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Assessing bird species richness in shade-grown coffee farms, Chiapas, Mexico
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...View Project
Conserving wild goats in the Peramagroon and Barzan mountain
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...View Project
Saving pangolin and sea turtles from being eaten in Guangzhou restaurants, China
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....View Project
Building capacity to manage watershed impacts on the Belize Barrier Reef
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...View Project
Meet the last population of the Marquesan kingfisher in French Polynesia
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...View Project
Conserving threatened Polylepis forests to maintain ecosystem services in Bolivia
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....View Project
Conservation of Christmas Island frigatebird in West Java, Indonesia
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...View Project
Conservation of endemic titi monkeys through strategic outreach in Bolivia
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...View Project
Conservation of threatened fish species of the Mekong Ramsar Site, Cambodia
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...View Project
Facilitating avian conservation in post-logging lowland rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia
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...View Project
Conserving globally threatened fauna in Balabac Island, Palawan, Philippines
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...View Project
Assessment and conservation of grey-necked picathartes in south-east Nigeria
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...View Project
Amazonian manatee conservation project, Anavilhanas National Park, Brazil
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...View Project
Survey of three potential Important Bird Areas in collaboration with students in Uzbekistan
The inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Uzbekistan has been implemented between 2006 and 2008. As a result 48 IBAs with a total territory of more than 2 million...View Project
Identification and protection of important bat caves in Turkey
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...View Project
The effect of fragmentation and climate change on amphibian assemblage in the South Western Ghats, India
Forest fragmentation, and the resulting micro-climate change, is one of the largest threats to biodiversity and effects local fauna which is sensitive to changes. Canopy dwelling organisms would be the...View Project
Last chance to save? Averting an amphibian conservation crisis in Bale, Ethiopia
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...View Project
Conservation status of the Pacific Goliath grouper in Colombia
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...View Project
Dipper project: conservation and status of Cinclus schulzi in Argentina
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...View Project
Assessing human impacts on threatened freshwater cetaceans in Bangladesh
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...View Project
