Supported Projects

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Birds of Rio Muni
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Equatorial Guinea has been under extreme political turmoil throughout the latter half of the century. Due to instability, researchers have not been able to enter the continental part of the...View Project

Bird
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Recovery of the Nahan’s Francolin
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This project focuses on one of the world's most threatened Galliformes, the Nahan's francolin (Francolinus nahani), a forest-specialist ground-dwelling partridge. This bird is found globally in less than ten forest...View Project

Bird
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Conservation of spot billed pelican (Pelecanus philipensis) in north central and central provinces of Sri Lanka
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Spot Billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is one of the important bird species categorised as vulnerable and the only known present day breeding populations occur in Sri Lanka, India and Cambodia...View Project

Bird
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Distribution, abundance and conservation status of the Fijian ground frog (Platymantis vitianus)
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

This project, focusing on the promotion of the ground frog (Platymantis vitianus) as a national heritage icon, will be the first stage in what is envisaged is a long-term conservation...View Project

Amphibian
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Conservation of dugong in Phu Quoc Islands, Vietnam
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a precious marine mammal and a threatened species. The dugong has a range that spans 37 countries in the Indian and Pacific Oceans ranging from...View Project

Mammal
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Turtle population survey and conservation planning for Pulau Pasoso Reserve, Donggala Regency
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

Pulau Pasoso Reserve is a primary turtle nesting ground for Green Turtles and a megopode (Megapodius reindwardtii), among others, in the Donggala Regency of Indonesia. Unfortunately, the reserve designation carries...View Project

Reptile
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Survey of corridors, issues and movements of elephants in western Ghana and eastern Cote D’Ivoire
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) lives in the equatorial forests of the Central African Basin and West Africa. Elephant populations worldwide have suffered drastic decline, which has largely been...View Project

Mammal
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Alder Amazon: neglected issue in conservation priorities – defining its population status and distribution
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The Alder Amazon (Amazona tucumana) is a highly endemic and poorly known parrot that inhabits the Yungas montane cloud forest of Argentina and Bolivia. The Yungas Forest is a high...View Project

Bird
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Monitoring of Globally Threatened bird species in the Tengiz Lakes region in Central Kazakhstan
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The Tengiz Lakes Region, covering the area of a proposed UNESCO-Biosphere Reserve with the existing Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, is one of the biodiversity hotspots in Kazakhstan and Central Asia....View Project

Bird
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Research & conserv assessment for the Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanc in post-conflict Sierra Leone
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The civil conflict in Sierra Leone has resulted in the proliferation of weapons while creating a refugee crisis throughout the country. (Lebbie 1998, 2001; Garnet and Utas 2000). During the...View Project

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Survey of endangered fish species of the Moraca River system
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The Balkan Peninsula, especially the Adriatic and Ionian Sea drainages, is one of the greatest European centres of endemism. During the last decade, due to civil wars, sanctions, as well...View Project

Fish
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Endemic land snails and earthworms from a Protected Area in the Ventania Mountain System
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

The "ETP Reserve", located at the Ventania Mountain System, is the only reserve protecting the natural highland grasslands in the Argentinian pampas. These ancient mountains form a very particular outcrop...View Project

Invertebrate
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Ecology and conservation of the Chilean dolphin in Southern Chile
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Chilean dolphins, along with other cetacean and seabirds, were hunted extensively from 1970 to 1990 for crab bait in the southern king crab and false king crab fisheries in Southern...View Project

Mammal
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Urugua-í green corridor 2002
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The project will evaluate the ecological connectivity between two provincial parks of Misiones (Argentina): Urugua-í (84,000 has., Key Bird Area) and Horacio Foerster (4,000 has.). To evaluate this, a series...View Project

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Rio Máximo Fauna Refuge: an internationally important Cuban wetland
Future Conservationist Award Bird

Rio Máximo Fauna Refuge is one of the most important wetlands in Cuba and indeed in the Caribbean. Our aim is to obtain information to propose this area as an...View Project

Bird
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Population status & breeding ecology of ash-breasted tit-tyrant (Anairetes alpinus, Tyrannidae)
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We will estimate the population number of the Ash Breasted Tit Tyrant using direct observations in transects through the Polylepis forests. We will mark individuals of A. alpinus in order...View Project

Bird
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Survey of threatened and restricted range species of Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia
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The six globally threatened species studied, restricted to tiny habitats confined within the six IBAs, are severely affected by habitat loss as result of deforestation, overgrazing, and natural and man-made...View Project

Bird
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Conservation action on protecting the endemic owls in the Lianhuashan Mountains in Gansu, China
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During our work on the conservation biology of the Chinese grouse at the Lianhuashan Mountains, we got the new discoveries of two endemic owls, one is the Sichuan Wood Owl...View Project

Bird
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Conservation status of the bumble-bee bat in Myanmar
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Background: - the bumble-bee bat is the world's smallest mammal, weighting 2 grams. Until recently its distribution area was thought to be restricted to a small area on the River...View Project

Mammal
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Proyecto Hapalopsittaca: study of two Endangered parrots in oak forests, Colombia
Future Conservationist Award Bird

Two enigmatic Colombian parrot species of the genus Hapalopsittaca are virtually unknown in life and restricted to the threatened montane ecosystems of the Northern Andes. Critically, the threats facing them...View Project

Bird
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