Supported Projects

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Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of cetacean in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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

Mammal
Vietnam Cetacean © Vu Long
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of sandbar shark breeding habitat in Boncuk Cove,Turkey
Future Conservationist Award Fish

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

Fish
Sandbar shark © Isabelle Masters
Future Conservationist Award Fish
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of the Critically Endangered toad skinned frog in India
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

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

Amphibian
Toad skinned frog © Isabelle Masters
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
Conservation Follow-up Award
Conserving Angolan scarp forests: a holistic approach for Kumbira Forest
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

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

Bird
Angolan scarp forest
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Hard corals mapping for Semporna, Malaysia
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

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

Invertebrate
Coral © Isabelle Masters
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate
Conservation Follow-up Award
Reducing human-snow leopard conflict in upper Spiti Valley, India
Conservation Follow-up Award Mammal

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

Mammal
Snow leopard
Conservation Follow-up Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Monitoring harlequins frogs in Sierra Nevada, Colombia
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

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...View Project

Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award
River dolphin population assessment in Yarinacocha Lagoon, Peru
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
Testing efficacy of inexpensive, simple deterrents and repellents to reduce livestock-carnivore conflict
Internship Mammal

The goal of this internship is to obtain new tools to reduce killing of native Patagonian carnivores, by testing simple and inexpensive methods for deterring predators from attacking livestock.

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Tackling invasive alien species in the Western Ghats Hotspot, India
Future Conservationist Award Fish

The Periyar Lake-stream system in the Western Ghats Hotspot is an Alliance for Zero Extinction site harbouring the remaining population of six globally threatened endemic fish species, Crossocheilus periyarensis, Garra...View Project

Fish
Future Conservationist Award Fish
Future Conservationist Award
Taxonomic and conservation status assessment of salamanders in Santander, Colombia
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

Salamanders have experienced a dramatic decline in their natural populations, making them a symbol of the global biodiversity crisis. The taxonomic status of Colombian salamanders is unknown or ambiguous due...View Project

Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
Conservation Follow-up Award
Sustainable water management for conserving Siberian cranes at Momoge, China
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

The Siberian crane is an aquatic crane which mainly inhabits wide, shallow wetlands. It is ranked as Critically Endangered by IUCN. Momoge wetland is the largest stopover site for this...View Project

Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird
Internship
Assessing fencing impacts and local community attitudes in the Changtang Nature Reserve, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
Internship Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Black-breasted puffleg habitat conservation in Ecuador: Promoting local participation
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Internship
Ecosystem accounting in WCS priority landscapes in Madagascar
Internship Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Andry Randriambololona
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of otter habitats through stakeholder participation
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
GIS climate change, resilient altitudinal gradient mapping and modeling
Internship Bird

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...View Project

Bird
Fides Kirimi
Internship Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Status surveys of focal species in the Magdalena Medio, Colombia
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The Magdalena Medio, part of the Magdalena-Urabá moist forest ecoregion, is one of the most critically endangered regions in Colombia and is undergoing rapid conversion to oil palm plantations. Data...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple
Internship
Photographic mark-recapture of coastal dolphins in Madagascar to inform population conservation measures
Internship Mammal

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)...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Assessing the extinction risk of Kenya’s exploited coral reef fish
Future Conservationist Award Fish

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...View Project

Fish
Future Conservationist Award Fish