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Conservation of rare plants of Lake Baikal: monitoring of plants and education of local community
The project will take place on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Russian Federal Government has recently designated this region as...View Project
Subsistence hunting effects on Amazon wildlife within indigenous territories in Acre
Indigenous lands are currently considered essential to natural resources conservation in Brazilian Amazon, and local involvement in decision-making processes to manage resources is seen as the most feasible way to...View Project
Community conservation actions for the Endangered Bolivian spinetail
The Inter-Andean dry forest in La Paz and Cochabamba departments of Bolivia is a restricted endemic habitat with many endemic threatened Cacti species. The endemic Endangered Bolivian spinetail is found...View Project
Conservation of the Medemia argun and the Nubian Desert Oasis biodiversity in Egypt
Medemia argun is a mysterious and little known palm, it occurs as very few populations in the Nubian Desert. Dungul oasis support the only known population in Egypt, other sites...View Project
Habitat conservation of globally threatened spot-billed pelicans in Sri Lanka
Now we have identified main reasons for habitat degradation of Pelicans and other water birds who occupy the man made tanks in Sri Lanka. The man made tanks (previously home...View Project
Conservation action planning and Sakhalin taimen: Sakhalin, Russia
A Conservation Action Plan (CAP) focused on Sakhalin taimen, the world's largest salmonid, will be prepared for the Langry and Bolshaya basins in Northwest Sakhalin. The CAP process assists and...View Project
Conservation of threatened wildlife in southwestern Amazonia – Brazil
Many gaps in knowledge impede conservation actions for species of concern in Amazonia. Our study-sites are large protected areas within the known or potential range of several globally threatened and/or...View Project
Involving local communities in conservation of the imperial eagle in Georgia
During the last decade in Georgia, imperial eagle populations have dramatically declined (from 53 pairs in 1991 to 10-15 pairs in 2003). This decline is caused mainly by the influence...View Project
Ecological impacts of upstream oil palm plantations on birds and primates in peninsular Malaysia
The establishment of commercial oil palm cultivation areas has caused massive tropical deforestation in Southeast Asia. Palm oil industry is perceived as the main threat to biodiversity despite being portrayed...View Project
Expanding protected areas in Argun Midflow and bird monitoring network in Daurai ecoregion on Russia-China-Mongolia border
In 2007 we documented and publicized the fact that wetlands of Argun River are critically endangered due to lack of conservation management and expanding human pressures in the dry phase...View Project
Ecological studies and conservation status assessment of tiger in Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China
Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve on the border with Myanmar and Laos hold the last promise for the survival of Indochinese tigers in China and conservation action is urgently needed after the...View Project
Habitat conservation of globally threatened spot-billed pelicans in Sri Lanka
To train and qualify 20 young people with no previous experience in conservation. Project update: “The Kate’s Award-funded training programme conducted in 2008/9 was the first ever environmental conservation training...View Project
Bengal florican conservation and research initiative in BTAD, India
The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) is one of the most endangered (IUCN) grassland birds with a world population of 1500 individuals. Its populations have declined as a result of habitat...View Project
Habitat loss and fragmentation in the Caldenal savanna region, Argentina
The Caldenal is a semiarid savanna ecosystem of about 170,000 km2 located in central Argentina. This semiarid open forest system, dominated by Calden (Prosopis caldenia) and grasslands, is frequently interrupted...View Project
Community-based conservation of Lake Kuyucuk, Kars, Turkey
Despite hosting over 30,000 birds of 128 species, Lake Kuyucuk, in the Caucasian Biodiversity Hotspot, is little-protected, little-known and lacks a conservation plan. The local government lacks the necessary knowledge,...View Project
Gharial conservation in India: a research, outreach, and training program
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a critically endangered crocodilian existing only in India and Nepal. India’s Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary contains a breeding population vital to the survival of the species....View Project
Identification of indices affecting local capacity for community conservation action in Peten
For local communities to be able to actively and successfully participate in conservation they need to have a capacity to do that. Therefore, building local capacity for community conservation action...View Project
