Supported Projects

There are currently 565 projects with the selected filtering.

Future Conservationist Award
Project Utila ’96
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The island's spectacular coral reefs have experienced an exponential increase in diving activity in the past few years. Project Utila 96 surveyed six baselines permanently marked by Project Utila 95...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
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Morant Cay research 1996
Future Conservationist Award Fish

This joint University of London/University of the West Indies project set out to follow the IUCN recommendations "studies should be undertaken... with a view to declaration of the area as...View Project

Fish
Future Conservationist Award Fish
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Project Zombitse 1996: a Malagasy-Cambridge conservation expedition
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

Working in collaboration with Malagasy field scientists, the project aimed to facilitate the implementation of WWF's Integrated Conservation Development Plan for the proposed Parc National Zombitse-Vohibasia. The team provided a...View Project

Multiple
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Mangaia 96: conservation in the Cook Islands
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The team investigated the status, distribution and habitat of rats and landbirds on Mangaia, Cook Islands. The Mangaia Kingfisher (Todirhamphus ruficollaris) was more abundant than anticipated. The preliminary population estimate...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple
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Cochabamba ’95
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The area surrounding Cochabamba, Northern Bolivia has a unique and threatened woodland type with many endangered or vulnerable species of birds, including several endemics. The team surveyed bird fauna and...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
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Lorentz 95: the flora & fauna of the Nduga, Lorentz Reserve, Irian Jaya 1995-1996
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The expedition aims to document selected flora and fauna of the Nduga area, combining scientific fieldwork techniques and the traditional knowledge of the Nduga people. This will provide: baseline biological...View Project

Multiple
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Aberdeen University Unimas Sarawak ’95
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

Working in conjunction with five Malaysian students the aim of this project was to assess the relative abundance and distribution of bats, birds and small mammals in five distinct habitats...View Project

Multiple
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University of East Anglia Gunung Halimun ethnobotanical expedition, Java 1995
Future Conservationist Award Plant

The nine person multi-disciplinary team included three people from the University of East Anglia, UK and six people from the Biological Sciences Club of Jakarta, Indonesia. Research focused on the...View Project

Plant
Future Conservationist Award Plant
Future Conservationist Award
Project Sabrewing
Future Conservationist Award Bird

This large team under the supervision of Dr Floyd Hayes studied the endangered White-tailed Hummingbird. The species is the only globally threatened species in Tobago where it is extremely vulnerable....View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
The threatened birds of Cuba project 1995
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The fieldwork scheduled for March 1995 to February 1996 had to be limited due to problems with visas and counterparts in Cuba. However, the team managed to study the status...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Project Podocarpus ’95: the Cambridge conservation project and research expedition in Southern Ecuador
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

An Ecuadorian and British team assessed the levels of mercury pollution from gold mining in Podocarpus National Park and near the mining town of Nambija. Samples of mercury in riverine...View Project

Multiple
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Oxford University Eritrea ’96: an environmental assessment of the mangroves of Hergigo and Arafaile
Future Conservationist Award Plant

Students from the University of Oxford in association with Eritrean scientists conducted a preliminary socio-environmental assessment of the mangrove communities in the Semhar region of the country. Three mangroves have...View Project

Plant
Future Conservationist Award Plant
Future Conservationist Award
Avifauna of Mount Talinis, Philippines
Future Conservationist Award Bird

This Filipino project aimed to survey the avifauna of Mt. Talinis on the island of Negros. The project consisted of three components: (i) an assessment of the relationship between altitude,...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
University of Bristol Choiseul ’95, Solomon Islands
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

A checklist of bats on the island of Choiseul was compiled. A study of Fruit bats showed that the Monkey-faced fox (Pteralopex anceps) previously thought to be extinct still exists...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
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Cambridge University project Mount Nilo ’95, Tanzania
Future Conservationist Award Bird

This project surveyed forest birds and mammals in northern Tanzania. The team assessed the ecological requirements and threats to the survival of restricted-range and globally threatened birds in remnant patches...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
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Project Abiseo ’94
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The team assessed the conservation status and habitat requirements of birds and mammals of the remaining cloud and elfin forest on the Cordillera de Colan, a semi-isolated mountain range in...View Project

Multiple
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Future Conservationist Award
Halmahera ’94: a University of Bristol expedition to Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The 12-person British/Indonesian team undertook a biodiversity study to support the establishment and future management of the proposed Lolobata reserve on the Indonesian island of Halmahera. Five sites were surveyed...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple
Future Conservationist Award
Oxford University expedition to Sabah, Malaysia 1994
Future Conservationist Award Fish

Continuing the work of two previous Oxford expeditions to Sabah, the team carried out underwater surveys of coral cover and diversity at six permanent reef sites in the Tunku Abdul...View Project

Fish
Future Conservationist Award Fish
Future Conservationist Award
University of East Anglia Gunung Halimun 1994 Java expedition
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

This UEA/Biological Sciences Club (BScC) project aimed to assess the effects of human usage and population pressures on forest vegetation and bird communities around the periphery of the Gunung Halimun...View Project

Multiple
Future Conservationist Award Multiple