Supported Projects

There are currently 939 projects with the selected filtering.

Internship
Designing marine protected area networks in Bua Province, Fiji, using decision support software
Internship Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Participatory conservation of the Critically Endangered brown-headed spider monkey, Ecuador
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
Community-based conservation in Important Bird Areas with a focus on the Khurkh-Khuiten Wetlands
Internship Bird

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...View Project

Bird
Internship Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Conserving Bolivia’s Quirusillas Reserve: a key area for the Alder Amazon
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The Alder Amazon, also known as the Tucuman parrot, is Vulnerable to extinction. Numbers are rapidly declining due to the illegal pet trade and habitat destruction, especially in the Quirusillas...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Saving the Endangered giant West African squeaker frog in Ghana
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

The Endangered giant West African squeaker frog (Arthroleptis krokosua) is in immediate danger of extinction as only 12 individuals are known to exist, all within logging concessions in western Ghana’s...View Project

Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
Internship
Incorporation of perceptions and attitudes of rural people into conservation planning in Patagonia
Internship Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Conservation Follow-up Award
Conservation of the Critically Endangered Togo slippery frog
Conservation Follow-up Award Amphibian

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...View Project

Amphibian
Conservation Follow-up Award Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award
Conserving Endangered frog species in Somuncura Plateau, Patagonia, Argentina
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

The Somuncura plateau is home to two highly threatened species, the Somuncura frog and the Valcheta frog. Currently no conservation efforts are being conducted to protect these frogs and information...View Project

Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award
Integrative conservation of the Terras Salgadas, Cape Verde
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple
Internship
Saving Nigeria’s last elephants: Supporting the conservation of Yankari Game Reserve
Internship Mammal

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...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Initiating conservation of new hog deer population, Myanmar
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Migration corridor and habitat survey in Xia’erxili, China
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The wire fence along the international boundary between China and Kazakhstan is blocking the migration of saiga antelope and other mammals. We aim to raise conservation awareness of the local...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Conservation Follow-up Award
Scaling-up mitigation of human-crane conflict in Driefontein Grasslands, Zimbabwe
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

The globally threatened wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) and grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) have been reported to damage maize crops in Driefontein Grasslands resulting in conflict with subsistence farmers. Snaring...View Project

Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird
Internship
Preventing river pollution in the rural mountains of Southwest China
Internship Multiple

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.

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Assessing the conservation status and economic importance of Kenya’s Marlin fisheries
Future Conservationist Award Fish

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...View Project

Fish
Future Conservationist Award Fish
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of green peafowl in the proposed A Yun Pa Nature Reserve, Vietnam
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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....View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Internship
An examination of an ecosystem-based adaptation approach to managing natural tropical eco-systems in Guyana
Internship Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Action for primate conservation in Korup National Park, Cameroon
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
Review and analysis of ecosystem services provided by reptiles, amphibians, and birds in the neotropics.
Internship Multiple

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....View Project

Multiple
Internship Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Conserving Bañados del Quirquincho: a key area for threatened species in Argentina
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

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...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple