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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 1021 grants constituting a total donation of $8,713,343 for species conservation projects based in Asia.
The project is expansion of 'The Rufford Foundation, UK' supported research and activity-based capacity-building to develop human-elephant interaction management plan in ‘Mayurjharna Elephant Reserve’, existing/extended ‘Zone of influence’. We will enumerate elephant population and record migration range to develop distribution and interface zone maps. ‘ The Elephant Reserve Research Station’ will develop ...
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What stresses gibbons out? Sources of Variation in Faecal Cortisol Levels in Nomascus annamensis Gibbons in Cambodia.
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Mitigating threats to leopards in the Machiara region by involving local people in leopard conservation and livestock protection activities
The main aim of this program is to raise conservation awareness about leopard and provide necessary management tools to inform and impart knowledge, particularly to local communities, as well as to enhance indigenous and traditional knowledge that is useful for the conservation.
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Distribution of Rana parvaccola and Rana rufipes as an new species in West Sumatra.
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This project enabled us to provide first ever biological information for a critically endangered Rhacophorid frog from Northeast hotspot region of India. Further based on fresh material we redescribed the species and determined its Phylogenetic position. We studied reproductive biology and compared with South Asian lineages.
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Conservation of Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) through research, awareness education and capacity building in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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Strengthening co-existence of fisheries with endangered river dolphins in Nepal's river system
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The study focuses on examining the ecology and behaviour of the endangered fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) in the urban wetland habitats found in the Colombo metropolitan area. This habitat is currently under threat, due to severe habitat destruction caused by rapid urban development. Our project hopes to use the relationship these cats have with their urban surroundings to help promote green infrastructure development practices.
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As Pallas’ cat is listed as (NT) in the IUCN Red List and it is a “Protected Species†by Iran law, but there is very limited data about the status of it in Iran; This project aimed to run some basic ecological survey and status assessment of Pallas’ cat in parts of Alborz Mountains in Iran, where the presence of Pallas’ cat has been confirmed.
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Educating and empowering local communities for the conservation of Pallas's cat in Manang valley, Nepal.
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