Case Study Map

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded $25,761,849 to 2742 conservation projects for all species types with all IUCN classifications throughout the world. Project managers that have decided to publish their projects, are illustrated on the map below.

Persian leopard

Assessment of corridors of endangered Persian leopard in Eastern Alborz Mountains, Iran using interview survey with local communities and GIS/RS analyses will help us in identification of corridor bottlenecks in one of the most important habitats of this species in Iran and the Hyrcanian forests.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152510534) - Persian leopard - Awarded $9,500 on April 22, 2015

Project No. 152510534 - Awarded $9,500 on April 22, 2015

Fishing Cat

Towards legal protection for the endangered Fishing Cat through Community Reserve (IUCN Protected Area Category IV), suburban Calcuttta, West Bengal

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 15251449) - Fishing Cat - Awarded $9,975 on April 22, 2015

Project No. 15251449 - Awarded $9,975 on April 22, 2015

Sand Cat

A survey in search of Turkestan Sand Cat (Felis margarita thinobia) was initiated in April 2015 in the eastern Kyzylkum Desert, Kazakhstan. The study area consists mainly of sand dunes with sparse scrub vegetation. Camera-trapping and censusing small animals were the main methods of investigation. Although we did not record Sand Cat, we think that large tracts of habitat are suitable for the species.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150510401) - Sand Cat - Awarded $5,000 on April 22, 2015

Project No. 150510401 - Awarded $5,000 on April 22, 2015

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. 142510107) - Sister Isles Rock Iguana (SIRI) - Awarded $8,500 on December 29, 2014

Project No. 142510107 - Awarded $8,500 on December 29, 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. 140510158) - Canasí Trope - Awarded $4,500 on December 29, 2014

Project No. 140510158 - Awarded $4,500 on December 29, 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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