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Conservation initiatives for greater adjutant stork in Assam, India
The endangered Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is currently known to breed only in Assam, India, and Cambodia. Out of its total estimated global population of 1,000 about 600-700 birds are...View Project
Study of the influence of fencing on Przewalski’s gazelle in Qinghai Province, China
The endangered Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) has experienced severe population decline and habitat loss during the past century. Today it survives in only one area of Qinghai. Among those factors...View Project
Conservation of an IBA in collaboration with students and local land users, Kazakhstan
The inventory of IBAs in Central Asia and the recent nomination of the Central Kazakh steppes and wetlands as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, Saryarka, demonstrates the outstanding importance...View Project
Conservation, human rights and indigenous peoples
BirdLife is working to better understand the impact of its conservation actions on local communities and Indigenous Peoples and the role that those affected by conservation could have in both...View Project
Cooperation and conflict between Irrawaddy dolphins and fishers of Chilika Lagoon, India
Fisheries bycatch is a major threat to the Irrawaddy dolphin worldwide. Nonetheless, these dolphins are known to forage cooperatively with fishermen. The dolphin population in Chilika lagoon is small (
Conservation of the Caatinga howler monkey (Alouatta ululata), Brazil
The Caatinga Howler Monkey (Alouatta ululata) is an Endangered (IUCN, 2008) primate and probably the least known howler monkey in the world. Poaching and habitat loss are the main threats...View Project
Reintroducing the Sumatran rhinoceros in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra has been identified as an area with one of the largest Sumatran rhinoceros populations in the world. While the population in southern Sumatra is...View Project
Providing support to the BirdLife Partnership’s work on climate change
2009 is a critical year for climate change culminating in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties in December 2009. BirdLife believes that the Copenhagen conclusions...View Project
The Bhimashankar strategy: toward a region-wide community conservation programme in the Western Ghats, India
To develop a small enterprise that will train local youth groups and provide them with opportunities to earn a living through ecotourism activities. Project update: “The BWS is one of...View Project
Ecological assessment of hispid hare in Manas National Park, India
Except for a few indirect pieces of evidence, no detailed information is available about the Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Manas National Park. Up to date information on the distribution,...View Project
Conservation Action Planning: Application on the ground, Sakhalin Island, Russia
We propose to work with local stakeholders to refine and implement the Conservation Action Plan (CAP) developed in 2008 for the Langry basin in Northwest Sakhalin. The CAP focuses on...View Project
Support to BirdLife’s flyway conservation work in the Americas
The overall aim of the internship is to train an intern to provide a range of technical support to BirdLife’s flyway conservation work in the Americas, focusing especially on the...View Project
Assessing tiger translocation in Sumatra, Indonesia
Human-tiger conflict is one of the key problems in tiger conservation. The Indonesian government has tried new ways of resolving human-tiger conflict by translocating problem tigers. The project goal is...View Project
Conservation status of parrotfish species in protected coral reefs, Colombia
Current climate change and anthropogenic pressures impose significant challenges to scientists and conservationists because of their synergetic impacts on coral reefs biodiversity and functioning. Particularly, overfishing of key species such...View Project
Andean cats and Puna biodiversity, Argentina
The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) is one of most endangered felids in the world and occurs almost exclusively in the Puna ecoregion, a regional conservation priority. The data we have...View Project
Supata’s Golden Frog Project: Conservation of new amphibians in Colombia
Supatá's forests are been degraded at an alarming rate. In order to assure the conservation of these forest it is necessary to promote the sustainable use of forest resources and...View Project
Practical management planning within the ADEPT agrienvironment and farmer extension
The intern will: 1. plan and supervise biodiversity field work in ADEPT project areas; 2. work embedded within the ADEPT agro-environment and farmer extension team to apply results of grassland...View Project
Conservation assessment and action plan for a threatened Colombian cycad
Zamia encephalartoides is a threatened cycad endemic to a unique ecosystem, the arid Chicamocha Canyon of Colombia. Its distribution and population status are poorly known, and expanding agriculture and other...View Project
Do protected areas of India’s Western Ghats conserve fish diversity?
Protected Areas (PA) designed to preserve charismatic species have been recently challenged in their efficiency in conserving more obscure species like freshwater fish that are not initially taken into account....View Project
Conservation and management of Amazon turtles, Brazil
Turtles are among the most vulnerable animals in Amazonian cultures because they have been traditionally harvested as a source of protein. The project goal is to provide necessary skills and...View Project
