2,979Grants to

1,827(Sub)Species

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 369 grants for this species type, constituting a total donation of $3,453,895.

Reptile Conservation Case Studies

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511662) - Tenerife speckled lizard - Awarded $10,000 on December 09, 2015
09-12-2015 - Tenerife speckled lizard

Describe and understand the key features of the food web that support the local speckled lizard populations, as a conservation tool.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511325) - Bizarre-nosed Chameleon  - Awarded $9,000 on September 20, 2015
20-09-2015 - Bizarre-nosed Chameleon

The focus of the project is encouraging conservation attention for Bizarre-nosed Chameleon and for its land-living. Identified as a marsh-dependent species, Calumma hafahafa might not a tropical forest interior species. The species concentration areas give the idea to be close to marshes surrounded by a ring of forests. Marshes actually drive changes in Bizarre-nosed Chameleon abundance. It is a result of habitat choice.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150511119) - Green turtle - Awarded $5,000 on September 20, 2015
20-09-2015 - Green turtle

Community-Based Marine Turtle Conservation in Liberia Marine Turtle Conservation along the Liberian Bassa coastline was initiated in 2012. The progress of the project is encouraging as hunters and poachers living in communities surrounding the beaches are now protecting the species. Sea Turtle monitoring is active and on-going in Little Bassa, Duo, Samuel Brown Town, Sand Farm and Bassa Point Township -- stretching 22.7 kilometers.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150510498) - Greek Meadow Viper - Awarded $3,810 on April 22, 2015
22-04-2015 - Greek Meadow Viper

The Greek Meadow Viper Working Group works on the conservation ecology of the Greek Meadow Viper in Albania and Greece. Now we developing ethoncoservational strategy on overgrazed alpine meadow to reach a sustainable human use of the Albanian Highlands and promote the long term existence of this endangered venomous snake.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150510677) - Darevsky's Viper - Awarded $4,850 on April 22, 2015
22-04-2015 - Darevsky's Viper

Conservation of threatened Turkish Vipers: Field work to find range limits, contact zones between related species, relevant ecological correlates for each species, and genetic work to investigate any interspecific gene flow. This project and subsequent studies will provide essential information to evaluate species integrities and ultimately conserve vulnerable to critically endangered viper species in northeastern Turkey.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 142510107) - Sister Isles Rock Iguana (SIRI) - Awarded $8,500 on December 29, 2014
29-12-2014 - Sister Isles Rock Iguana (SIRI)

Population dynamics and nesting ecology of the critically endangered iguana Cyclura nubila caymanensis in a heterogeneous landscape.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 140510158) - Canasí Trope - Awarded $4,500 on December 29, 2014
29-12-2014 - Canasí Trope

Conservation of the poorly known snake Tropidophis celiae: a Cuban endemic species living in a very threatened habitat

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14059940) - Fer de lance - Awarded $2,000 on December 29, 2014
29-12-2014 - Fer de lance

Project BRASS: Bites Reduced and Snakes Saved aims to reduce the number of accidental snakebites to humans through education and thus, in turn, help conserve all species of snakes from senseless killings.

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