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Macroalgae taking over Caribbean coral reefs: searching for management solutions
The current research investigates the effects of seaweed competition on coral growth rate and survival. While previous work has shown that seaweed can reduce growth rate, fecundity and survival of...View Project
Initiative to reduce the mortality of Ganges dolphin in Brahmaputra River, India
By-catch mortality and poaching are the two major issues responsible for the rapid declining of the endangered Gangetic dolphin in Brahmaputra River. To reduce these threats annual mortality of dolphins...View Project
Evaluation of threatened amphibians in Colombian key sites
The Alliance for Zero extinction initiative by members of the BP Conservation Award partnership have identified over 26 sites of vital importance to CR and EN amphibians in Colombia. Seventeen...View Project
Migration and conservation of eastern Pacific green turtles
The eastern Pacific Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) inhabits the waters of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, which makes it vulnerable to fishing activity by...View Project
Five threatened species at Western Andes of Colombia
The study areas have been transformed severely, with the original landscape converted to agriculture and pasture for cattle. Our main objectives are a) to determine the population density of five...View Project
Migration pattern and population genetic structure of the lesser long-nosed bat in Arizona and Mexico
The lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) is a nectarivore and is one of only five bats in North America that is able to migrate up to 1,500 km between...View Project
A conservation framework for furcifer chameleons in Madagascar
All of the 72 chameleon species in Madagascar are endemic but only four are considered threatened on the IUCN Red List. Three of the 18 furcifer species are vulnerable to...View Project
Assessing the conservation status of tigers in West Sumatra
At c.3,000 km2 the Batang Hari Protection Forest (BHPF), west Sumatran, has the potential to contain a large Sumatran tiger population. Human-tiger conflict at the forest edge confirms tiger presence,...View Project
Assessing and mitigating the impacts of bycatch mortality of endangered loggerhead turtles, Baja California Sur
The critically endangered North Pacific loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests exclusively in Japan, and juveniles undertake developmental migrations that can last several decades and span the entire Pacific. Juvenile loggerheads...View Project
Assessment and conservation of Cundinamarca antpitta at Farallon de Medina, Cundinamarca
The Cundinamarca antpitta is a very poorly known and endangered species. Recent field observations by the principal investigator strongly suggest than the species specializes in large-leaved herbs. The purpose of...View Project
Spatial ecology of wild cats in the Calden Forest: implications for conservation and management
Natural environments and native species densities in South America have been greatly reduced by of human activities such as agriculture, livestock farming, hunting and poaching. Calden Forest, Argentina, is one...View Project
Cebu black shama (Copsychus cebuensis) conservation project
The endangered Black Shama (Copsycus cebuensis), endemic to Cebu Island, Philippines, survives in at least nine forest fragments with forest cover ranging from 30 to 1,200 hectares (Jakosalem et al.,...View Project
Conservation of Oxyura leucocephala in Barabinskay lowland (Russia)
The project will be implemented in Barabinskaya lowland, the south-east part of Western Siberia. The aim of the project is to contribute to the development of the local work in...View Project
Alder Amazon project: conservation across the Argentina-Bolivia border
Yungas forests are been degraded and lost at an alarming rate. In order to assure the conservation of these forests it is necessary to revert the unsustainable use that locals...View Project
Community-based wildlife monitoring in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The "Heart of Borneo" Initiative aims to conserve the largest continuous rainforest in Southeast Asia through creating a network of wildlife corridors, protected and sustainable-use areas. Participation of local communities...View Project
Coral larvae distribution, settlement and early-survivorship at Los Roques National Park, Venezuela
One of the central interests in marine ecology is to assess the connectivity among populations; (i.e. the proportion of larvae or propagules that migrate from one population to the other)...View Project
Facilitative conservation – crocodiles as a proactive conservation model, Lake Nasser
Since its inception, the field of conservation biology has been viewed as a reactionary discipline. While this may still be the case, it is clear that a shift is necessary...View Project
