Supported Projects

There are currently 914 projects with the selected filtering.

Future Conservationist Award
Project Ortalis ’96
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The principle aim of this bird conservation project - which was run by Ecuadorian, Argentine and British biologists - was to identify the forest remnants adjacent to Bosque Protector Cerro...View Project

Bird
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Project Nusa Tenggara ’96: a University of East Anglia conservation expedition to Indonesia
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The Indonesian/British team will survey three proposed protected areas on the islands of West Timor and Roti, Indonesia to determine their conservation significance. The team will compare the relative biodiversity...View Project

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Project Utila ’96
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

The island's spectacular coral reefs have experienced an exponential increase in diving activity in the past few years. Project Utila 96 surveyed six baselines permanently marked by Project Utila 95...View Project

Mammal
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Morant Cay research 1996
Future Conservationist Award Fish

This joint University of London/University of the West Indies project set out to follow the IUCN recommendations "studies should be undertaken... with a view to declaration of the area as...View Project

Fish
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Project Zombitse 1996: a Malagasy-Cambridge conservation expedition
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

Working in collaboration with Malagasy field scientists, the project aimed to facilitate the implementation of WWF's Integrated Conservation Development Plan for the proposed Parc National Zombitse-Vohibasia. The team provided a...View Project

Multiple
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Mangaia 96: conservation in the Cook Islands
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

The team investigated the status, distribution and habitat of rats and landbirds on Mangaia, Cook Islands. The Mangaia Kingfisher (Todirhamphus ruficollaris) was more abundant than anticipated. The preliminary population estimate...View Project

Multiple
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Seychelles conservation expedition 1996
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

Detailed survey of the status and ecology of the Seychelles White-eye (Zosterops modestus) and Seychelles Fruit-bat (Pteropus s. seychellensis) to determine population size and distribution, identify habitat preferences, feeding preferences...View Project

Multiple
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Aberdeen University Unimas Sarawak ’95
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

Working in conjunction with five Malaysian students the aim of this project was to assess the relative abundance and distribution of bats, birds and small mammals in five distinct habitats...View Project

Multiple
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Future Conservationist Award
The threatened birds of Cuba project 1995
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The fieldwork scheduled for March 1995 to February 1996 had to be limited due to problems with visas and counterparts in Cuba. However, the team managed to study the status...View Project

Bird
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Future Conservationist Award
University of East Anglia Gunung Halimun ethnobotanical expedition, Java 1995
Future Conservationist Award Plant

The nine person multi-disciplinary team included three people from the University of East Anglia, UK and six people from the Biological Sciences Club of Jakarta, Indonesia. Research focused on the...View Project

Plant
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Project Podocarpus ’95: the Cambridge conservation project and research expedition in Southern Ecuador
Future Conservationist Award Multiple

An Ecuadorian and British team assessed the levels of mercury pollution from gold mining in Podocarpus National Park and near the mining town of Nambija. Samples of mercury in riverine...View Project

Multiple
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Project Sabrewing
Future Conservationist Award Bird

This large team under the supervision of Dr Floyd Hayes studied the endangered White-tailed Hummingbird. The species is the only globally threatened species in Tobago where it is extremely vulnerable....View Project

Bird
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Future Conservationist Award
Oxford University Eritrea ’96: an environmental assessment of the mangroves of Hergigo and Arafaile
Future Conservationist Award Plant

Students from the University of Oxford in association with Eritrean scientists conducted a preliminary socio-environmental assessment of the mangrove communities in the Semhar region of the country. Three mangroves have...View Project

Plant
Future Conservationist Award Plant
Conservation Follow-up Award
Kyabobo conservation project 1995
Conservation Follow-up Award Multiple

The Oxford University Kyabobo '94 expedition which showed that Ghana's newly formed Kyabobo National Park has a unique mixture of forest and savanna wildlife, with many rare and endangered species....View Project

Multiple
Conservation Follow-up Award Multiple
Conservation Follow-up Award
Project Yacutinga ’95
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird

The project was a follow-up to Project Canopy '92. Working with the governmental National Parks Directorate and non-governmental Fundacion Moises Bertoni (the BirdLife Partner), Project Yacutinga united 24 conservationists of...View Project

Bird
Conservation Follow-up Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
Avifauna of Mount Talinis, Philippines
Future Conservationist Award Bird

This Filipino project aimed to survey the avifauna of Mt. Talinis on the island of Negros. The project consisted of three components: (i) an assessment of the relationship between altitude,...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird
Future Conservationist Award
University of Bristol Choiseul ’95, Solomon Islands
Future Conservationist Award Mammal

A checklist of bats on the island of Choiseul was compiled. A study of Fruit bats showed that the Monkey-faced fox (Pteralopex anceps) previously thought to be extinct still exists...View Project

Mammal
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Cambridge University project Mount Nilo ’95, Tanzania
Future Conservationist Award Bird

This project surveyed forest birds and mammals in northern Tanzania. The team assessed the ecological requirements and threats to the survival of restricted-range and globally threatened birds in remnant patches...View Project

Bird
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Future Conservationist Award
Cochabamba ’95
Future Conservationist Award Bird

The area surrounding Cochabamba, Northern Bolivia has a unique and threatened woodland type with many endangered or vulnerable species of birds, including several endemics. The team surveyed bird fauna and...View Project

Bird
Future Conservationist Award Bird