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The Javan slow loris project, Gunung Gede Pangrango national park—Indonesia
The Javan slow loris is the only nocturnal prosimian living in Java and listed as data deficient (IUCN Global red-list 2003). Great deforestation in Java has threatened many primate species....View Project
Threats to nesting leatherback turtles in Pongara National Park, Gabon
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
Evaluation of present distribution and condition of the manatee in Cuanza River
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
Conservation of African wild dogs in northern Mozambique
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
Red siskin (Carduelis cucullata) research and conservation programme
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
Marsh deer project 2005
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
Conservation of the Syrian serin in Lebanon
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
Marine turtle project 2005: implementing a local community action plan to save marine turtles in Kenya
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
Assessment of the traffic disturbance to Tibetan antelopes in Hoh-Xil national nature reserve
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
Conservation of Tricholoma matsutake in Northwest Yunnan, China
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
Assessment of seabird bycatch in Peruvian artisanal fisheries
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
Saving the blue-billed curassow: implementing urgent conservation actions
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
Project Pawi: recovery of the Trinidad piping-guan
The Trinidad piping-guan, or pawi, is considered Critically Endangered due to its extremely small population, continuing habitat loss and illegal hunting. Our project addresses several priority actions proposed in Threatened...View Project
Development of conservation measures for the Darevsky’s viper in the Caucasus
The Darevsky's viper is critically endangered and found so far only in a small area in extreme N.W. Armenia adjacent to the border with Georgia. The principal threats are livestock...View Project
Polillo Island, Philippines
Giant frugivorous monitor lizards are endemic to lowland dipterocarp the Philippine Islands. Their large size, inability to fly and dependence on a small number of relatively rare fruit resources mean...View Project
Vision 2005: an integrated conservation and development project for the Kikuyu escarpment forest
Through this proposed project KENVO (Kijabe Environment Volunteers) hopes to diversify its voluntary awareness activities while still advocating for sound management and conservation of the Kikuyu Escarpment Forests. In doing...View Project
YARÉ: Yariguíes assessment and research of endangered species
Serranía de los Yariguíes is an isolated spur of Colombia’s Eastern Andean Cordillera. It straddles three endemic bird areas (EBAs), two of which are rated critical, but remains almost completely...View Project
Cambodian Turtle conservation project: extending chelonian research, education and conservation in Cambodia
This project proposes to build on the research results from our first year project and go to these next steps: 1) focused monitoring of the Endangered species we have found;...View Project
Conservation of an island endemic; Calayan rail (Gallirallus calayanensis)
The Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis), an endemic of Calayan Island in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines, was discovered and described last year by Allen et al. (2004) and was assigned a...View Project
Comoro Islands rainforest and biodiversity conservation project
Comoran rainforest is being rapidly degraded, mainly due to banana underplanting. We aim to help produce plans to slow this process, which is putting at risk many endemic and red...View Project