21-04-2016 - African penguin
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds Burghers Walk African Penguin Project
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 827 grants constituting a total donation of $8,347,267 for species conservation projects based in Africa.
Conservation Case Studies in Africa
21-04-2016 - Preuss's red colobus
A rapid assessment of Preuss’s red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) abundance and hunter preferences in northern Korup National Park: Ikenge, Cameroon. With this project, I use a standard line transect survey to assess the current abundance of a Critically Endangered monkey in a national park. I frame ecological data with ethnographic assessment of the human community living within the forest, with a focus on bushmeat hunters.
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20-04-2016 - Tahina palm
Conservation of the Critically Endangered palm Tahina spectabilis in Madagascar.
A decade ago, an extraordinary monotypic palm was discovered in a remote location in Madagascar. With only a tiny known population, in a threatened habitat, and a reproductive strategy where the palm dies after flowering, this species urgently needed conservation action to protect it....
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09-12-2015 - Esalle
Conservation of threatened frogs through habitat restoration in the Muanenguba landscape, Cameroon
This mountain is rich in bird’s species, reptiles, mammals and amphibians. Amphibians are threatened by hunting, deforestation, pollution, slash and burn. Amphibians hunted particularly long-fingered frog (Cardioglossa manengouba) endemic in the area for protein. It can be found at water sources as well as farmlands.
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09-12-2015 - Victoria tilapia
Spatial Distribution and Population Status of Critically Endangered Victoria tilapia and Singidia tilapia in lakes Kayanja and Kayugi, Uganda
This project will contribute to generating updated information about spatial distribution and population status of critically endangered Victoria tilapia and Singidia tilapia to help various stakeholders to undertake appropriate conservation actions needed to halt the extinction of these fishes.
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09-12-2015 - White-backed Vulture
Monitoring Vulture Species in Botswana to Understand the Ecology, Cause of Decline, and Mitigate Conservation Threats
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09-12-2015 - Blue-eyed black lemur
Is reforestation an effective conservation strategy for the Blue-eyed Black Lemur (Eulemur flavifrons)?
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09-12-2015 - Southern woolly lemur
The use of plantations and forest corridors by the endangered southern woolly lemur: a strategy for their conservation
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20-09-2015 - Nigerian kola, Sigerekun (Yoruba)
This project is prioritising and protecting Nigeria’s most threatened trees. Red List assessments are identifying the species most at risk of extinction. Seed collecting expeditions are sourcing propagation material to set up conservation collections. Training was provided to NGOs and forest community groups, giving them the skills to protect Nigeria's threatened trees.
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20-09-2015 - Water-starworts
Red List Assessment and preparation of a global Action Plan for conservation of water-starworts (Callitriche)
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