-- Application round 2019 now CLOSED --
Approved Projects
2018
• Community Conservation and Sustainable Use of Tropical Upland Forests in Battambang, Cambodia  Read more »
• Conservation of globally important populations of highly-threatened species through the creation of new, community-managed protected areas in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan  Read more »
• Support community protection of aquatic submersion vegetation habitats and of conservation of endangered seagrass and fish species in coastal Tam Giang lagoon in central Vietnam   Read more »
• Cloud forests of Páramo El Tambor: working with the stakeholders to promote ecosystem conservation and restoration for climate change adaptation.  Read more »
• Primate Inventory and Conservation in Ikpa River Basin, Southern Nigeria  Read more »
• Saving Endangered Taita Hills Butterflies through Growing Indigenous Host Plants.  Read more »
• Wild Seve: Building Tolerance for Elephants Through Effective Mitigation and Compensation in India  Read more »
• Sustainable protection of breeding habitat of the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis) in Bolivia.  Read more »
• Wire Snare art and Conservation: Improving Local Community Livelihoods to Reduce Wildlife Snare Poaching in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania  Read more »
2017
• Ecosystem restoration in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda  Read more »
• Piloting a community-based approach to ecosystems conservation in Uzbekistan  Read more »
• Establishing biosecurity program to protect the Critically Endangered Ricord's Iguana and other native species on Cabritos Island, Lake Enriquillo, Dominican Republic  Read more »
• Supporting the operations of community rangers in the Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan  Read more »
• Snow Leopard Conservation in Hhovd Province, Mongolia  Read more »
• Fostering human-Asian elephant coexistence with community involvement in the Anamalai hills, southern India  Read more »
• Creation of the El Salado Wildlife Reserve, Guatemala  Read more »
• Community-based wildlife monitoring, climate-smart agriculture and environmental education in the tropical rainforests of Sierra del Lacandón National Park, Guatemala  Read more »
• Conservation and restoration of mountain tapir habitat in Ecuador, using threatened and endemic plants.  Read more »
• Santa Catalina: a wetland for the well being of the biodiversity and the people of the Matanza Riachuelo basin  Read more »
2016
• Impacts of Tilapia: threats of an invasive genetically-modified fish on Samoan biodiversity  Read more »
• Organophosphates and their Roles in Wildlife Poisoning  Read more »
• Expansion of Citizen Action for Tigers (CAT) Programme in Malaysia  Read more »
• Initiation of Himalayan Black Bear Conservation and Community Based Crop Damage Compensation Scheme in Mountain Landscape of Nepal  Read more »
• Red Hot Pepper Solution for sustainable Elephant Conservation in Bia-Goaso Forest Block, Western Ghana  Read more »
• Saving the critically endangered blue-eyed black lemur through improvement of local communities ' livelihoods, education and habitat protection in Madagascar  Read more »
• Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative (LTCI): Cerrado Tapir Program, Brazil  Read more »
• Shark Shelter Expansion Project (SSEP): Enhancing marine protection in Daanbantayan through law enforcement and community-led management  Read more »
• Conservation of the endangered lemur Propithecus Coquereli and the forest reserve of Andriamisara, Boeny region, Madagascar  Read more »
2015
• Enhancing the conservation of the red-bellied guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster) in Gnanhouizounmè forest at Southern Bénin (ECRG), Stage II  Read more »
• Protecting the endangered Mongolian Khulan (Equus hemionus hemionus) as a flagship species of the Gobi Desert ecosystem  Read more »
• Increasing the Veterinary and Educational Capacity of the Only Centre for the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Endangered Birds of Prey and Owls in Kenya  Read more »
2014
• Creating a safe haven for the critically endangered slippery frog in Ghana through reduction in hunting, habitat protection and restoration  Read more »
• Building Consensus towards Mapping of Marine Areas for Coral Reef Conservation Education in Sumbawa Island, Indonesia  Read more »
• Ardea humbloti and other Bird Conservation in Marovoay Wetland Habitats  Read more »
• Incentivizing Local Communities for the Conservation of the Critically Endangered Blue-eyed black lemur  Read more »
• Curbing the impact of the recent surge of poisoning events on vultures in southern Africa  Read more »
2013
• Building strategic and multi-purpose infrastructure to protect the Awacachi Biological Corridor.  Read more »
• Catalysing community conservation of the Butterfly Forest, Mount Mabu, northern Mozambique.  Read more »
• Empowering Local Institutions to Mitigate Destruction of the World’s Largest Remaining Guatemalan Fir Tree Habitat, Totonicapán, Guatemala.  Read more »
• Saving Endangered African Wildlife by Reducing Illegal Wildlife Trafficking.  Read more »
• Predator deterrents to reduce carnivore and scavenger mortalities in Maasai livestock enclosures.  Read more »
• Sustainable bird monitoring and avitourism against bird poaching at Bunyala Rice Scheme.  Read more »
2012
• Alternative cooking technology for Ngobe Bugle dwellers at Escudo de Veraguas Island, Panama.  Read more »
• Wanhoop nooit aan vooruitgang. Brieven van Jac. P. Thijsse.  Read more »
• Monitoring population status, life history and threats to cheetahs in Zimbabwe through education and communication.  Read more »
• Capacity Building of Mobile Enforcement Unit and the Judicial Police in Northeast Cambodia.  Read more »
• Implementing the Dusky Starfrontlet Conservation Plan in the western Andes, Colombia.  Read more »
• Conservation Clubs, Zimbabwe.  Read more »
• Berau cetacean conservation project, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.  Read more »
• Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Watch, Turkey.  Read more »
2011
• Improvement of anti-poaching patrols in Boubandjida National Park, Cameroon.  Read more »
• Painted Dog Conservation Anti-Poaching Units.  Read more »
• Creating a future for the Bolivian River Dolphin through communal efforts in monitoring, communication and education.  Read more »
• Linking conservation and sustainable development of rhododendron forest in the Nepal Himalaya.  Read more »
• Initiating village-based conservation chameleons in southern Madagascar.  Read more »
• Construction of a nature conservation information and education centre at the Benoué National Park, North Cameroon, as part of a children’s bushcamp.  Read more »
2010
• Sugapa - Scientific Entomological Magazine about Papua, Indonesia.  Read more »
• The Maleo, A future of hope for Sulawesi’s "wildlife flagship".  Read more »
• Native flora nursery and seed bank development at the Centre for Desert and Ocean for long term aforestation programs in Kutch, Gujarat, India.  Read more »
• Monitoring of lion movements within Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi, Northern Nigeria.  Read more »
• Field Patrol Vehicle for the Game Scout and Rhino programme in the Chyulu Hills, Kenya.  Read more »
• Pilot Pedal Power Cinema Project for Great Ape Conservation Education in Uganda.  Read more »
• Conservation of Critically Endangered vultures in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal.  Read more »
• Conservation of the endangered Ladakh Urial in the western Trans-Himalaya.  Read more »
2009
• Painted Dog Conservation, in casu Anti Poaching Units (APU).  Read more »
• Inventory of breeding range of Sociable Plover in Western Siberia.  Read more »
• Monitoring the ranging behaviour of livestock raiding lions around Amboseli National Park, Kenya.  Read more »
• Development of Important Bird Areas Handbook for Costa Rica.  Read more »
• Together for birds and children: local involvement of schools in conservation of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Armenia.  Read more »
• Improved Protection of Biodiversity in Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve.  Read more »
2008
• Follow-up survey of the endemic avifauna in the Javan Coastal Zone Endemic Bird Area.  Read more »
• Conservation of the Nantu Forest, Sulawesi, Indonesia.  Read more »
• Field Guide to the damselflies of New Guinea.  Read more »
• Dugong Sanctuary Establishment in Salafen, Misool, Raja Ampat Islands.  Read more »
• Native tree aforestation and nature education camps in the desert of Kutch, Gujarat, India.  Read more »
• Extension of the Riba Coa Nature Reserve, Portugal.  Read more »
• Conserving North Sulawesi’s last beach nesting Maleo part II.  Read more »
• Digitisation of Indonesian bird song recordings.  Read more »
• Student Nature Conservation Clubs in Kazakhstan.  Read more »
• Improvement of anti-poaching patrols in Boubandjida National Park, Cameroon.  Read more »
2007
• Accessing the past - Making 'De Tropische Natuur' available to conservation researchers.  Read more »
• Breeding programme for a livestock-guarding dog: the Karakachan dog.  Read more »
• Protecting large trees against elephant impact in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa.  Read more »
• Sociable Plover Survey in Syria.  Read more »
• Logistic support for the Associação Transumância e Natureza (Portugal) to protect threatened Cliff Breeders.  Read more »
• Conservation of the last habitats of three critically endangered frogs of Madagascar (Mantella cowani, Boophis williamsi and Mantidactylus pauliani).  Read more »
• Cryptic marine biodiversity and its relevance for the design of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Raja Ampat islands, West Papua (Indonesia).  Read more »
• Production of a semi-popular booklet on wetlands in Suriname.  Read more »
• Conservation of biodiversity in the remnant sacred forest of Lokogba in south-west Benin: an ecosystem in danger.  Read more »
• Support eco-guards in the Waza National Park, Cameroon, with uniforms and equipment.  Read more »
2006
• Philippine Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) conservation in NE Luzon, The Philippines.  Read more »
• Survey of the endemic avifauna in the Javan coastal zone endemic bird area.  Read more »
• Influence of pastoralism on the distribution of the elephants of the National Park of Po known as Kabore Tambi National Park (Burkina Faso).  Read more »
• Forgotten Kingdoms  Read more »
• Mammals of Nepal  Read more »
• Monitoring, control and the fight against poaching in the protected area of Ibolo-Koundoumou by rural communities, Congo.  Read more »
• Survey of endemic and globally threatened bat species in the Fouta Djallon Plateau for conservation priorities in Guinea.  Read more »
• A survey and action program for the conservation of Cheetah and African Wild Dog in Northern Cameroon.  Read more »
• Red-billed Curassow Action Plan Officer to aid the conservation of key areas of Atlantic Forest in Brazil  Read more »
• Wild dogs translocation: from Pilanesberg NP, South Africa, to Hwange NP Zimbabwe.  Read more »
• Conserving North Sulawesi's last beach nesting Maleo.  Read more »
2005
• Creation of a visitor centre of Saiga conservation in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation.  Read more »
• Conservation and protection of the African Wild Hunting Dog through action and education.  Read more »
• Taxonomic status and conservation of large mammals in the southeastern Amazon Basin of Brasil.  Read more »
• Ecology, distribution, status and protection of three Congolese fruitbat species.  Read more »
• Coastal wetland bird census of Sierra Leone.  Read more »
• Ornithological survey of the Arfak Mountains, Papoea, Indonesia  Read more »
• Survey of wildlife resources in the Kilwa district of Tanzania.  Read more »
• District workshops for dolphin habitat protection in the Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.  Read more »
2004
• A breeding center for the Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) at the Zoologico de Florencio Varela, Argentina.  Read more »
• Abundance, distribution and conservation of the Antillean Manatee in Panama's Caribbean coast.  Read more »
• Survey to monitor the abundance of the critically endangered freshwater Irrawaddy Dolphin population in the Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.  Read more »
• Monitoring and protection of Black Rhinoceros in the Great Fish River Reserve, South Africa.  Read more »
• Conservation of amphibians in the Triglav National Park, Slovenia, with special attention to endemic forms of the Alpine Newt (Triturus alpestris).  Read more »
• Rapid floristic biodiversity assessment of the Gunung Lumut Area, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.  Read more »
• Assignment of eight eco-guards in the Waza National Park, Cameroon  Read more »
• Data gathering for a brochure on the Iberian Lynx, Spain.  Read more »
• Improving conservation management capabilities of the implementation unit of the Sungai Wain Protection Forest, Balikpapan, Indonesia.  Read more »
• Status of the introduced Polynesian Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii) on Late, Kingdom of Tonga.  Read more »
2003
• Education and conservation of the African Manatee in Benin, West-Africa.  Read more »
• Production of a fieldguide of the mammals of Bulgaria.  Read more »
• Plants of Bastar Chhattisgarh - A Field Guide.  Read more »
• Publication of a Virtual Tree Guide of the Guianas.  Read more »
• Publication of a book on the reintroduction of Takhi Wild (Przewalski's) Horses, Mongolia.  Read more »
• Monitoring of Amur Leopards with camera-traps, Russia.  Read more »
• Status of the introduced Polynesian Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii) on Fonualei and Late, Kingdom of Tonga.  Read more »
• Ornithological survey of the valley of the Euphrates River, Syria.  Read more »
• The use of wildlife corridors in the Campo-Ma'an National Park, South Cameroon.  Read more »
• Library and museum visit to study the avifauna of Papoea, Indonesia.  Read more »
• Helicopter aerial hunting of goats on Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands.  Read more »
• Survey of the status of the Sunbear (Ursus malayanus), Kalimantan, Indonesia.  Read more »
2002
• Recovery programme for the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Belize.  Read more »
• Survey of Bruijn's Brush-turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii), Waigeo, Indonesia.  Read more »
• The study and protection of mammals in Benin.  Read more »
• Acquisition of 4000 acres of tropical rainforest in Belize.  Read more »
• Workshop on the European species on the IUCN Red List.  Read more »
• Identifying areas for conservation in a biodiversity hotspot: the high altitudes of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya, India.  Read more »
• Training of dogs for goat eradication, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands.  Read more »
• Publication of a popular guide of the common coastal birds in Suriname.  Read more »
 
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