09-05-2024 - Bondarwezia loguerciae
Qualifying fungal conservation: Accelerating the Brazilian Funga conservation and extinction risk assessment through AI-based habitat models and IUCN guidelines.
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 500 grants constituting a total donation of $4,663,351 for species conservation projects based in South America.
Conservation Case Studies in South America
19-12-2023 - Tapir’s bark polypore
Securing the Future: Field Monitoring and Ex-situ Conservation of the Critically Endangered Fungus Fomitiporia nubicola from the Cloud Forests
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19-12-2023 - Samastacus spinifrons
Where are the Moms? Mapping ovigerous females of S. spinifrons as a baseline for conservation strategies in the Maullin River.
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18-12-2023 - Neesiochloa barbata
Neesiochloa barbata (Poaceae: Chloridoideae): a monotypic and endemic genus from the largest seasonally dry forest in the Neotropics
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18-12-2023 - Cemetery treefrog
The Cemetery Treefrog: Does He Only Live Next to His Final Resting Place? Threats and conservation of Dendropsophus nekronastes
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15-12-2023 - Northern tiger-cat
Red alert in the Threatened Kingdom: intensifying actions to secure the tiger-cat kingdom and felid hot-spot
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15-12-2023 - Andean Cat
Quechua women united for the conservation of Andean Cats in Ayacucho, Peru
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27-09-2023 - Swiss cheese mushroom
Population survey, molecular characterization and ex situ conservation of the endangered South American edible fungal species Rickiella edulis
Rickiella edulis is facing a high threat of extinction (Endangered) and its current population (ca. 2,000 individuals) is decreasing. It is a forestal species and its main threat is deforestation and forest
fragmentation.
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27-09-2023 - Black oak
Conservation and management of Trigonobalanus excelsa forests in the Colombian Massif.
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27-09-2023 - Gardel’s sand-dune lizard
Conservation of the microendemic and recently-discovered lizard (Liolaemus gardeli; Squamata, Liolaemidae) in South America. The region encompasses an area of relict dunes within the Tacurembó River basin. Liolaemus gardeli is a newly discovered lizard species, described for a very restricted distribution and endemic to a single locality, this species occurs in dunes with sandy soils and patches of herbaceous vegetation.
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