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Alder Amazon: neglected issue in conservation priorities – defining its population status and distribution
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
Monitoring of Globally Threatened bird species in the Tengiz Lakes region in Central Kazakhstan
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
Incidental capture of seabirds survey in coastal fisheries
Incidental mortality associated to longline fishing is the main problem for the conservation of nearly all albatross and many petrel species throughout the world. The situation is so serious that...View Project
Options in Yala: wetland management for locals, sustainable development and biodiversity conservation
Yala wetland in Kenya’s Lake Victoria Basin is the country’s largest papyrus swamp and contains numerous threatened fauna. It serves as a natural filter for agro-pollutants and effectively removes silt...View Project
The Biota of Boa Nova region: a baseline for a conservation plan
The Boa Nova of Brazil consists of two highly threatened vegetation types—deciduous dry forest and humid patches of Atlantic Forest. The region is well known by bird specialists as a...View Project
Enhancing community participation in the conservation of sea turtles in Kenya
Turtle conservation efforts in Kenya have for many years focused on providing scientific information which reveals diminishing turtle populations with low recruitment rates, reduced nesting activity and sightings, and increased...View Project
Research and Conservation Assessment of the threatened grey-hooded parrotbill at Wawu Shan in south-western Sichuan, China
The small, fragmented population of grey-hooded parrotbills of Wawu Shan in Southwestern China is declining due to forest loss through logging, conversion to agriculture and localized tourist development. The small...View Project
Expedition to survey status and threats of Globally-threatened bird species in South Nguruman Important Bird Area, Kenya
South Nguruman, located in the southernmost part of Kenya, consists of diverse habitats with vegetation ranging from Acaacia tortilis woodland on the plains, dense Acacia commiphora bush on the lower...View Project
Primate survey in Nonggang National Nature Reserve
he Nonggang National Nature Reserve is a natural refuge for many rare and endemic plants and animals. Due to habitat degradation and human interference including unregulated cultivation, firewood collection and...View Project
Urugua-í green corridor 2002
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
Rio Máximo Fauna Refuge: an internationally important Cuban wetland
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
Population status & breeding ecology of ash-breasted tit-tyrant (Anairetes alpinus, Tyrannidae)
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
Survey of threatened and restricted range species of Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia
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
Conservation action on protecting the endemic owls in the Lianhuashan Mountains in Gansu, China
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
Conservation status of the bumble-bee bat in Myanmar
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
Proyecto Hapalopsittaca: study of two Endangered parrots in oak forests, Colombia
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
The frogs of Papua New Guinea
Amphibian populations are declining worldwide. Papua New Guinea is a world hotspot for biodiversity and contains very speciose communities of amphibians. PNG has 197 species of frog, which are very...View Project
CROC (community-based research, observance & conservation project)
The Philippine crocodile was once widely distributed and abundant throughout the Philippines. Intensive hunting and habitat loss have led to the disappearance of C. mindorensis in most parts of the...View Project
Survey of the southern and western Carpathians underground bat habitats
In Romania, as in all of Europe, the cave dwelling bat colonies has suffered a drastic decline in the latest decades. This was confirmed also through the monitoring fieldwork of...View Project
Conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in south and central-eastern Rwanda
The threats to the Nyabarongo and Akanyaru Wetlands are a result of a complex mixture of people's attitudes, a lack of alternatives and the fact that in Rwanda the wetlands...View Project
