24-12-2024 - Pacific Coast Musk Turtle
Conservation of the Pacific Coast Musk Turtle: community conservation of an endangered freshwater turtle in Chiapas, Mexico.
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The MBZ Fund and GEF is delighted to announce that 78 small grants have been awarded as part of this program, constituting a total donation of $616,858. Click here to see all these grants. Those with case studies are featured below.
Featured Fonseca projects
24-12-2024 - Sokoke scops owl
Monitoring Sokoke Scops Owl and Usambara Eagle Owl Population and Range, and Awareness Raising in East Usambara Mountains' Forests
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23-12-2024 - Pig-Tailed Snub-nosed Langur
This project uses thermal drones to estimate populations of endangered Mentawai primates outside of Siberut National Park, Indonesia. By mapping critical habitats and identifying high-risk areas, the research aims to support conservation efforts and inform management strategies. The data will help guide effective actions to protect the priority species, the pig-tailed snub-nosed langur.
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23-12-2024 - White-bellied pangolin
Upscaling Pangolin Research and Conservation through Community Ranger-led Biomonitoring: Mapping Priority Habitats and Threats in the Deng-Deng National Park.
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14-10-2024 - Anzuetoi arboreal alligator lizard
Restoration of the Agua Volcano’s cloud forest: Recovering the known habitat of the recently rediscovered Abronia anzuetoi.
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14-10-2024 - Uganda Clawed Frog
STATUS OF THE UGANDA CLAWED FROG, Xenopus ruwenzoriensis, AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE AND HABITAT DEGRADATION
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14-10-2024 - Bighead striped catfish
Catfish lined bighead (Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense) and catfish lined tumame (Pseudoplatystoma metaense) of the river Arauca binational.
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14-10-2024 - Sundarbans crow
Investigating the ecology and threats of Euploea crameri nicevillei (Moore, 1890) from the Sundarbans Mangrove forest in Bangladesh
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14-10-2024 - Poso Endemic Mussel
Increasing Local Community awareness to Conserve Endangered Clam, Corbicula possoensis, in Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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14-10-2024 - White-tail gorgonian
Fans on the rocks: documentation and conservation of octocoral fauna along the rocky shores of West Indian shelf
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Approved by the GEF Council in December 2022 initially as the “Gustavo Fonseca Youth Conservation Leadership Program,” the new innovative program supports the professional development of promising young conservationists from developing countries.
The program, in honor of tropical scientist Gustavo Fonseca, the GEF’s long-serving Director of Programs who passed away in August 2022, will include conservation fellowships, grants for biodiversity field work, awards for participation in international conservation events, and a recurrent global conservation symposium bringing together young environmental leaders.