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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 851 grants constituting a total donation of $8,674,319 for species conservation projects based in Africa.
Atheris desaixi is an endemic species to Kenya and having been only recorded in three localities, Chuka, Ngaya and Nyambene hills forests at an altitude of about 1300-1700m. Gives birth to live young ones. Always found camouflaged in bushes 2-4m above the ground. Its population keeps on declining due to habitat destruction and illegal collection for the pet trade. Its currently categorized as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.
View Mt Kenya Bush Viper project
Saving the endangered Nile lechwe (Kobus megaceros) in Gambella, Ethiopia through community-based conservation
View Nile lechwe project
The population, behavioral-ecology, and conservation of threatened primate species in Southern Benin.
View Red-bellied monkey project
Establishment of community-based livestock breeding center to sustain the livestock seedbank project at Bire Kpatuos Game Reserve, South Sudan
View African golden cat project
Befriending the Critically Endangered Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon acuminatus): Assessing the Abundance, Distribution and Threats to its Conservation
View Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon project
Western Leopard Toad Underpass Project - Installation of concrete culvert tunnels under roads that bisect amphibian habitat, to assist toads in safely crossing the road during breeding season when they migrate to breeding ponds.
View Western Leopard Toad project
Integrating local community in conserving the Critically endangered Taita Hills Warty Frog (Callulina dawida).
View Taita Warty Frog project
Saving the critically endangered white-thighed Colobus (Colobus vellerosus) with community-based actions in Kikélé Forest (Benin)
View White-thighed Colobus project
The project conserves wetlands in South Africa to address threats to the White-winged Flufftail and many other threatened wetland flora and fauna, using the bird as a flagship or ambassador species to gain support. This approach has demonstrated holistic and meaningful benefits not only for the White-winged Flufftail but also for the people who derive ecosystem services from high-elevation wetlands.
View White-winged Flufftail project
Eyes in the Sky. Using vultures as sentinels for multi-species conservation efforts in Zambia
View African white-backed vulture project