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Conservation of an endemic and Endangered oak tree in Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Quercus brandegeei is an Endangered and endemic oak tree in Baja California Sur, Mexico. One-third of its 3,000 km² range is within a protected area, Sierra La Laguna Biosphere Reserve...View Project

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Conservation of the Endangered Salim Ali’s fruit bat in Western Ghats, India
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Salim Ali’s fruit bat (Latidens salimalii), one of the three rarest bats in the world, is an evolutionarily distinct, monotypic and endangered frugivorous bat species endemic to the southern Western...View Project

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Conservation of black softshell turtles in Assam, northeast India
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The black softshell turtle was thought to be extinct in the wild, only being known from a sacred pond at the Bostami shrine in Bangladesh. Recent records from Nagaland, West...View Project

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Creating the grassroots to conserve the Santa Fe frog in the South American Great Chaco
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Leptodactylus laticeps (Santa Fe frog) is an endemic amphibian from the South American Great Chaco (Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay). Its global conservation status is Near Threatened (2004), with a decreasing...View Project

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Habitat restoration and corridors creation to enhance conservation of the Pampean sand-dune lizard
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The Pampean sand-dune lizard, which is endemic to the Pampean coastal dunes of Argentina, is highly sensitive to modifications to its habitat. Isolated subpopulations of this lizard have been cornered...View Project

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Frontier social conservation action and research on horseshoe crabs in Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods fully protected by the Decree of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry Regulation No.20/2018 and Government Regulations No.7/1999. As a marine...View Project

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Conserving shorebirds through community engagement in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
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Vietnam lies within the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, which itself makes up the central part of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Declines of migratory shorebirds have been largely attributed to habitat loss,...View Project

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Hornbills and people: building an alliance for conservation in North Bengal, India
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Hornbills are indicators of the health of a forest ecosystem, but globally they are threatened by habitat loss, fragmentation and hunting. The North Bengal region in India (part of the...View Project

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Testing conservation and habitat restoration methods to preserve Rapa’s endemic avifauna
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The island of Rapa is a place of extraordinary biodiversity that includes the Critically Endangered Koko, the only fruit-dove of the Austral Archipelago (French Polynesia). Its off-shore uninhabited islets are...View Project

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Status of lion-tailed macaques in the Nilambur forests of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India
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Lion-tailed macaques are endemic to the Western Ghats with an estimated population size of 3,500 individuals. Globally assessed as Endangered, these primates face threats from forest fragmentation and illegal hunting....View Project

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Combating the illegal trade of marine turtles in Palawan
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The islands of Palawan are a mega diverse hotspot torn apart by illegal mining, unregulated logging, unmanaged coastal development and active poaching. Nevertheless, its remote beaches still host some of...View Project

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Community-based conservation of red panda in Arunachal, India
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Habitat destruction coupled with hunting and feral dog attacks have become global concerns for red panda populations. Arunachal Pradesh harbours the largest number of red pandas in India but ironically,...View Project

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Conservation of the Endangered Preuss’s monkey on the Obudu Plateau, Nigeria
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The Preuss’s monkey (Allochrocebus preussi) is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In Nigeria, A. preussi is restricted to the montane forests of Cross River National Park, the...View Project

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Population status, threats and conservation of the blue-winged goose in Ethiopia
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The blue-winged goose is an endemic waterfowl species, and the only member of the genus Cyanochen. It has a small declining population, roughly equating to 3,000-7,000 mature individuals, within a...View Project

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Conservation of threatened migratory and resident shorebirds in the Banco dos Cajuais, Brazil
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The Banco dos Cajuais, located in the municipality of Icapuí, Ceará state, is recognized as an important stopover/wintering area for shorebirds that are priority species in the National Action Plan...View Project

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Reducing human-giraffe conflict along the Kenya-Somalia border
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The reticulated giraffe has experienced greater than 80% population declines and is currently listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). About 90% of reticulated giraffes...View Project

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Small felid conservation in an endangered ecosystem in Bolivia
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Worldwide, the information on small felids compared to larger felids species is limited. In Bolivia, seven species of small felids are registered, and there is a possibility that the southern...View Project

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Conservation actions and invertebrates investigation in Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst caves, Georgia
Future Conservationist Award Invertebrate

Cave-dwelling invertebrates in the Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst cave massif of the Imereti region, western Georgia, have been poorly investigated. Only 34% of the 49 caves have been studied biospeleologically (i.e., the...View Project

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The snaring disaster and optimistic solutions for in situ wildlife conservation in Vietnam and Laos
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The Critically Endangered large-antlered muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) is one of several threatened endemic species in the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and Laos. These species are under high pressure from intensive...View Project

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Development of catching techniques and tagging of the red-breasted goose by satellite transmitters in Kazakhstan
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The main purpose of the project is to develop a method for catching and tagging red-breasted geese (Rufibrenta ruficollis) with satellite transmitters at migration stopover places in northern Kazakhstan. Northern...View Project

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