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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is a significant philanthropic endowment established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field of species conservation and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. To date the fund has awarded over 800 grants to a diverse range of species across the world.
Assam Roofed Turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis)
Project number 12054329
Awarded Amount: $5,000
This project concentrates on gathering information on the temple pond of Assam harboring turtles. The project also aims to support the turtles in these ponds.
Pygmy three-toed sloth
Craig Turner of the Zoological Society of London received $10,000 from the Fund to help carry out the first ever population census of the Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth. The researchers traveled to Escudo de Veraguas Island in Panama to map the habitat, record the number of sloths, and assess the threats to their existence.