Kaliningrad region of Western Russia. The lesser white-fronted goose, the ferruginous duck, the spotted eagle and the aquatic...
Globally threatened birds of the valley of the Desna River and their protection
Gleb Gavris
The Desna River in the Ukraine is one of the Eastern Europe's largest undeveloped wetlands. Working in a 172 sq. km. area at the top of the river this project will investigate the status, distribution...
Gola Forest Project, Sierra Leone 1988
Gary Allport
A survey of the forest's avifauna to determine the relative importance of forest areas with different logging and hunting pressures, with particular attention given to the endemic and threatened birds of the forest. To work...
Greater adjutant conservation through community participation in Assam, India
Purnima Devi Barman
The greater adjutant stork is the most threatened stork in the world and its population is decreasing. Many historic breeding colonies of this colonial nesting bird are missing now and the bird is probably facing...
Award Year: 2012
Country: India
Green Corridor Leadership: biodiversity conservation with social involvement in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina
Diego Varela
Misiones (Argentina) contains one of the major Atlantic Forest remnants; nevertheless, deforestation threatens to isolate them. Since 2002, we have been working in the corridor between Urugua-í and Foerster parks. This proposal aims to consolidate...
Green corridor leadership: biodiversity conservation with social involvement in the Atlantic forest of Argentina
DIEGO VARELA
To preserve ancient forest in the Misiones province of northern Argentina, a project with which Kate had been personally associated. Project update, 2010: “The Urugua-í-Foerster Biological Corridor Project developed by Conservación Argentina (CA) has made...
Award Year: 2006
Country: Argentina
Habitat assessment for a threatened keystone marsupial in Patagonia
Mariano Rodriguez-Cabal
The northern portion of the temperate forest of South America harbors a unique triangle of keystone species comprised of a hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes), a mistletoe (Tristerix corymbosus), and the marsupial, monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)....
Habitat conservation of globally threatened spot-billed pelicans in Sri Lanka
Kanchana Weerakoon Ranasinghe
Now we have identified main reasons for habitat degradation of Pelicans and other water birds who occupy the man made tanks in Sri Lanka. The man made tanks (previously home to many threatened birds) are...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Sri Lanka
Habitat conservation of globally threatened spot-billed pelicans in Sri Lanka
KANCHANA WEERAKOON RANASINGHE
To train and qualify 20 young people with no previous experience in conservation. Project update: “The Kate’s Award-funded training programme conducted in 2008/9 was the first ever environmental conservation training programme for village youths aged...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Sri Lanka
Habitat loss and fragmentation in the Caldenal savanna region, Argentina
Mariano Gonzalez Roglich
The Caldenal is a semiarid savanna ecosystem of about 170,000 km2 located in central Argentina. This semiarid open forest system, dominated by Calden (Prosopis caldenia) and grasslands, is frequently interrupted by dunes, wetlands and lagoons....
Habitat mapping and conservation of horseshoe crabs in India
Siddhartha Pati
Tachypleus gigas is abundantly distributed along the eastern coast of Odisha, India. The presence of these horseshoe crabs in coastal zones indicates environmental health, as only optimal conditions are suitable for their survival, reproduction and development....
Award Year: 2018
Country: India
Habitat requirements and management for Siberian cranes at Momoge, China
Liu Chunyue
The Siberian crane is listed as a critically endangered by IUCN. In recent years, over 80% of the world’s population of Siberian crane used Momoge wetlands for 1.5 months during the migration season. Due to...
Award Year: 2010
Country: China
Habitat restoration and corridors creation to enhance conservation of the Pampean sand-dune lizard
Germán Tettamanti
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 to a few patches of...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Argentina
Hainan Island ’99: a conservation expedition for rainforest endangered birds and mammals
Hu Huijian
Focusing on four small reserve areas in the mountainous region of southern Hainan Island, this team of six Chinese graduate students and three reserve staff aim to clarify the current status of threatened species endemic...
Hainan Island’ 2001
Hu Huijian
Project "Hainan Island' 2001" (HI2001) will continue the work of the Project "Hainan Island' 99" (HI99). Project HI99 is the continuity of the Project "Census on Land Wildlife in Hainan" (CLWH), which was carried out...
Halmahera ’94: a University of Bristol expedition to Indonesia
James MacKinnon
The 12-person British/Indonesian team undertook a biodiversity study to support the establishment and future management of the proposed Lolobata reserve on the Indonesian island of Halmahera. Five sites were surveyed along the proposed north-west boundary...
Hard corals mapping for Semporna, Malaysia
Choo Poh Leem
The main aim of this project is to complete the mapping for threatened species of coral, measuring their abundance and distribution in Semporna. At the same time, this project will provide education and awareness to...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Malaysia
Harnessing the potential of promising conservation leaders to conserve South Sudan’s unique biodiversity
Emmanuel Kutiote Justin Omer
In a conflict-affected country with limited resources and capacity, FFI South Sudan aims to support the Wildlife Service and local communities to better conserve their rare but little known biodiversity and manage their Protected Areas....
Award Year: 2019
Country: South Sudan
Herp watch Palawan 2001
Arvin Cantor Diesmos
Herp Watch Palawan 2001 is a collaborative project of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Haribon Foundation, and Palawan State University. It aims to collect information on systematics and ecology of amphibians and reptiles from the forested...
Hornbills and people: building an alliance for conservation in North Bengal, India
Karishma Pradhan
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 Himalaya global biodiversity hotspot) harbours...
Award Year: 2021
Country: India
Hornbills: Connecting environment, economy and culture in Bhutan
Sherub
Hornbills are the farmers of the forest. They are large, fruit-eating birds which live in sub-tropical forests of Asia and Africa. Because of their ability to commute over long distances, they are of extreme importance...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Bhutan
Humpback dolphin social ecology under anthropogenic threats in Langkawi, Malaysia
Teoh Zhi Yi
Multiple uses of coastal habitats pose a great challenge for conservation of coastal marine mammals. The Langkawi Archipelago is Malaysia’s top tourism destination and an intense fishing ground. It hosts the poorly studied Indo-Pacific humpback...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Malaysia
Identification and protection of important bat caves in Turkey
Emrah Coraman
Many of the cave habitats that are important for bat populations in Turkey are under constant pressure due to factors such as cave tourism, construction of water dams, and stone quarries. The lack of information...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Turkey
Identification of indices affecting local capacity for community conservation action in Peten
Nikolay Kazakov
For local communities to be able to actively and successfully participate in conservation they need to have a capacity to do that. Therefore, building local capacity for community conservation action (LCCCA) has become an important...
Identification of upland rainforest species in the Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park buffer zone
Cecil Valmores
The Mount Kitanglad Range is located in Northern Mindanao in the Philippines, and contains the second highest peak in the country. It is still densely forested and is considered to be one of the critical...
Impact assessment of fuelwood and charcoal production on the forest cover in the Ituri landscape
Pacifique Madibi Mubamba
The overall goal of the internship is to conduct an analysis of the impact of fuelwood and charcoal production on the Ituri forest landscape. Data from field-based information on the demand from North Kivu and...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Impacts, alternative solutions and awareness of mobula fisheries in Indonesia
Betty Laglbauer & Anindita Rustandi
Great concern has been raised regarding the vulnerability of mobula rays to overfishing in Indonesia, due to the increasing demand for mobulid gill rakers in the Chinese medicine market. Although mantas benefit from a large...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Indonesia
Implementing a community-based conservation management zone to protect the red siskin in Guyana
Leroy Aloyshius Ignacio
Our project will leverage grassroots support to provide a framework for the protection of the Endangered red siskin through the development of an innovative community-based conservation management zone in southern Guyana. Drawing on our detailed...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Guyana
Implementing the Oceanscapes policy framework in Fiji
Zahida Khan
This internship will develop a future woman leader in the Pacific. The intern will have developed understanding of the Pacific Oceanscape framework implementation in political and sustainable economical contexts under the regional governance regime. Furthermore,...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Fiji
Improving biodiversity conservation and management of Marine Protected Areas in the SWA-Uruguay
Angel Segura
Within the framework of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Uruguay has committed to protect 30% of its territory by 2030, but has reached only 1% at the moment. Government initiatives and implementation of...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Uruguay
Improving Community Capacity for Salmon Conservation on Sakhalin Island, Russia
Sergey Didenko
The remaining population of the endangered Sakhalin taimen, an ancient apex predator salmonid, is centered on Sakhalin island, Russia. The population continues to be on severe decline due to impacts of extractive industries, poaching and...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Russia
Improving community-based conservation of Lake Kuyucuk Ramsar Site, Turkey
Emrah Coban
In just four years at Lake Kuyucuk, the team has achieved quick results. The lake has been designated as a Ramsar site, a European Destinations of Excellence, and a Sustainable Ecotourism Destination by the Turkish...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Turkey
Improving Fledgling Recruitment and Habitat Quality for the Yellow-shouldered Parrot at Margarita island, Venezuela
Laurie Fajardo
Margarita Island is a threatened species hotspot. It is home to the yellow shouldered parrot, whose survival depends on active management interventions. In the absence of protection, 100% of monitored nests are regularly poached. Here,...
Improving hand raising techniques of one of the top 25 turtles on death row
Raiza Barahona Fong
The overall goal of the internship is to develop and test an upgrade strategy to improve the hand raising techniques of Dermatemys mawii in the Maya Forest. WCS will take advantage of the lessons learned...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Guatemala
Improving livestock production and biodiversity conservation in Mexico
MARINÉS DE LA PEÑA DOMENE
The team plan to build on the success of their 2012 CLP Future Conservationist Award project by further improving connectivity between forest fragments in the Los Tuxtlas region in Veracruz and transforming conventional pastures into...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Mexico
Improving survival chance of the Liben lark, Ethiopia
Alazar Daka Ruffo
The Liben Plain in Ethiopia was once the most productive pastoral land in East Africa. Presently, its degradation in the form of overgrazing, bush encroachment and expansion of agricultural activities is taking place endangering the...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Ethiopia
Improving the local capacity to integrate research, education, and ecotourism into meaningful sea turtle management in Ghana
Andrews Agyekumhene
Ghana is home to five of the world’s seven species of endangered sea turtles, but unfortunately sea turtles face harvesting, egg poaching, disorientation, and degraded habitat on the nesting beaches. The primary risk to their...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Ghana
Incidental capture of seabirds survey in coastal fisheries
Leandro Tamini
Incidental mortality associated to longline fishing is the main problem for the conservation of nearly all albatross and many petrel species throughout the world. The situation is so serious that 20 of the 24 albatross...
Incorporation of perceptions and attitudes of rural people into conservation planning in Patagonia
Marina Fernanda Hertel
For the intern, the overall goal is to learn about working with local people and incorporating their perceptions and attitudes into strategic conservation planning. For the host institution, the overall goal is to obtain and...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Argentina
Initiating a bycatch monitoring programme for seabirds in Turkey
Dilek Sahin
Mortality in long-line fisheries is a widely recognized threat to seabirds. Turkey holds a wide diversity of seabird species including globally important numbers of threatened Yelkouan shearwater; almost the whole estimated population is passing through...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Turkey
Initiating conservation of new hog deer population, Myanmar
Ngwe Lwin
We aim to conserve hog deer (Axis porcinus) around Indawgyi lake, the third largest freshwater lake in South East Asia. Grasslands on the lake’s eastern shore are home to a newly discovered population of hog...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Myanmar
Initiative to reduce the mortality of Ganges dolphin in Brahmaputra River, India
Abdul Wakid
By-catch mortality and poaching are the two major issues responsible for the rapid declining of the endangered Gangetic dolphin in Brahmaputra River. To reduce these threats annual mortality of dolphins through fisheries by-catch and poaching...
Award Year: 2008
Country: India
Innovative ecological research for high-priority aquatic reptiles in Sarawak, Malaysia
Siti Nor Baizurah A.Malik Chang and Anthony Pine
This study aims to conduct necessary field research to provide insight into the ecology of aquatic reptiles in Sarawak, Malaysia. Specifically, this study hopes to shed new light on species presence, habitat use, and movement...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Malaysia
Insect biodiversity of a montane rainforest expedition, Vietnam 1991
Vojtech Novotny
Working with the National Centre for Scientific Research, Hanoi, the team studied insect communities of the montane evergreen monsoon rainforest in the Tam Dao Mts (800-1000m) to provide data on the biodiversity of this unique...
Integrative conservation of the Terras Salgadas, Cape Verde
Alex Tavares
Terras Salgadas is the largest protected area on the island of Maio and the pressure put on this tranquil reserve has accelerated recently. We aim to raise awareness of locals and visitors on the importance...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Cape Verde
Intensive behavioral study of Callicebus ollallae, an endemic Bolivian titi monkey
Jesus Martinez
Inventory of the bats of Cuc Phuong National Park
Ha Thang Long
This team from the University of Hanoi aim to conduct a baseline inventory of bats within the Cuc Phong National Park, Vietnam. The study aimed to assess the status and distribution of the bat fauna...
Inventory, distribution & conservation action of the Critically Endangered Philippine forest turtle, Philippines
Pierre Fidenci
This project will assess the distribution, habitat use, relative abundance and threats to the critically endangered Philippine forest turtle in Palawan Island, Philippines, a high priority hotspot for biodiversity. In addition, the project will conduct...
Investigating preferred wet season habitats of white-shouldered and giant ibis, Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary
Sum Phearun
BirdLife International and its partners in Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary plan to establish species-specific conservation measures but request that wet season research is undertaken. Developing effective wet season monitoring programs will require logistical planning, advanced training...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Cambodia
Investigating Sustainable Coastal Tourism and Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation in Cambodia
Chad-Erwan Udom Moni Ung
The fundamental tenet underpinning this internship work is that the increase in tourism (pre-COVID-19) in Koh Rong Marine National Park must consider options to ensure that growth in tourism does not compromise the natural asset...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Cambodia
Investigating the conservation status of the pygmy hippopotamus in the Sapo National Park, Liberia
James W. Gbeaduh
The internship is aimed at developing the technical capacity of a young Liberian conservationist through training in applied research, ecological survey techniques and biomonitoring. The internship will contribute to an already existing project – ‘Building...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Liberia
Involving anglers as key stakeholders in a shark conservation programme, Argentina
Juan Martín Cuevas
Sharks are one of the most important top predators preserving equilibrium in the seas. Argentina's shark populations have dramatically decreasing due to overfishing resulting in several species being listed in the IUCN Red List from...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Argentina
Involving local communities in conservation of the imperial eagle in Georgia
Zura Javakhishvili
During the last decade in Georgia, imperial eagle populations have dramatically declined (from 53 pairs in 1991 to 10-15 pairs in 2003). This decline is caused mainly by the influence of anthropogenic factors (disturbance, habitat...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Georgia
Karumbé 2004
Milagros Mendilaharsu
The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) has experienced drastic declines over the last four decades and is presently listed as endangered throughout its range (IUCN 2000). Data collected by Karumbé since 1999 indicated that green turtles...
KARUMBÉ PROJECT: review & conservation of sea turtles in Uruguay
Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu
Up until the beginning of 1999 there were no programs for the investigation and conservation of sea turtles in Uruguay. Only in very few cases were specific studies accomplished, despite the high number of sea...
Katala quest, Northern Palawan
Indira Lacerna
The flagship species of the expedition is the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo, an endemic to the island nation. As few as 1,000 individuals may be left in the wild. The island of Palawan is the...
Kikuyu escarpment outreach project 2002
David Kuria
This research has been developed by Kijabe Environment Volunteers as concern about the continuous destruction of the Kerita forest with little or no concern from the adjacent communities. This is illustrated by few community activities...
Kimboza Project 2000: the conservation values and status of Kimboza Forest Reserve, Tanzania
Daniel Shilla
Kimboza project 2000 comprises team of students from the University of Dar es Salaam and Forest conservationists from the Ministry of Natural resources and Tourism, Tanzania. The project team will research the distribution, ecology and...
Kyabobo 1994
Jen Hurst
The Oxford University Kyabobo '94 expedition which showed that Ghana's newly formed Kyabobo National Park has a unique mixture of forest and savanna wildlife, with many rare and endangered species. The resultant follow-up initiative -...
Kyabobo conservation project 1995
Jen Hurst
The Oxford University Kyabobo '94 expedition which showed that Ghana's newly formed Kyabobo National Park has a unique mixture of forest and savanna wildlife, with many rare and endangered species. The resultant follow-up initiative -...
Land-cover and land-use changes, dynamics and impacts in the Tarangire-Simanjiro ecosystem, Northern Tanzania
Fortunata Msoffe
During the wet season, a majority of the large wild mammals lea by key migratory species such as elephant (Loxodonta africana), wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and zebra (Equus burchelli) move out of Tarangire National Park (dry...
Landuse and conservation in the Mount Loma Reserve, Sierra Leone
Philip Atkinson
This project changed rapidly from its instigation early in 1991. We originally planned to visit the Gola Forest in the east of the country to carry out faunal surveys and to survey riverine systems. However...
Last chance to save? Averting an amphibian conservation crisis in Bale, Ethiopia
Fikirte Gebresenbet Erda
The endemic amphibian species of Harenna have declined in numbers since their original description in 1986, and they are likely to become extinct without an effective and timely intervention. We plan to survey and monitor...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Ethiopia
Lesser florican community leadership programme in India
Supriya Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala
Lesser florican cannot be conserved by a site-based approach. It can only be conserved through involvement of communities with which it shares its habitat. We need to identify and train capable individuals from different stakeholder...
Award Year: 2008
Country: India
Lesser kestrel baseline survey, Turkey 1993
Stephen Parr
Five UK and 12 Turkish ornithologists, from the Turkish Society for the Conservation of Nature (DHKD), surveyed, using repeatable methods, this little known and declining species of small falcon. They also obtained estimates of white...
Linking education and research for the conservation of the Andean mountain cat
Mauro Lucherini
The Andean Mountain cat only lives in the high-altitude dry areas of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. This project arose from 3 previous surveys carried out by a Team leaded by M....
Linking flooded forests, fish and people in the Río Caquetá: a first effort to conserve floodplains in Colombia
Sandra Correa
The importance of preserving flooded forests to ensure the long-term sustainability of fish populations is rarely recognized among Colombian Amazon communities. The río Caquetá-Japurá is one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River. This...
Litterfall dynamics and nutrient inputs under different tropical forest restoration strategies in southern Costa Rica
Danielle Celentano Augusto
Tropical forests are among the most important biomes on earth. They house high levels of biodiversity, maintain critical ecosystem services, and exchange large quantities of carbon and water with the atmosphere. However, deforestation is still...
Local communities perception and distribution of giant pangolins in northwestern Tanzania
Michael Honorati Kimaro
Pangolin is the most trafficked mammal on the earth. Three species of pangolin occur in Tanzania, Temminck’s ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), white-bellied pangolins (Phataginus tricuspis), and Giant ground pangolins (Smutsia gigantea). Yet in Tanzania, their...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Tanzania
Local empowerment programme for Africa
Caroline Njoki Wamaitha
The first set of goals is for the intern to acquire the requisite skills and knowledge critical to be well positioned to take a lead role in developing the capacities of the local communities to...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Kenya
Long-term conservation planning for endemic plant species in Egypt
Karim Abdelhai Omar
Silene leucophylla, Micromeria serbaliana, Ballota kaiseri, Euphorbia obovate, and Hyoscyamus boveanus are endemic plants to the St Catherine Protected Area (SCPA) in southern Sinai, Egypt. The wild populations of S. leucophylla growing in SCPA are...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Egypt
Lorentz 95: the flora & fauna of the Nduga, Lorentz Reserve, Irian Jaya 1995-1996
Daniel Start
The expedition aims to document selected flora and fauna of the Nduga area, combining scientific fieldwork techniques and the traditional knowledge of the Nduga people. This will provide: baseline biological data on understudied taxa, giving...
Mache-Chindul ’94, Ecuador
Andrew Mudd
An ornithological survey carried out during September 1996 in the hills of Mache and Chindul, northern Manabi and southern Esmeraldas provinces, based at the fieldwork centre of Fundacion Jatun Sacha in the Bilsa Biological Reserve....
Macroalgae taking over Caribbean coral reefs: searching for management solutions
Renata Ferrari Legorreta
The current research investigates the effects of seaweed competition on coral growth rate and survival. While previous work has shown that seaweed can reduce growth rate, fecundity and survival of corals, most of these studies...
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle
Steffen Brogger-Jensen
Search for the Madagascar Serpent-Eagle (Eutriorchis astur), which has not been seen since the 1930s.View Project
Mangaia 96: conservation in the Cook Islands
Camilla Baker
The team investigated the status, distribution and habitat of rats and landbirds on Mangaia, Cook Islands. The Mangaia Kingfisher (Todirhamphus ruficollaris) was more abundant than anticipated. The preliminary population estimate was 582 +/- 181 (80%...
Mannophryne olmonae: an ecological study in Tobago (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
Jahson Berhane Alemu I
Mannophryne olmonae is a poorly studied endemic to Tobago, listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. The population has undergone a rapid decline, over the last three generations (Hardy, 2004). An ecological study of M....
Marine turtle project 2005: implementing a local community action plan to save marine turtles in Kenya
Simmons Nzuki
All 5 species of marine turtles occurring in Kenya’s marine waters i.e. Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, lepidochelys olivacea, Caretta caretta and Dermochelys coriacea are listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as either endangered or...
Marsh deer project – proyecto ciervo de los pantanos
Santiago D'Alessio
This project will make the first quantitative assessment of the southern most population of the globally threatened Marsh deer (Blastoceros dichotomus) in the Paraná delta where the Paraná and Uruguay rivers flow into the river...
Marsh deer project 2003
Santiago D'Alessio
This project aims to increase basic scientific information about the globally threatened marsh deer biology, and its' distribution and natural habitat in Delta del Paraná, the southern limit of its' geographical distribution. The main objectives...
Marsh deer project 2005
Santiago D'Alessio
After long years of work, supported and accompanied by the BP Conservation Programme, we have obtained not only an invaluable amount of new information on the biology of the Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and the...
Meet the last population of the Marquesan kingfisher in French Polynesia
Thierry Autai
The Marquesan kingfisher (Todiramphus godeffroyi) became a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN red list in 2009 because one of the two populations of this species was declared extinct in 2005 on Hiva Oa. For...
Award Year: 2011
Country: French Polynesia
Merg expedition to Tsaratanana, Madagascar 1989
Paul Thompson
A survey in RNI Tsaratanana, one of the largest rainforest reserves and which includes the highest mountain in Madagascar. Surveys will investigate: forest extent and exploitation, rainforest structure, birds (particularly endemic and threatened species), reptiles,...
Mexico’s KBA/IBA delineation and refinement
Victor Manuel Vargas Canales
Migration and conservation of eastern Pacific green turtles
Blanco, Gabriela
The eastern Pacific Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) inhabits the waters of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, which makes it vulnerable to fishing activity by those countries. Declines in populations...
Migration pattern and population genetic structure of the lesser long-nosed bat in Arizona and Mexico
Judith Ramirez
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 wintering and breeding grounds. There...
Mitigating biodiversity extinctions in Ghana: the case of the endemic Bobiri reed frog
Amaning Kwarteng David
This project is aimed at giving a fighting chance of survival to the endemic and endangered Bobiri reed frog (Hyperolius bobirensis) through research and action. The frog has not been seen in its type locality...
Mitigating human-crane conflict in Driefontein Grasslands, Central Zimbabwe
Togarasei Fakarayi
The globally threatened wattled (Grus carunculatus) and grey crowned (Balearica regulorum) cranes are wetland dependent birds and found in the Driefontein Grasslands. They are reported to forage in crop fields resulting in conflict with humans....
Award Year: 2010
Country: Zimbabwe
Mitigation of forest fragmentation in Aghanashini Lion-tailed Macaque Conservation Reserve, India
K. Santhosh
Aghanashini Lion-tailed Macaque Conservation Reserve (ACR), a newly formed protected area, contains many endemic and endangered species including the largest population of lion-tailed macaque (LTM). It also inhabits a large human population highly dependent on...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Mobilising local and international support for conservation of migratory birds through online tools and media
Vincent Otieno Onyango
The aim of this internship is to support an early career conservationist with an opportunity to assist BirdLife International to create a new linked-up network of people and organisations contributing to the conservation of migratory...
Award Year: 2017
Country: Kenya
Mobilizing students to advocate shared spaces for humans and leopards in a human-dominated agricultural rural landscape
Vaibhav Bhogale
Nashik district (Maharashtra) is a densely populated agricultural rural landscape inhabited by the leopard, where many instances of leopard attacks on livestock and people are recorded. Our goal is to use the district’s student network...
Award Year: 2022
Country: India
Monitor 2000: Hungarian amphibian biodiversity monitoring & education project
Brandon Anthony
In Hungary, amphibian conservation is a relatively new focus but has been recognized as an area of need. To address this problem, survey methods (road call count) were tested in Hungary during 1998. MONITOR 2000...
Monitor 2002
Brandon Anthony
MONITOR 2000 is a follow-up initiative designed to introduce this time and cost-effective amphibian monitoring method to volunteers in Hungary, and other representatives of Central & Eastern European (CEE) countries. Results from the surveys will...
Monitoring and conservation of Globally Threatened species in Azerbaijan
Shahin Isayev
Azerbaijan is one of Europe's biodiversity hotspots, especially for many globally and near threatened species of breeding, migrating and resting birds, and it serves as a bottleneck through which many species pass. Research and conservation...
Monitoring and Conservation of Tibetan Antelopes and other mid-large size Mammals along Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Highway
Lin Xia
The Qinghai-Tibet Highway and the accompanying new railway are major passages between Tibet and the hinterlands which pass through three national nature reserves and along the main migration route of the Tibetan antelope. Railways have...
Monitoring and conservation strategies of dugong in northern Mozambique
Gelica Eugenio Inteca
The idea of the project comes from the involvement of the three project team members in an international cooperation project implemented inside the Quirimbas National Park (QNP), which allowed them to acquire information about the...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Mozambique
Monitoring and habitat rehabilitation for Sharpe’s longclaw in Kinangop, Kenya
Martin Wachira Mwangi
This project will contribute towards efforts to conserve the unique highland Kinangop Grasslands Nature Reserve and its unique biodiversity. The grasslands are a stronghold of the Endangered Sharpe's longclaw and home to other important avifauna...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Kenya
Monitoring and Nominating Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas in Ghana
Joseph Afrifa
Joseph will provide regional support to BirdLife International Partners regarding Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) monitoring and updates, and Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) nomination. This will take the form of training, identifying data sources,...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Ghana
Monitoring harlequins frogs in Sierra Nevada, Colombia
Luis Alberto Rueda Solano
The decline of Harlequin frog populations (Atelopus spp) have been documented as the most alarming case of species loss in recent history. The main threats to their populations are the fungal disease chytridiomycosis and climate...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Colombia
Monitoring Important Bird Areas in Moldova to improve conservation management
Vitalie Ajder
Moldova is a small country at the eastern border of the European Union where development takes priority over environmental issues. Moldovan biodiversity is still in good condition due to the continued practice of traditional agricultural...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Moldova
Monitoring key sites for white-headed duck in Kazakhstan
Alyona Shmalenko
The white-headed duck, a globally threatened species is currently classified as Endangered by the IUCN. The largest sub-population of white-headed duck is in Central Asian and is declining for unknown reasons. We aim to identify...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Kazakhstan
Monitoring of Globally Threatened bird species in the Tengiz Lakes region in Central Kazakhstan
Maxim Koshkin
The Tengiz Lakes Region, covering the area of a proposed UNESCO-Biosphere Reserve with the existing Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, is one of the biodiversity hotspots in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. It covers vast but fragile...
Monitoring otter populations and combating poaching through stakeholder participation in India
Nisarg Prakash
Otters are ambassadors of wetland ecosystems. Being top predators, they have been severely affected by loss of riparian habitats to agriculture and other anthropogenic activities like sand mining, hydroelectric projects and the usage of dynamite...
Award Year: 2012
Country: India
Morant Cay research 1996
Catherine Michael
This joint University of London/University of the West Indies project set out to follow the IUCN recommendations "studies should be undertaken... with a view to declaration of the area as a marine park or conservation...
Mount Mabu conservation project field focal point
Momad Danif Satar Ernesto Remane
The internship will support the professional development and learning process of a technical person and at the same time contribute for the establishment of a conservation area through an inclusive participatory process where the communities...
Mulanje 97
Nicola Beharrell
Mount Mulanje, situated in the far south-east corner of Malawi, is the largest mountainous massif in the afromontane archipelago. Working in this unique area the project aims to highlight the conservation issues and shape future...
NACRES’ large carnivore monitoring programme
Ivane Skhirtladze & Giorgi Mamadashvili
Nakanai ’93: an Oxford University expedition to New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea
Jonathan Clay
The original plan, a survey of the montane avifauna of the Nakani Mountain range, New Britain Island, had to be abandoned due to access problems. In collaboration with the Pacific Heritage Foundation and the West...
Nepenthes project 2001
Nana Hernawati
The pitcher plant (Nephenthes) is a carnivorous straggling climber whose stems can reach up to 70 ft in length and whose trumpet shaped 'pitchers' can hold up to two litres of fluid. Nephenthes Project 2001...
Nepenthes project 2002
Nana Hernawati
Few studies of Nepenthes in West Sumatera are known, such as Rusjdi Tamin (1983) and Muhammadin (1994). It is only give some information about 12 species of Nepenthes. From these studies, we can not determine...
Newcastle University Project Mermaid: Venezuela expedition 1992
Lucy Ward
A biological survey of vertebrate species concentrating on the manatees in two river systems in a mangrove ecosystem: Cano La Brea, an undisturbed waterway where the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is found and Cano...
Njule 92: an Oxford University expedition to Tanzania 1992
Neil Hanna
New transect techniques were used to determine the relative densities and the distribution of the Black-and-rufous Elephant shrew, Rhynchocyon petersi (Kiswahili name: Njule) in several natural forest habitats including the Pugu, Ruvu, Kazimzumbwi and Kiono...
Nosy Hara 2000
Jessica Metcalf
This collaborative expedition between The Universities of Antananarivo and Oxford will carry out research and provide equipment and training to facilitate further sea turtle conservation efforts in Madagascar. A baseline survey of the flora and...
Nottingham University Bolivia Project 1992
Adam White
A team of six British and five Bolivian students carried out surveys of the reserve's avifauna and established collaborative links between the two institutions involved. Problems were encountered due to unseasonal rainfall (the wettest winter...
Novel coral nursery designed to improve survivorship growth and increase biodiversity.
Juan Luis Sanchez Gonzalez
One of the most characteristic features of coral reef ecosystems is their high biological diversity. This exuberant biological diversity has been linked to the high structural complexity often observed in coral reefs ecosystems. They offer...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Puerto Rico
Numbers and distribution of rare birds of southeast area of Western Siberia
Evgenii Murzachanov
The purpose of the given project is to gain new information on numbers and distribution Oxyura leucocephala, Vanellus gregarious and other waterfowl in territory of lakes and steppes of a southeast part of Western Siberia. At...
Oakham school expedition to Madagascar 1992
Tim Gunn
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 the dominant trees with swards...
Occupancy modelling to determine wildlife corridors at Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
Walona Burkie Sehularo
This project will carry out multi-species occupancy modelling for the western boundary of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (MPNP) in Botswana to assess the main transgression points that species use to leave and enter the...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Botswana
Operation Moheli: linking conservation of marine flagship species with sustainable development, Comoros
Fouad Abdou Rabi
Moheli Marine Park harbours internationally-significant nesting sites for endangered sea turtles and one of the last havens for the vulnerable dugong. The Park is managed by 'ecogardes' elected by each village but there is currently...
Options in Yala: wetland management for locals, sustainable development and biodiversity conservation
Francis Mungai Mwaura
Yala wetland in Kenya’s Lake Victoria Basin is the country’s largest papyrus swamp and contains numerous threatened fauna. It serves as a natural filter for agro-pollutants and effectively removes silt that would otherwise be deposited...
Ornate paradisefish conservation in Sri Lanka
P.K. Tharushi Malshani
Malpulutta kretseri, the ornate paradisefish, is a very beautiful and endangered endemic freshwater fish species in Sri Lanka, which has highly specific habitat preferences. Unfortunately, its population has significantly declined due to anthropogenic impacts, including habitat...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Sri Lanka
Ornithological survey of the coast of Libya, 1993
Peter Meininger
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 sites were located, and other...
Ornithology survey of Mounts Namuli & Chiperone, Mozambique
Keith Barnes
The main aim of the project is to assess the current status of the forests and their birds on Mount Chiperone and the Namuli Massif, Northern Mozambique. These almost unknown sites are arguably the two...
Oxford Univerity Silhouette expedition
Justin Gerlach
The aim of this expedition was to characterise the Pisonia sechellarum forest on Silhouette Island, Seychelles. The island has important populations of rare animals, especially the Sechelles sheath-tailed bat (Coleura seychellensis silhouettae), endemic Amphibia and...
Oxford University Comoro Islands butterfly survey 1992
Owen Lewis
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 (Papilo aristophontes) - and eight...
Oxford University conservation expedition to Mexico 1992
Keith Gardner
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 plants and of the general...
Oxford University Eritrea ’96: an environmental assessment of the mangroves of Hergigo and Arafaile
Sarah Webb
Students from the University of Oxford in association with Eritrean scientists conducted a preliminary socio-environmental assessment of the mangrove communities in the Semhar region of the country. Three mangroves have thus far been surveyed: Hergigo,...
Oxford University expedition to Sabah 1991
Caroline Robson
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 of all corals was recorded....
Oxford University expedition to Sabah, Malaysia 1994
Victoria Chester
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 Rahman National Park. Baseline data...
Oxford University Expedition To The Cook Islands 1991
Stephen Swabey
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 in both marine and inland...
Palm species conservation in Itremo Protected Area, Madagascar
Mijoro Rakotoarinivo
Habitat loss and population decline are the main threats to the population of Dypsis decipiens and Dypsis ambositrae, respectively listed as Endangered and Critically Endangered. Both palms are native to the central highlands of Madagascar....
Award Year: 2012
Country: Madagascar
Participative research on biodiversity (R.O.B.IN) in Uruguayan artisanal red shrimp fishery
Angel Segura
Shrimps trawling by-catch is a global threat to marine biodiversity. However, the use of selective gears allows an important fraction of fishes to escape, diminishing the negative impact of shrimp fishery on marine biodiversity. The...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Uruguay
Participatory conservation of the Critically Endangered brown-headed spider monkey, Ecuador
Nancy Nathalia Fuentes Salcedo
The brown-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps fusciceps) is one of the 25 most endangered primates globally. Habitat loss and fragmentation along with hunting have caused a severe reduction in population size of this species. Furthermore,...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Ecuador
Participatory research towards the conservation of the Endangered-endemic river turtle Podocnemis lewyana in the Upper Magdalena River, Colombia
Mario Vargas-Ramirez
Podocnemis Lewyana, the Magdalena’s river turtle, is a fresh water threatened-endemic turtle species from the so-called Uraba-Magdalena eco-region in Colombia. It is considered endangered species (EN) in the IUCN red list. It has also been...
Pato serrucho ’93
Philip Benstead
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 three South American counterparts surveyed...
Photographic mark-recapture of coastal dolphins in Madagascar to inform population conservation measures
Tahina Tsiresy Rasoloarijao
The overall goal of the internship is to use photographic identification data collected between 2007 and 2013 on two species of coastal dolphins (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins) in the northwest of Madagascar...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Madagascar
Pirarucu management in Lower Jurua Extractive Reserve, Central-West Brazilian Amazon
Paula Soares Pinheiro
The largest Amazon fish, pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), has been largely overexploited. In the past decade, conservation strategies have shifted from government control to pirarucu management empowering local communities. However, the success of management efforts varies...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Brazil
Policy and markets internship: towards a greener and more sustainable economy
Farayi Madziwa
The intern is to support the overall Conservation South Africa (CSA) vision of supporting South Africa's movement towards a greener economy through conservation, restoration and sustainable use of healthy ecosystems. The intern will specifically support...
Polillo ’99: an Oxford-Los Banos university expedition
Katie Hampson
A collaboration between Oxford University and University of the Philippines at Los Banos. The expedition will study a 200 hectare remnant forest reserve and its surrounding area on the Island of Polillo; a sub-centre of...
Polillo Island, Philippines
Daniel Bennett
Giant frugivorous monitor lizards are endemic to lowland dipterocarp the Philippine Islands. Their large size, inability to fly and dependence on a small number of relatively rare fruit resources mean that they are more sensitive...
Population dynamics of Chlorocardium rodiei (Greenheart) in Guyana, South America
Sherica Nicole Isaacs
In Guyana, Chlorocardium rodiei (greenheart) is listed as a data deficient species. This tree species is of great economic importance to Guyana as the forestry sector is a major contributor to the country’s GDP. Due to the high...
Award Year: 2019
Country: Guyana
Population monitoring and awareness building for Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory in India
Sarika Baidya
Bhutanitis ludlowi (Ludlow's Bhutan Glory) is an endangered butterfly endemic to parts of Bhutan and North-East India. In India, this species is known to have only one pocket population at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh....
Award Year: 2023
Country: India
Population of Ferruginous Duck in Azerbaijan: number, distribution, migration status and vulnerability
Elchin Sultanov
This project aims to contribute to the conservation of the globally threatened Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) in Azerbaijan. There is currently no information about this species in Azerbaijan, but the network of large lakes within...
Population risk and alternative fisheries management of thresher sharks in Indonesia
Rafid Arifuddin Shidqi
Thresher sharks have recently been added to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES, Appendix II). Despite international concern, international trade is increasing and thresher sharks are not specifically highlighted for protection in Indonesia. Thresher...
Award Year: 2018
Country: Indonesia
Population status & breeding ecology of ash-breasted tit-tyrant (Anairetes alpinus, Tyrannidae)
Isabel Gomez
We will estimate the population number of the Ash Breasted Tit Tyrant using direct observations in transects through the Polylepis forests. We will mark individuals of A. alpinus in order to determine their movements through...
Population status and behavioural ecology of the critically endangered brown spider monkeys in Colombia
Andres Link
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 illegal hunting. These threats coupled...
Population status and threat assessment of vultures species in Uttarakhand, India
Khima Nand Balodi
During the 1990s to 2000s vulture populations in the Indian sub-continent have severely decreased due to poisoning of their scavenged food with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) including Diclofenac, which is widely used for treatment of...
Award Year: 2016
Country: India
Population status assessment and conservation measures of Butia Marmorii in Paraguay
Irene Gauto
Eastern Paraguay is located within the Cerrado ecoregion and is rich in local endemism. It was originally covered by dense subtropical forest interspersed with open areas of tropical savannas, yet 50% of this habitat has...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Paraguay
Population status, threats and conservation of the blue-winged goose in Ethiopia
Yihenew Aynalem
The blue-winged goose is an endemic waterfowl species, and the only member of the genus Cyanochen. It has a small declining population, roughly equating to 3,000-7,000 mature individuals, within a tiny distribution range in the...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Ethiopia
Population Surveying and Raising Awareness of Three Newly Discovered Tree Frogs in Ha Giang province
Hoa Thi Ninh
Amphibian declines are frequently compared to the extinction of the dinosaurs in the late Cretaceous and have become an icon of the current global biodiversity crisis (Mendelson et al., 2016; Wake et al., 2008). Theloderma...
Population trends and conservation status of Marca’s marmoset in the Brazilian Amazon
Felipe Ennes Silva
The Marca´s marmoset (Mico marcai) was described in 1993 based on three skins collected by the Scientific Expedition Roosevelt-Rondon in 1914. In January 2012, after almost 100 years we confirmed the presence of the species...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Brazil
Population viability of northern muriqui at Caparaó National Park, Brazil
Mariane da Cruz Kaizer
Northern muriqui Brachyteles hypoxanthus is a Critically Endangered primate endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Less than 900 muriquis survive in small wild populations in 11 isolated remaining fragments. The Caparaó National Park is one of...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Brazil
Potential threat assessment and conservation of Sclater’s monal at Mt. Gaoligong, China
Luo Xu
Sclater's Monal (Lophophorus sclateri) is endemic to the eastern Himalayas, and has been poorly known due to its remote and inaccessible habitats. Based on our long-term research work on this species, we realize that food...
Award Year: 2009
Country: China
Practical management planning within the ADEPT agrienvironment and farmer extension
Monica Beldean
The intern will: 1. plan and supervise biodiversity field work in ADEPT project areas; 2. work embedded within the ADEPT agro-environment and farmer extension team to apply results of grassland flora and fauna studies to...
Preliminary population assessment and monitoring of Baer’s pochard in central Myanmar
Thiri Dae We Aung
The goals of the internship are for Thiri Dae We Aung to improve her skills using the core count method, in scientific report writing as well as learn to identify Baer’s pochard among migratory waterbird species....
Award Year: 2014
Country: Myanmar
Preparation of conservation profiles for Stemonoporus species in Sri Lanka
Sisira Ediriweera
The scope of the project is to prepare conservation profiles for species belongs to Stemonoporus (Dipterocarpaceae) in Sri Lanka. It is an endemic genus with large number of critically endangered and endangered tree species confined...
Preventing river pollution in the rural mountains of Southwest China
Yue Gong
The intern will assist the fresh water conservation program on rural waste water treatment, artificial wetland construction, design and installation of a bio-gas digester and rain water treatment system.View Project
Award Year: 2013
Country: China
Preventing the disappearance of three frog species from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Edna Leticia González Bernal
Amphibian populations are declining globally at higher rates than other vertebrate groups. Despite its amphibian richness, conservation efforts in Mexico have not been focused on amphibian diversity. We aim to study the population status of...
Award Year: 2016
Country: Mexico
Preventing the extinction of the Critically Endangered blue-throated macaw
Edgar Gustavo Sánchez Avila
The blue-throated macaw's adult population is assumed to range between 73 and 87 pairs. Though this estimation is not supported by objective population censuses, there is reason to believe the population is small. The entire...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Bolivia
Primate survey in Nonggang National Nature Reserve
Qihai Zhou
he Nonggang National Nature Reserve is a natural refuge for many rare and endemic plants and animals. Due to habitat degradation and human interference including unregulated cultivation, firewood collection and poaching, biodiversity in the area...
Priority objectives under the ‘species’ and ‘sites’ components of BirdLife’s 2009-2012 European Programme
Tsovinar Hovhannisyan
The intern will work closely with the European Science and Data Manager to help meet several priority objectives under the ‘species’ and ‘sites’ components of BirdLife’s 2009-2012 European Programme. In particular, she will help to...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Armenia
Programme for the Conservation of Cuban Cacti
Luis Roberto Gonzalez Torres
This Programme will solve most of the problems for Cuban cactus conservation identified during the previous BPCP funded project - Conservation of Melocactus actinacanthus. The Programme for the Conservation of Cuban Cacti is aimed to...
Programme Officer, Caucasus
Mikheil Potskhishvili
The overall goal is to undertake a key supporting role within the programme; working closely with the Regional Technical Coordinator (RTC), to deliver technical, administrative and language support to conservation projects and the Tbilisi office.View Project
Award Year: 2014
Country: Georgia
Project Abiseo ’94
Charles Davies
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 north east Peru. The project...
Project Aguará ÑU
Rob Clay
Direct follow-up of Project Yacutinga. Working in the critically threatened grassland habitats of Paraguay, this project aims to ensure the long-term viability of Aguará Ñu, a cerrado site of exceptional global importance within the Reserva...
Project Atelopus: Conservation of Critically Endangered Amphibians, Colombia
Jose Oswaldo Cortes Herrera
Species Atelopus are Critically Endangered and endemic to Cundinamarca, Colombia. Although extremely poorly known, their current distributions are likely to be highly restricted and their remaining forest habitat is under intense anthropogenic pressure, in order...
Project blue swallow
Steven Evans
The blue swallow is a globally threatened sub-Saharan African grassland endemic. Grasslands are one of the most intensively inhabited and altered ecosystems. Historical and current information on blue swallow distributions in Uganda form the foundation...
Project Canopy, Paraguay ’92
Thomas Brooks
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 were surveyed, four in newly...
Project Chicamocha II: saving threatened dry forest biodiversity
Jorge Enrique Parra Bastos
The Critically Endangered Niceforo’s Wren and Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird are dependent on remnant forests in the Chicamocha canyon. Niceforo’s Wren is at risk of extinction as none of its habitat is protected and it survives in...
Award Year: 2008
Country: Colombia
Project China 2000
Hongliang Du
In Guangxi, there are 15 main habitat patches, 4 of which survive a population of more than 100 each, and others survive < 50 each (Liu, 1995). There are 4 patches located in Chongzuo and...
Project Eakihei: parrots in peril
Elliott P Toyne
After the success of Parrots in Peril 1990 and 1992 expeditions, a follow-up expedition consisting of four British and two Ecuadorian biologists continued studying the avifauna of Podocarpus National Park and the temperate forests of...
Project Emas 2000: survey on the vertebrate fauna
Flávio Rodrigues
ENP, covering 132.000 ha is the largest federal conservation unit in the Cerrado, but is virtually an island of preserved landscapes in a matrix of agro-ecosystems. ENP is covered mostly by open grasslands (68,8%), while...
Project Garuda
Pupung Firman Nurwatha
Mts. Burangrang and Tangkuban Perahu sized 4,36 ha located north of Bandung are given priority in this project. At least seven pairs of Javan Hawk-eagle were recorded here and therefore the area is an important...
Project giant otter 2001: status of the giant otter in the Parque Noel Kempff Mercado
Paul Van Damme
Project GIANT OTTER 2001 is the direct result of a project which was developed in 2000 in the river Ichilo, which forms the boundary line between Parque Carrasco and Parque Amboro. In that project, aquatic...
Project Green: Ghana rainforest expedition ’89
Stuart Nash
Six separate but related fieldwork studies by Cambridge University undergraduates centred on a comparison of primary forest with secondary rainforest selectively logged 17 years ago. Entomological research included species abundance, diversity and behaviour studies. An...
Project Hapalopsittaca: conservation of threatened parrots and their habitats in the Colombian Andes
Jorge Velasquez
Parrots are one of the most threatened bird families in the world, suffering from habitat loss, exploited for trade and heavily persecuted, yet one of the most publicly charismatic groups of living organisms. The serious...
Project Ifotaka – Madagascar phase three
Barry Ferguson
Project Ifotaka, initiated in 1998 and runner up in the BP Conservation Programme in 1999, is based in the community of Ifotaka in the southern eco-region of Madagascar. This region has been widely identified as...
Project Ifotaka 1999
Barry Ferguson
This Anglo-Malagasy expedition aims to study an un-surveyed patch of endemic spiny forest in southern Madagascar. The team of eight students represent a collaboration between the University of Durham, Tsimbazaza Botanical and zoological park and...
Project Kasigau ’98
Jim Barnes
Mount Kasigau in Kenya is potentially a vital region for biodiversity conservation if, as suspected, it supports many of the nearby Taita Hills endemic bird species. It is currently known to support a population of...
Project Knuckles 2005 phase II
Suraj Goonewardene
The Knuckles Mountain Range is home to 10 of the 15 Agamidae found in Sri Lanka. Five of the endemic species are thought to be under threat. The most well known of these is the...
Project Ngezi 1998: densities of the endemic birds of Pemba in degraded habitats
Richard Mellamby
The East coast of Africa contains a large number of bird species that occur nowhere else in the world. Many of these endemic species are threatened by loss and alteration of habitat and are vulnerable...
Project Nusa Tenggara ’96: a University of East Anglia conservation expedition to Indonesia
Stephen Henson
The Indonesian/British team will survey three proposed protected areas on the islands of West Timor and Roti, Indonesia to determine their conservation significance. The team will compare the relative biodiversity values of environmental domains (vegetation...
Project Ortalis ’96
Robert Pople
The principle aim of this bird conservation project - which was run by Ecuadorian, Argentine and British biologists - was to identify the forest remnants adjacent to Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco that contained populations of...
Project Pawi: recovery of the Trinidad piping-guan
Aidan Keane
The Trinidad piping-guan, or pawi, is considered Critically Endangered due to its extremely small population, continuing habitat loss and illegal hunting. Our project addresses several priority actions proposed in Threatened Birds of the World 2004....
Project Pelican ’99 – study of the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) on the Kuban coastal salt lake
Mikhail Dinkevich
A collaboration between Russian and German students, this project plans to survey the salt lakes of the Black and East Azov sea coasts for the rare Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus rispus). The team will consolidate and...
Project Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in Sarigol National Park, Iran
Mohammad Farhadinia
Sarigol NP is one of the last well-conserved habitats for the very little known Persian leopard in Iran. The present survey targets the leopard as one of the most endangered felids in Iran beside a...
Project Podocarpus ’95: the Cambridge conservation project and research expedition in Southern Ecuador
Francis Jiggins
An Ecuadorian and British team assessed the levels of mercury pollution from gold mining in Podocarpus National Park and near the mining town of Nambija. Samples of mercury in riverine sediments, fish muscle, wild bird...
Project proposal development and reporting for FFI
Josephine Mutuku Nzilani
The internship is office based with frequent visits to FFI project areas. It will involve project management, financial management and office administration. The internship will offer a solid understanding of FFI work, while building on...
Project Sabrewing
Floyd Hayes
This large team under the supervision of Dr Floyd Hayes studied the endangered White-tailed Hummingbird. The species is the only globally threatened species in Tobago where it is extremely vulnerable. The team gathered data on...
Project Seabirds Argentina: Conservation through Community Involvement
Leandro Luis Tamini
Through initial research on the incidental capture of sea birds, we identified two opportunities on which we could build a longer term project to conserve threatened sea birds in Argentina. Based on the high enthusiasm...
Project Tutururu
Caroline Blanvillain
The critically endangered Tutururu, or Society Island Ground dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera) is known to exist only on a few small islets in the Tuamotu island group near Tahiti. The project will search areas of its...
Project Tutururu 2
Caroline Blanvillain
In 1999 the status of the critically endangered Tutururuí, or Polynesian ground-dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera), was assessed during two expeditions visiting eight islands in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Data were also collected on the Endangered Tuamotu sandpiper...
Project Utila ’96
James Guest
The island's spectacular coral reefs have experienced an exponential increase in diving activity in the past few years. Project Utila 96 surveyed six baselines permanently marked by Project Utila 95 to monitor changes in the...
Project Yabelo: status of the Ethiopia bush crow and white-tailed swallow
Sandy Philip Watt
The Ethiopian Bush-crow and the White-tailed Swallow both have remarkably restricted ranges in southern Ethiopia and are currently classified as vulnerable. Despite their restricted range and relatively small population size, there is almost a complete...
Project Yacutinga ’95
James Lowen
The project was a follow-up to Project Canopy '92. Working with the governmental National Parks Directorate and non-governmental Fundacion Moises Bertoni (the BirdLife Partner), Project Yacutinga united 24 conservationists of seven nationalities from ten institutions....
Project Zombitse 1996: a Malagasy-Cambridge conservation expedition
David Capper
Working in collaboration with Malagasy field scientists, the project aimed to facilitate the implementation of WWF's Integrated Conservation Development Plan for the proposed Parc National Zombitse-Vohibasia. The team provided a comparative biological and socio-economic analysis...
Promoting conservation measures for Ader’s duiker in Arabuko-Sokoke, Kenya
Caroline K. Lumosi
The goals of this project are a) survey Ader's duiker population; b) determine the conservation threats faced by this species; c) establish the perspectives of the peripheral communities towards Ader's duiker and d) initiate a...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Kenya
Promoting conservation of amphibians at El Pedregal in Mexico City
Jose M. Serrano Serrano
The Pedregal ecosystem in the south valley of Mexico is one of the richest areas in terms of biodiversity and endemism. The status and threats to this biodiversity is mainly related to urban sprawl therefore,...
Award Year: 2015
Country: Mexico
Promoting conservation of threatened birds in Western Colombia
Eliana Fierro-Calderon
The Colombian Inter-Andean Slopes and Chocó Endemic Bird Areas are two of the world´s richest areas in terms of biodiversity and endemism. The status and threats to this biodiversity is largely unknown making it difficult...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Colombia
Promoting fruit and nut forest conservation through climate change research and education
Aigul Zhusupbaeva
The internship will focus on, for example, gathering information and data on climate change and assessment of likely impacts of climate change on fruit and nut forests, gathering information on the current situation of products...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Promoting public support for northern muriqui conservation and yellow fever prevention
Mariane Kaizer
Caparaó National Park is a priority area for the critically endangered northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) conservation, and the habitat for other four threatened primate species. In our previous CLP-funded project, we found dozen of brown howler...
Award Year: 2018
Country: Brazil
Promoting sustainable fishing in Sumbawa, Indonesia
Ida Ansharyani
Around 85% of the coral reefs in Indonesia are in poor condition. Sumbawa Island, Indonesia lies within the coral triangle. Most of the coral reef here has been destroyed by destructive and unsustainable fishing practices....
Award Year: 2016
Country: Indonesia
Promoting sustainable fishing to conserve the last river dolphins in Nepal
Gopal Khanal
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 population is the only potentially...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Nepal
Protecting brown spider monkeys and their habitats in a biodiversity hotspot in Colombia
Ana Gabriela de Luna Uribe
Brown spider monkeys are one the most endangered primates in the world mainly due to habitat destruction and hunting and aggravated by the absence of protected areas in the region. As we evidenced in our...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Colombia
Protecting endangered plant species of the mecrusse forest in Panda, Mozambique
Clayton Filipe de Brito Langa
Mozambique is home to several endangered plant species. However, there is little scientific information about them and some of them occur in very specific environments or with very restricted distribution in the territory. The legume...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Mozambique
Protecting priority nesting sites for Craveri’s murrelet in Mexico
Yuliana Rocío Bedolla Guzmán
Through our previous CLP project, we assessed the conservation status of the Craveri’s murrelet in the Gulf of California, Mexico, and developed a conservation action plan to address its main threats. We found that the...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Mexico
Protecting the Endangered flora of Papenkuils wetland in South Africa
Lyndre Nel
Papenkuils wetland is a biodiversity hotspot located along the Breede River. The area is designated by UNESCO and WWF as a priority site with a high conservation status and it is an irreplaceable ecological cornerstone...
Award Year: 2016
Country: South Africa
Protecting the horseshoe bats of Romania
Bücs Szilárd Lehel
All five European horseshoe bat species are listed in the European Union’s Habitats Directive, and are threatened by multiple factors, which are related to human activity and lack of awareness. Méhely's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi)...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Romania
Protecting the threatened Thorntail Mountain Lizard and its habitat in Famatina mountains Argentina
Camila Alejandra Kass
The Thorntail Mountain Lizard (Phymaturus mallimaccii) is a threatened vulnerable endemic species from Famatina mountains (La Rioja, Argentina). The overall goal of this project is to ensure the habitat conservation of this species considering the...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Argentina
Protecting the waterbirds of Son Kol and Chatyr Kol Alpine lakes in Kyrgyzstan, with a focus on the mountain goose as a flagship species
Almaz Oskonbaev
Kyrgyzstan is a country dominated by fragile mountain ecosystems that support a wide range of fauna and flora, particularly birds. The lakes of Son Kol and Chatyr are two of the main stopover water bodies...
Providing support to the BirdLife Partnership’s work on climate change
Bhopal Pandeya
2009 is a critical year for climate change culminating in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties in December 2009. BirdLife believes that the Copenhagen conclusions must effectively address the significance...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Nepal
Providing technical and administrative support to FFI in the Caucasus
Giorgi Arabuli
The intern will provide both technical and administrative support to the nascent FFI Caucasus programme office. Particular focus will be on supporting a Wildlife Trade Specialist in researching and developing a programme of work to...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Georgia
Proyecto Hapalopsittaca: study of two Endangered parrots in oak forests, Colombia
Jorge Ivan Velasquez
Two enigmatic Colombian parrot species of the genus Hapalopsittaca are virtually unknown in life and restricted to the threatened montane ecosystems of the Northern Andes. Critically, the threats facing them are little known despite being...
Proyecto Rio Nambi 1992: Colombia ’92, Cambridge rainforest project
Paul Salaman
As a result of findings from their 1991 project - which included the discovery of a new species of bird for science - 2,000 ha of pristine forest was purchased in the Rio Nambi watershed...
Queens University of Belfast Madagascar expedition
James O'Neill
This project will undertake a bat research project in pristine and fragmented environments of the Masoala peninsula, Madagascar. Particular emphasis will be placed on the endemic genus Myzopodidae, which, uniquely in Madagascar, uses suction pads...
Rainforest reserves for Critically Endangered Comorian fruit bats
Brent Sewall
Motivated by the plight of a critically endangered fruit bat, Livingstone’s flying fox, and that of a range of other threatened species sharing its rapidly disappearing species-rich rainforest habitat in the Union of the Comoros,...
Range-wide action to safeguard the Critically Endangered Togo slippery frog
Caleb Ofori-Boateng
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 pet trade have pushed this...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Ghana
Re-Fyn – putting Cape heath vegetation (Fynbos) back
Irma C. Knevel
RE-FYN: Cape Heath Vegetation, known as Fynbos, is a unique South African vegetation type. The Grassy Fynbos studied in this project is strongly neglected by conservation organizations in South Africa. Of the 59 413 km2...
Reconciling the expansion of oil palm plantations and the conservation of Endangered grey parrots
Ifeanyi Maxwell Ezenwa
The expansion of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations is a major threat to biodiversity in the tropics and finding ways to reconcile the demands of a growing human population with biodiversity conservation is a central...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Nigeria
Reconnecting with nature: attitude change towards conservation of the cloud forest herpetofauna in a Chinantec community
Edna Leticia González-Bernal
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 distributed. However, among La Esperanza...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Mexico
Recovering the Critically Endangered El Rincon stream frog in Patagonia, Argentina
Federico Pablo Kacoliris
With just a handful of isolated sub-populations remaining in the wild, the El Rincon stream frog (Pleurodema somuncurense) is the most critically endangered frog in Patagonia. The recent expansion of invasive rainbow trout has restricted...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Argentina
Recovery of the Nahan’s Francolin
Richard Fuller
This project focuses on one of the world's most threatened Galliformes, the Nahan's francolin (Francolinus nahani), a forest-specialist ground-dwelling partridge. This bird is found globally in less than ten forest fragments in Uganda and the...
Red siskin (Carduelis cucullata) research and conservation programme
Justin DeFreitas
The endangered Red Siskin has been extirpated throughout most of its historic range, primarily due to trapping for the caged bird trade. In 2000 a previously unknown population was discovered in southwestern Guyana. The South...
Reducing human-giraffe conflict along the Kenya-Somalia border
Owino Otieno Raymond
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 inhabit Kenya, with each subpopulation...
Award Year: 2021
Country: Kenya
Reducing human-snow leopard conflict in upper Spiti Valley, India
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Negative attitudes of pastoralists toward the endangered snow leopard erode tolerance and threaten its survival in many places across central Asia. In our CLP project, we identified drivers of negative attitude toward snow leopards and...
Award Year: 2015
Country: India
Reducing poultry-carnivore conflict and promoting guigna conservation in Chile
Carolina Susana Ugarte Caraball
The guigna (Leopardus guigna), the smallest felid in the Americas, is listed as Vulnerable and its populations are declining, mainly due to habitat loss and fragmentation. This vegetation specialist lives mainly in native forests and...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Chile
Reducing threats to the endemic Cochabamba mountain finch, Bolivia
Noemi Esther Huanca Llanos
The Cochabamba mountain finch is endemic to Bolivia. It is considered Endangered by IUCN because of its small distribution and small, fragmented population. Most of the species’ native habitat has been destroyed, but recently it...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Bolivia
Reforestation with native species in the dry lands of Panama
Carla Chizmar
La Toza de Cocle, located in the dry arch of Panama, has suffered intense deforestation in the past decades and now faces serious environmental degradation. Natural populations of precious timber species in Panama are being...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Panama
Refugial Forests of the Western Lesser Caucasus
Levan Mumladze
The Western Lesser Caucasus has extraordinarily high proportion of relic species. Forests here survived the Pliocene and Ice Age. Many species descend from taxa that are extinct elsewhere, yet these forests are under extreme pressure....
Reintroducing the Sumatran rhinoceros in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia
Wulan Pusparini
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra has been identified as an area with one of the largest Sumatran rhinoceros populations in the world. While the population in southern Sumatra is well studied, little is known...
Reproductive ecology and conservation of Alder Amazon (Amazona tucumana)
Luis Rivera
Basic biological information for many neotropical parrot species is lacking; this information is a prerequisite to identify threats, effectively monitor population trends, and evaluate the conservation and management actions required. Specifically, there is a lack...
Research & conserv assessment for the Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanc in post-conflict Sierra Leone
Aiah Lebbie
The civil conflict in Sierra Leone has resulted in the proliferation of weapons while creating a refugee crisis throughout the country. (Lebbie 1998, 2001; Garnet and Utas 2000). During the rebel insurgency, Tiwai remained inaccessible...
Research and Conservation Assessment of the threatened grey-hooded parrotbill at Wawu Shan in south-western Sichuan, China
Bi Zhonglin
The small, fragmented population of grey-hooded parrotbills of Wawu Shan in Southwestern China is declining due to forest loss through logging, conversion to agriculture and localized tourist development. The small number of localities for this...
Research and conservation in Amazonian Brazil
Fabio Rohe
The intern will coordinate and support field expeditions for WCS Brazil, help in the elaboration of new funding proposals to expand activities in the Amazon, participate in data entry, analyses and preparation of publications, and...
Research and conservation of the velvet scoter in Georgia
Nika Paposhvili
The Tabatskuri Lake in Georgia holds the last geographically isolated breeding population of velvet scoter ducks (Melanitta fusca, listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List) in the Caucasus. Our previous CLP project on the...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Georgia
Research and educational outreach for the Bangladesh cetacean diversity project
Emile Mahabub
The intern will help the Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project’s (BCDP) research team with ongoing dolphin surveys and do calibration of the captains who are engaged with the dolphin survey to find out their accuracy and...
Award Year: 2011
Country: Bangladesh
Research assistant, inventory & monitoring unit
Albert Walanga
The internship’s overall goal is to improve the conservation research conducted by WCS’s Inventory & Monitoring Unit (IMU), while also improving the independent research conducted at Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestière (CEFRECOF),...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Researching bird and mammal populations on the Liben Plain, Ethiopia
Bruktawit Abdu
The Liben Plain forms the last remnant of the southern Ethiopian rangelands - once Africa’s most productive pastures. It is an IBA, part of the South Ethiopian Highlands EBA and home to several threatened species,...
Award Year: 2010
Country: Ethiopia
Researching Siberian tigers, and conservation and ecology of the Far Eastern leopard
Elena Igorevna Salmanova
Resilience of coral reefs in the face of climate change
Aji Wahyu
This work will focus on analyzing WCS, NGO and government data on coral reefs including biological, physical, social and governance factors that most likely confer coral reef and social resilience in the face of environmental...
Award Year: 2009
Country: Indonesia
Restoring the wild population of Maire’s yew in Nepal
Kumar Paudel
Yew species are key in biomedical terms. Their leaves are used in the production of taxol, a chemical used in cancer treatment. It is threatened by unsustainable and illegal harvesting. Maire's yew (Taxus mairei) is...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Nepal
Rethinking participatory management: towards ecoregion-based conservation in Trinidad & Tobago
Ainka Granderson
As the most rapidly industrializing country in the Caribbean region, Trinidad and Tobago’s biodiversity is under ever increasing threat. Protected areas are seen as key in conserving the rich biodiversity, and a comprehensive protected area...
Review and analysis of ecosystem services provided by reptiles, amphibians, and birds in the neotropics.
Anyelet Valencia Aguilar
The overall goal of the internship is to generate a theoretical framework through a literature review of studies of ecosystem services provided by amphibians, reptiles, and birds in the Neotropics. This will be done in...
Rio Máximo Fauna Refuge: an internationally important Cuban wetland
Ariam Jimenez
Rio Máximo Fauna Refuge is one of the most important wetlands in Cuba and indeed in the Caribbean. Our aim is to obtain information to propose this area as an IBA and support its proposal...
Rio Mazan 1986
Adam Gretton
The Río Mazán Project was initiated by conservationists in the town of Cuenca who successfully campaigned to protect 500 hectares of high Andean habitat in the Río Mazán valley in the 1980s. Most of this...
River dolphin population assessment in Yarinacocha Lagoon, Peru
Elizabeth Campbell
River dolphins in Peru are under protected status and have been studied for several years in the Pacaya Samiria Reserve, Iquitos. However, little is known of their occurrence in non-reserve areas. Threats to these dolphins...
Award Year: 2014
Country: Peru
Roost and habitat protection for short-tailed roundleaf bats in Nigeria
Iroro Tanshi
Previously thought to occur only in Cameroon and Bioko (an island in Equatorial Guinea), the short-tailed roundleaf bat (Hipposideros curtus) was recently discovered in Nigeria by our team in 2016. As all previously known roosts...
Award Year: 2020
Country: Nigeria
Rugezi wetland conservation project, Rwanda
Marc Ndimukaga
Rugezi wetland is a refuge for wetland-dependent species and plays important roles in regulating water flow. The unsustainable use of wetland resources and that of its watershed coupled with climate change have affected the wetland...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Rwanda
Safeguarding suitable habitats for Niceforo’s wren and chestnut-bellied hummingbird in Colombia
Marcela Beltran
Niceforo’s wren and chestnut-bellied hummingbird are two endemic and Endangered birds inhabiting riparian forests located in the Chicamocha Canyon dry forest of Colombia. These species are threatened by habitat loss caused by overgrazing of cattle,...
Award Year: 2012
Country: Colombia
Safeguarding the Endangered White-bellied (Phataginus tricuspis) pangolin in Ghana
Agro Prince Pascal Kwadwo Mawuse
Pangolins are regarded as the most traded mammals globally and Africa’s four species are no exception. Pangolins are also considered among the least known mammals in the world in terms of their ecology. Of the...
Award Year: 2023
Country: Ghana
Samoa protected areas intern
Danita Marietta Strickland
The overall goal of the internship is to build the professional capacity of a young national Samoan graduate in the field of protected areas, conservation and natural resource management by enhancing research skills and in...
Saving Nigeria’s last elephants: Supporting the conservation of Yankari Game Reserve
Nachamada Geoffrey
The overall goal of the internship is to provide hands on training for a Nigerian to help conserve Nigeria’s remaining wildlife. At the same time the internship is expected to provide much-needed additional support for...
Award Year: 2013
Country: Nigeria
Saving pangolin and sea turtles from being eaten in Guangzhou restaurants, China
Wang Jing
Guangzhou city has a long history of bush meat consumption is the most important hub of illegal wildlife trade in China, driving species like pangolin and sea turtles into extinction. This project aims to reduce...
Award Year: 2011
Country: China
Saving the blue-billed curassow: an emergency student conservation initiative
Jose Ochoa
The Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti - local name “Paujil”), endemic to Colombia and the Nechí Endemic Bird Area (EBA), is one of the most critically endangered birds in existence. Intensive deforestation, hunting and human settlements...
Saving the blue-billed curassow: building a secure future – Colombia
Luis Eduardo Uruena
Deforestation and hunting drove the enigmatic Blue-billed Curassow (“Paujil”) to the edge of extinction. ProAves launched a conservation initiative in 2004 that identified possibly its last viable population in Serranía de las Quinchas, produced a...
Saving the blue-billed curassow: implementing urgent conservation actions
Luis Eduardo Uruena
Cracids are ecologically important primary forest birds that are highly susceptible to human disturbance from both hunting and habitat destruction, making ideal bio-indicators for forest monitoring and management, as well as flagship species for the...
Saving the Critically Endangered giant guitarfishes in Ghana
Seidu Issah
The proposed project aims to improve the conservation and management of the Critically Endangered African wedgefish (Rhynchobatus luebberti) and blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus) through research and community participatory approaches. The decline of these species is...
Award Year: 2022
Country: Ghana
Saving the Critically Endangered Intermediate puddle frog in Ghana
Francis Osei-Gyan
The intermediate puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus intermedius) is a high priority Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered amphibian endemic to a single locality, the Ankasa Conservation Area (ACA), a key biodiversity site in Ghana. Due to the...
Award Year: 2024
Country: Ghana
Saving the Critically Endangered intermediate puddle frog in Ghana
Francis Osei-Gyan
The intermediate puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus intermedius) is an evolutionarily distinct and Critically Endangered frog endemic to the Ankasa conservation area, a key biodiversity site in southwestern Ghana. It occurs in a single sub-population and because of...