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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
Research & conserv assessment for the Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanc in post-conflict Sierra Leone
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
Survey of endangered fish species of the Moraca River system
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
Endemic land snails and earthworms from a Protected Area in the Ventania Mountain System
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
Re-Fyn – putting Cape heath vegetation (Fynbos) back
RE-FYN: Cape Heath Vegetation, known as Fynbos, is a unique South African vegetation type. The Grassy Fynbos studied in this project is strongly neglected by conservation organizations in South Africa....View Project
KARUMBÉ PROJECT: review & conservation of sea turtles in Uruguay
Up until the beginning of 1999 there were no programs for the investigation and conservation of sea turtles in Uruguay. Only in very few cases were specific studies accomplished, despite...View Project
ThongBat 2001: up-to-date status of bats in Bachma NP: disbn, habs, influent factors & cons strategies
The project proposal will be carried out at the Bachma National Park, where bat compositions are most diverse in Vietnam, with a variety of endemic and rare species. However, several...View Project
Linking education and research for the conservation of the Andean mountain cat
The Andean Mountain cat only lives in the high-altitude dry areas of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. This project arose from 3 previous surveys carried out by...View Project
Project giant otter 2001: status of the giant otter in the Parque Noel Kempff Mercado
Project GIANT OTTER 2001 is the direct result of a project which was developed in 2000 in the river Ichilo, which forms the boundary line between Parque Carrasco and Parque...View Project
Conservation of waterbirds and their habitats in Chongming Island, China
Chongming Island is an important stopover site for migrants as well as a wintering ground for waterfowls. More than 500,000 individuals of 108 waterbird species are counted there. The silt...View Project
Changes in habitats & population dynamics for wetland birds in Dongting Lake, Central Yangtze
Project Dongting Lake '2001 will assess the conservation status of threatened and endemic bird species in this area, and provide a preliminary proposal on how to preserve the threatened habitats...View Project
Study of the impact of plant exploitation on the habitat, population & behaviour of mountain gorilla
Medium-altitude forests house the mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) an endangered species that merits serious protection (OATES, 1996, BUTYNSKI, 1997). The mountain Gorilla population does not exceed 650 individuals who...View Project
Distribution study of white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) in East Kalimantan-Indonesia
The White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) has been listed as an endangered species in the Red Data Book, due to its small and declining population. There is still limited research on...View Project
Amphibians of Goa 2001
Amphibian populations are declining worldwide. The Western Ghats is one of the world's hotspots of diversity and contains very speciose communities of amphibians (60% of all species known from India)....View Project
Globally threatened birds of the Russian west
Little is known of the globally threatened birds that live in the virtually untouched habitats of the Kaliningrad region of Western Russia. The lesser white-fronted goose, the ferruginous duck, the...View Project
Project blue swallow
The blue swallow is a globally threatened sub-Saharan African grassland endemic. Grasslands are one of the most intensively inhabited and altered ecosystems. Historical and current information on blue swallow distributions...View Project
Crested ibis 2001: conservation biology and environment pollution monitoring
The Crested Ibis is a globally threatened species and ranked as critical endangered (Collar et.al.,1994). After the rediscovery of the wild birds in Yangxian, Shaanxi province in 1981, great conservation...View Project
West Visayas Small Islands survey
Like most small islands in the Philippines, Siquijor, Tablas and Masbate had suffered severe habitat loss. Almost totally strip of vegetation cover, biological disaster encompasses loss of unique species of...View Project
Nepenthes project 2001
The pitcher plant (Nephenthes) is a carnivorous straggling climber whose stems can reach up to 70 ft in length and whose trumpet shaped 'pitchers' can hold up to two litres...View Project
Project China 2000
In Guangxi, there are 15 main habitat patches, 4 of which survive a population of more than 100 each, and others survive < 50 each (Liu, 1995). There are 4...View Project
