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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
Refugial Forests of the Western Lesser Caucasus
The Western Lesser Caucasus has extraordinarily high proportion of relic species. Forests here survived the Pliocene and Ice Age. Many species descend from taxa that are extinct elsewhere, yet these...View Project
Amburana Project: Determining the Status of an Endangered Tree Species Amburana cearensis in Argentina
Piedmont of the subtropical montane forests is a highly threatened forest type due to unsustainable timber harvesting and high transformation rate to other land uses. In this forest a highly...View Project
Ecological Studies and Conservation Status Assessment on Threatened Species of Genus Vibrissaphora in China
Almost all known species with severely fragmented distribution of genus Vibrissaphora are poorly studied in China. Two species are listed as Endangered by the IUCN. Another species rated as Near...View Project
Conservation and Research of Distribution of the Critically Endangered Darevsky’s viper in Armenia
The Darevsky's viper is a Critically Endangered snake (IUCN category CR C2b) distributed only in Armenia's south-western part of the Javakheti Ridge. This project consists of 2 stages: (1) investigations...View Project
Survey, Conservation and Monitoring of Critically Endangered Gyps Vultures in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India
Two resident species of vultures have been declined steeply in recent years in South Asia including Assam and Arunachal Pradesh as a result of a veterinary medicine (Diclofenac) used to...View Project
Advancing seabird conservation in Peru’s artisanal fisheries through education and research
Beginning in 2003 Pro Delphinus began actively investigating seabird interactions with artisanal fisheries in Peru. That work has documented the by-catch and targeted take of seabirds, including endangered and threatened...View Project
Conserving the last of the wild: pumas and wild camelids in the semiarid landscapes of the Argentinean Andes
The loss of species interactions may result in negative impacts that affect both interacting species and the biological communities and ecosystems they inhabit. Unlike North America, southern South American predator-prey...View Project
Assessment and Conservation of Threatened Bird Species at Laojunshan, Sichuan, China
Laojunshan Natural Reserve, located in Pingshan County of southern Sichuan Province, is a Global 200 ecoregion (WWF).This area harbours a tremendous diversity of plants and and animals including a high...View Project
