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Incidental capture of seabirds survey in coastal fisheries
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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

Bird
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Options in Yala: wetland management for locals, sustainable development and biodiversity conservation
Future Conservationist Award Plant

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

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The Biota of Boa Nova region: a baseline for a conservation plan
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

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

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Enhancing community participation in the conservation of sea turtles in Kenya
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

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

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Research and Conservation Assessment of the threatened grey-hooded parrotbill at Wawu Shan in south-western Sichuan, China
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
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Expedition to survey status and threats of Globally-threatened bird species in South Nguruman Important Bird Area, Kenya
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
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Primate survey in Nonggang National Nature Reserve
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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

Mammal
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Katala quest, Northern Palawan
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The flagship species of the expedition is the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo, an endemic to the island nation. As few as 1,000 individuals may be left in the wild. The...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
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Status and distribution of some rare and endemic bat species in the Nicobar Islands, India
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Zoogeographical isolation on the Nicobar Islands of India has led to very high degree of endemicity that includes several species of bats (Das, 1999 a; Andrews & Sankaran, 2002). The...View Project

Mammal
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Survey of threatened and restricted range species of Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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
Future Conservationist Award Bird
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Conservation action on protecting the endemic owls in the Lianhuashan Mountains in Gansu, China
Future Conservationist Award Bird

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
Future Conservationist Award 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
Future Conservationist Award 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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The frogs of Papua New Guinea
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian

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

Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award Amphibian
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CROC (community-based research, observance & conservation project)
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

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

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Survey of the southern and western Carpathians underground bat habitats
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

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

Mammal
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Conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in south and central-eastern Rwanda
Future Conservationist Award Plant

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

Plant
Future Conservationist Award Plant
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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
Future Conservationist Award Fish

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
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate