Supported Projects

There are currently 917 projects with the selected filtering.

Internship
Desert spectacled bears design their own reserve
Internship Mammal

Telemetry of Spectacled Bears captured in the Chaparri Ecological Reserve will be used to assess their spatial needs and identify priority areas for conservation as part of the Lambayeque Biological...View Project

Mammal
Internship Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Turtles and tortoises of Northeast India: saving them from extinction
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

The Northeast region holds the highest turtle diversity in all of India. Recently, the local turtle species have become extremely rare, as many have been exploited for meat. Their status...View Project

Reptile
Future Conservationist Award Reptile
Future Conservationist Award
Small carnivore conservation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Small carnivores struggle against habitat destruction, over-exploitation and insufficient conservation action. This project will focus on the rarest, most vulnerable of habitats, the inland wetland, the endangered small carnivore species...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Internship
Diversity patterns of amphibians in lowland Amazonian forests, Southeastern Peru
Internship Amphibian

Biological diversity is threatened worldwide and it is a priority to develop regional and local strategies to conserve and manage wildlife habitats. In order to develop these strategies there is...View Project

Amphibian
Internship Amphibian
Future Conservationist Award
Ecology, distribution, status and protection of three Congolese fruit bats
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

Two or three endemic fruit bats occur in the savannas south of the Central African rain forest block: Epomophoris grandis, Micropteropus intermedius and Epomophorus cf. labiatus. According to IUCN, two...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Conservation Follow-up Award
Project Knuckles 2005 phase II
Conservation Follow-up Award Reptile

The Knuckles Mountain Range is home to 10 of the 15 Agamidae found in Sri Lanka. Five of the endemic species are thought to be under threat. The most well...View Project

Reptile
Conservation Follow-up Award Reptile
Future Conservationist Award
Project Yabelo: status of the Ethiopia bush crow and white-tailed swallow
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The Ethiopian Bush-crow and the White-tailed Swallow both have remarkably restricted ranges in southern Ethiopia and are currently classified as vulnerable. Despite their restricted range and relatively small population size,...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of threatened conifers in the Eastern Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
Future Conservationist Award Plant

In response to the recommendations made by the Fauna & Flora International’s Vietnam Conifer Conservation Status Review 2004, the project team will initiate in situ and ex situ conservation programme...View Project

Plant
Future Conservationist Award Plant
Future Conservationist Award
Threats to nesting leatherback turtles in Pongara National Park, Gabon
Future Conservationist Award Reptile

Pongara National Park, located just 15 minutes by boat from Libreville, Gabon's capital, is a key leatherback turtle nesting area. Around 3,500 nests are laid each year between the months...View Project

Reptile
Future Conservationist Award Reptile
Future Conservationist Award
Evaluation of present distribution and condition of the manatee in Cuanza River
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The wide distribution of the African manatee along the west coast of Africa contrasts with the low level of information about the biology and present status of the species, particularly...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of African wild dogs in northern Mozambique
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The vast wilderness of Mozambique provides potential habitat for the Endangered African wild dog, allowing for a more or less continuous range for the dogs across neighboring countries. Using both...View Project

Mammal
Future Conservationist Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Red siskin (Carduelis cucullata) research and conservation programme
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The endangered Red Siskin has been extirpated throughout most of its historic range, primarily due to trapping for the caged bird trade. In 2000 a previously unknown population was discovered...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Conservation Leadership Award
Marsh deer project 2005
Conservation Leadership Award Mammal

After long years of work, supported and accompanied by the BP Conservation Programme, we have obtained not only an invaluable amount of new information on the biology of the Marsh...View Project

Mammal
Conservation Leadership Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of the Syrian serin in Lebanon
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The Syrian serin is one of the species of birds that breeds in and migrates through Lebanon and is considered "globally threatened" by IUCN (Evans 1994). It is a "restricted-range"...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award
Marine turtle project 2005: implementing a local community action plan to save marine turtles in Kenya
Conservation Follow-up Award Reptile

All 5 species of marine turtles occurring in Kenya’s marine waters i.e. Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, lepidochelys olivacea, Caretta caretta and Dermochelys coriacea are listed by the World Conservation Union...View Project

Reptile
Conservation Follow-up Award Reptile
Conservation Follow-up Award
Assessment of the traffic disturbance to Tibetan antelopes in Hoh-Xil national nature reserve
Conservation Follow-up Award Mammal

The Tibetan Antelope or Chiru is listed in the IUCN Red List as a Threatened Species. Each year, Tibetan antelopes will migrate to the hinterland of Hoh-xil to give birth...View Project

Mammal
Conservation Follow-up Award Mammal
Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of Tricholoma matsutake in Northwest Yunnan, China
Future Conservationist Award Plant

The ectomycorrhizal species Tricholoma matsutake has been exported since 1985 from southwest Yunnan, China. It has quickly eclipsed logging and pastorialism to become the major contribution to rural livelihood and...View Project

Plant
Future Conservationist Award Plant
Future Conservationist Award
Assessment of seabird bycatch in Peruvian artisanal fisheries
Future Conservationist Award Bird

Albatross and petrel bycatch in global fisheries has been a growing concern since the early 1990s. Information on seabird bycatch is scarce for the southeast Pacific. This gap makes difficult...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award
Saving the blue-billed curassow: implementing urgent conservation actions
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

Cracids are ecologically important primary forest birds that are highly susceptible to human disturbance from both hunting and habitat destruction, making ideal bio-indicators for forest monitoring and management, as well...View Project

Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird