Supported Projects

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Future Conservationist Award
The Tulbagh renosterveld Project
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The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot and has recently received World Heritage status. Renosterveld, which occurs in lowland areas, is the most threatened vegetation...View Project

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Ecology, distribution, status and protection of three Congolese fruit bats
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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

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Conservation Follow-up Award
Project Knuckles 2005 phase II
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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

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Project Yabelo: status of the Ethiopia bush crow and white-tailed swallow
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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

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Conservation of threatened conifers in the Eastern Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
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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

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Threats to nesting leatherback turtles in Pongara National Park, Gabon
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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

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Evaluation of present distribution and condition of the manatee in Cuanza River
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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

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Conservation of African wild dogs in northern Mozambique
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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

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Red siskin (Carduelis cucullata) research and conservation programme
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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

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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

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Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of the Syrian serin in Lebanon
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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

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

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Assessment of the traffic disturbance to Tibetan antelopes in Hoh-Xil national nature reserve
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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

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Future Conservationist Award
Conservation of Tricholoma matsutake in Northwest Yunnan, China
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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

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Assessment of seabird bycatch in Peruvian artisanal fisheries
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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

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

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Development of conservation measures for the Darevsky’s viper in the Caucasus
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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

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Project Pawi: recovery of the Trinidad piping-guan
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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

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Conservation Follow-up Award
Polillo Island, Philippines
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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

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