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Engaging key stakeholders in Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) conservation in Java Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The Critically Endangered Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) remains one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates despite full legal protection and long-term in situ conservation efforts. This endemic species...View Project

Mammal
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Conservation of Southern Tuco-tucos in Pampean dunes:creation of sanctuaries and threats alleviation
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The Southern Tuco-tuco, Ctenomy australis, is one of the most Endangered mammals from the Pampean grasslands in Argentina. This endemic and fossorial species is an ecosystem engineer, adapted to live...View Project

Mammal
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Empowering local communities to drive conservation of medium and large mammals in the Cerrado
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

We plan to document and conserve a newly discovered metapopulation of jaguars and their prey using a network of small reserves and private lands in the southern Cerrado, Brazil. The...View Project

Mammal
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A sustainable seafood network to conserve mobulid rays thresher and hammerhead sharks
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Indonesia is the world’s largest shark and ray fishing nation, many of which are endangered. In the Bali Strait, mobulid rays, thresher and hammerhead sharks are caught as bycatch in...View Project

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Conservation of Threatened Harrisons Giant Mastiff Bat at Mt Suswa Conservancy Kenya
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Bats represent about 25% of global mammal diversity. They are essential in maintaining ecological processes and providing valuable ecosystem services. The globally Vulnerable Harrison’s Giant Mastiff Bat (Otomops harrisoni) uses...View Project

Mammal
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Conservation of threatened plant species in a high diversity area of the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Future Conservationist Award Plant

The Santa Teresa municipality, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, is internationally known for its high biodiversity. However, native and endemic plant species are under pressure due to deforestation and urban...View Project

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Saving the Hildegarde’s tomb bat from local persecution due to its association with the Covid-19 pandemic
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The Hildergarde’s tomb bat (Taphozous hildegardeae) is a species of sac-winged bat found within rangelands in the Kenyan coastal area, feeding in tropical dry forests and roosting in caves categorized...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
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Reconciling the expansion of oil palm plantations and the conservation of Endangered grey parrots
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The expansion of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations is a major threat to biodiversity in the tropics and finding ways to reconcile the demands of a growing human population with...View Project

Bird
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Assessing the conservation status of a poorly known endemic lizard in Nigeria
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

The Ondo forest gecko (Cnemaspis petrodroma) is a poorly known lizard species endemic to Nigeria. It lives in forest and rocky areas of the Idanre Hills (UNESCO World Heritage Site)...View Project

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Saving the Endangered goliath frog in Cameroon
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

The goliath frog is an endemic species found along the fast flowing rivers in secondary forests and farmlands of southwest of Cameroon. It is listed as Endangered according to IUCN...View Project

Amphibian
Cedrick Fogwan holds goliath frog, the largest frog on the planet.
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
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Building capacities in coral reef restoration in the Bay Islands National Marine Park of Honduras
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

Caribbean corals have been going through their own pandemic in recent years, threats such as water pollution, overfishing, diseases such as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, lack of awareness and...View Project

Invertebrate
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Sharing the landscape with an Andean symbol: conserving the Andean condor in southern Peru
Future Conservationist Award Bird

Vultures are species of ecological importance for healthy ecosystems. Despite this, many species in this guild are heavily threatened due to direct persecution, land-use change, habitat pollution, use of poisons,...View Project

Bird
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A schools- and science-based participatory approach to conservation in Bhutan
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

Bhutan is committed to protecting its forests. However, it has insufficient conservationists to survey, monitor and assess the increasing threats to this globally important biodiversity. We will showcase how Bhutan's...View Project

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Working towards the conservation of angel sharks based on fisheries research in Peru
Future Conservationist Award Fish

Peru has a long history of fishing with the highest accumulated shark landings in the Pacific Ocean, and along the eastern Pacific. Angel sharks are among the top six shark...View Project

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Conservation of the tri-spine horseshoe crab and its habitat in Palawan, Philippines
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

Horseshoe crab research in the Philippines is developing. As such, important baseline data are missing.    Repeated monitoring in a nursery habitat in Palawan revealed that increasing human impact strongly...View Project

Invertebrate
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Building knowledge, tools and capacity for mammal conservation in Chaco agroecosystems of Argentina
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The largest subtropical forest in the world, the Gran Chaco, is a global hotspot of agricultural expansion and intensification, which coupled with high hunting pressure of the local inhabitants exert...View Project

Mammal
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Establishing a stakeholder participation-based gharial conservation programme in Katernia
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

The gharial is a freshwater crocodile, endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Girwa river in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary has the second-largest breeding gharial population, which has been isolated to a 20...View Project

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Conservation of an endemic and Endangered oak tree in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Future Conservationist Award Plant

Quercus brandegeei is an Endangered and endemic oak tree in Baja California Sur, Mexico. One-third of its 3,000 km² range is within a protected area, Sierra La Laguna Biosphere Reserve...View Project

Plant
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Threats, ecology, and conservation opportunities of giant guitarfish in Karimunjawa, Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Fish

Critically Endangered giant guitarfish (CITES Appendix II) are heavily exploited as bycatch in the Northern Java Sea. Karimunjawa National Park (KJNP) is located near the main fishing grounds for Northern...View Project

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Saving the Critically Endangered giant guitarfishes in Ghana
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The proposed project aims to improve the conservation and management of the Critically Endangered African wedgefish (Rhynchobatus luebberti) and blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus) through research and community participatory approaches. The...View Project

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Future Conservationist Award Fish