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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 512 grants constituting a total donation of $5,188,363 for species conservation projects based in Africa.
Our focal species - Sclerophrys perreti (common name: Perret’s toad) is only known from the Idanre Hill, in Ondo Province, southwestern Nigeria. This species is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ under IUCN red list http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/54732/0. It was previously thought that it may occur in similar habitats in southwestern Nigeria, but subsequent surveys in similar habitat around the type locality have failed to record it ...
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Conservation status of Tolley’s Forest Chameleon (Kinyongia tolleyae), a new species recently discovered in the Albertine Rift of Uganda
View Tolley's Forest Chameleon project
Ambohitantely Special Reserve in Madagascar is the only remaining patch of humid forest on the central plateau north of the capital Antananarivo. The remaining 3,000Ha of forest is home to two site endemic Critically Endangered frog species: Anilany helenae and Anodonthyla vallani. This project seeks to undertake the first population assessment of each species as a basis for long-term monitoring.
View Helena's stump-toad frog project
A genetic approach to conserving the critically endangered day gecko Phelsuma antanosy in Madagascar
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Assessing habitat and microclimate disturbance on herpetofauna living in Kenya's coastal canopies: a search for rare arboreal species.
View Tana River Gecko project
Ecology and conservation of Mauritian free-tailed bat (Mormopterus acetabulosus)
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Understanding bushmeat hunting on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, through passive acoustic monitoring
View Bioko Red colobus project
Status and Conservation of the Endangered Baer’s Wood Mouse (Hylomyscus baeri) in Ghana.
View Baer's Wood Mouse project
The Pepper-bark tree is Extinct in the Wild in Zimbabwe, largely due to habitat loss and over-collection for herbal medicine, however is still survives in a small number of private gardens. The Global Trees Campaign (GTC) will reintroduce this important medicinal tree back into Zimbabwe and facilitate its cultivation in home gardens to generate sustainable incomes.
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Addressing knowledge gaps on the distribution and population status for three Critically Endangered species restricted to Silhouette Island (Seychelles).
View Psychotria silhouettae project