02-10-2018 - Lesser Antillean Iguana
Assessing the post-hurricane status and hybridization threat in the last remaining Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) stronghold - Dominica
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 340 grants constituting a total donation of $3,257,570 for species conservation projects based in North America.
Conservation Case Studies in North America
29-09-2018 - Cuban solenodon
The Almiquà (Solenodoncubanus) is considered one of the jewels of the Cuban fauna, andthe most primitive mammals in the country. It is endemic to Cuba, is the only representative of the insectivore group. The species is categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, threats which have caused this ranking are the accelerated process of habitat destructionand the proliferation of introduced predators.
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02-05-2018 - Hau kuahiwi
NTBG Researchers Rediscover ‘Extinct’ Hibiscadelphus woodii (Malvaceae) in Kauai Using a Drone
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02-05-2018 - Giant Southern Salamander
The lungless salamanders as the Southern Giant Salamander live in humid environments like the cloud forest of the Mixteca region in Oaxaca. Unfortunately, huge areas of forest have been lost or disturbed because of anthropogenic activities as coffee plantations. This project aims to generate knowledge about the ecology of this species in modified and pristine areas to develop a forestry management plan.
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01-05-2018 - Jamaican Rock Iguana
The spatial ecology and behavior of the Jamaican Rock Iguana (Cyclura collei): implications for conservation management
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19-12-2017 - false ‘ohe
Seed Ecology and Conservation of the Critically Endangered Hawaiian Endemic Polyscias racemosa (Araliaceae)
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19-12-2017 - Cinnamodendron corticosum
Cinnamodendron corticosum (Canellaceae) is a popular wild spice tree endemic to Jamaica, reportedly confined to two administrative parishes, and the IUCN Red List classifies the species as "vulnerable.†Considering the species’ assumed small geographic range, local reports of over-harvesting, and published deforestation rates in Jamaica, a systematic in-depth conservation status reassessment, through species-distribution analysis of ...
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19-12-2017 - Lesser Antillean Iguana
Given the continued spread of non-native Green Iguana throughout the Lesser Antilles the regional endemic iguana, Lesser Antillean Iguana, is rapidly declining. With recent hybridization now also present on the island of St. Eustatius we are trying to stop this process, catch all non-native iguanas and prevent future invasions to thereby safeguard this populations' future.
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19-12-2017 - Black-cheeked Ant-tanager
The endemic-endangered Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris: Cardinalidae): A Population status and reproductive evaluation in the disappearing forests of Osa Peninsula
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18-09-2017 - Watercress darter
During this project, Freshwater Land Trust and partners have enhanced and maintained critical habitat and survival of the endangered watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale) in an urban watershed in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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