There are currently 914 projects with the selected filtering.
Impacts, alternative solutions and awareness of mobula fisheries in Indonesia
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...View Project
Investigating the conservation status of the pygmy hippopotamus in the Sapo National Park, Liberia
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...View Project
Where are the manta rays in Bahia De Banderas, Mexico?
Manta rays are an iconic example of charismatic marine megafauna and like many large marine vertebrates they are threatened globally by targeted and indirect fisheries. While the International Union for...View Project
Conserving the Chinese pangolin in India’s Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape
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...View Project
Conserving Ophiocordyceps sinensis in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India
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...View Project
Conservation actions for the imperial eagle in Kakheti Region, Georgia
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...View Project
Community-based eco-tourism as an income generating activity to reduce illegal turtle trade.
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...View Project
Conservation of otters through community participation in River Moyar, Tamil nadu
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...View Project
Initiating a bycatch monitoring programme for seabirds in Turkey
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...View Project
Conservation of cetacean in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam
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...View Project
Conservation of sandbar shark breeding habitat in Boncuk Cove,Turkey
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...View Project
Conservation of the Critically Endangered toad skinned frog in India
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...View Project
Conserving Angolan scarp forests: a holistic approach for Kumbira Forest
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....View Project
Hard corals mapping for Semporna, Malaysia
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...View Project
Reducing human-snow leopard conflict in upper Spiti Valley, India
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...View Project
Stopover ecology of spoon-billed sandpipers and Nordmann’s greenshanks, China
The spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmaea (Critically Endangered) and Nordmann’s greenshank, Tringa guttifer (Endangered) are two of the most threatened migratory shorebird species in the world. They congregate on the south...View Project
Enabling the coexistence of people and greater adjutant in India
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...View Project
Ecological and conservation assessment of Rosa arabica in St Katherine, Egypt
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...View Project
Mitigation of forest fragmentation in Aghanashini Lion-tailed Macaque Conservation Reserve, India
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...View Project
Building Local Capacity in Delivering Effective Behaviour Change Education
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...View Project
