27-09-2023 - Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew
Assessing the conservation status of the rarest shrews (Soricidae: Cryptotis) of the Northern Andes.
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 477 grants constituting a total donation of $4,451,611 for species conservation projects based in South America.
Conservation Case Studies in South America
27-09-2023 - Vellozia sessilis
Searching for Vellozia sessilis, a charismatic plant endemic to the highlands of the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot
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27-09-2023 - Andean tiger cat
Small wild cats in the metropolis: conservation of the Andean tiger cat in threatened reserves of the Colombian Coffee Region.
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03-05-2023 - Lamelloporus americanus
Latin America Workshop: Promoting conservation of the Latin American Funga through specialists' capacitation and extinction risk assessment of threatened fungi
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01-05-2023 - Starry Night Harlequin toad
Local partnerships to ensure the conservation of three species of harlequin toads in the Key Biodiversity Area of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
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27-04-2023 - Northern Tiger cat
Mitigation of threats and adaptation to climate change for Tiger Cat conservation in the seasonally dry forest of northeast Peru
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20-12-2022 - leaf-cutting ant
Improving ecological knowledge and science communication for the conservation of endemic and endangered leaf-cutting ant (Atta robusta) in Brazil.
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20-12-2022 - Wrightoporia araucariae
First efforts to preserve Wrightoporia auraucariae, a rare and critically endangered species endemic to Araucaria forests
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20-12-2022 - Manganga
Population assessment and conservation status of the magangá Potamobatrachus trispinosus endemic to the Rio Tocantins, Amazon basin, Brazil
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20-12-2022 - Trichogenes claviger
The objectives of current research are to detect the presence of the Caetés catfish, Trichogenes claviger, in isolated rivers along the upper Rio Caxixe and Rio Fruteiras, tributaries of Rio Itapemirim in Espírito Santo mountains, Brazil. Employng the metabarcoding approach, through environmental DNA. We aim to locate existing populations of this species, figured on the IUCN redlist, as a critically endangered freshwater catfish.
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