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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
Monitoring harlequins frogs in Sierra Nevada, Colombia
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
River dolphin population assessment in Yarinacocha Lagoon, Peru
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
Testing efficacy of inexpensive, simple deterrents and repellents to reduce livestock-carnivore conflict
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.
Tackling invasive alien species in the Western Ghats Hotspot, India
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
Taxonomic and conservation status assessment of salamanders in Santander, Colombia
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
Sustainable water management for conserving Siberian cranes at Momoge, China
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
Assessing fencing impacts and local community attitudes in the Changtang Nature Reserve, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
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
Black-breasted puffleg habitat conservation in Ecuador: Promoting local participation
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
Ecosystem accounting in WCS priority landscapes in Madagascar
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
Conservation of otter habitats through stakeholder participation
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
GIS climate change, resilient altitudinal gradient mapping and modeling
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
Status surveys of focal species in the Magdalena Medio, Colombia
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
Photographic mark-recapture of coastal dolphins in Madagascar to inform population conservation measures
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
Assessing the extinction risk of Kenya’s exploited coral reef 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
