2,979Grants to

1,827(Sub)Species

Africa

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 827 grants constituting a total donation of $8,347,267 for species conservation projects based in Africa.

Conservation Case Studies in Africa

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 220529550) - Taita Warty Frog - Awarded $5,000 on September 21, 2022
21-09-2022 - Taita Warty Frog

Integrating local community in conserving the Critically endangered Taita Hills Warty Frog (Callulina dawida).

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222529625) - White-thighed Colobus - Awarded $9,950 on September 21, 2022
21-09-2022 - White-thighed Colobus

Saving the critically endangered white-thighed Colobus (Colobus vellerosus) with community-based actions in Kikélé Forest (Benin)

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222528978) - aloe - Awarded $17,000 on April 29, 2022
29-04-2022 - aloe

In-situ assessment of the current status of endemic Aloe species of Tanzania

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222528065) - Dades trout - Awarded $9,000 on April 29, 2022
29-04-2022 - Dades trout

Initiating the recovery of the relict endangered Dades trout in the southern slope of the Moroccan Atlas range

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222517709) - White-bellied Pangolin - Awarded $11,000 on April 29, 2022
29-04-2022 - White-bellied Pangolin

Safeguarding the world's most trafficked mammal: Surveying and tracking White-bellied Pangolins to strengthen conservation decision-making and improve Pangolin survival

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 220529140) - Kenya dancing-jewel - Awarded $5,000 on April 29, 2022
29-04-2022 - Kenya dancing-jewel

Research and Conservation of the Critically Endangered Kenya Montane Dancing Jewel (Platycypha amboniensis) in Mount Kenya

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 220527864) - African golden cat - Awarded $5,000 on April 27, 2022
27-04-2022 - African golden cat

Assessing the distribution, and the threat of hunting to the African golden cat at Afadjato and Agumatsa Conservation Area, Ghana

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 210528269) - Milafu - Awarded $4,915 on December 19, 2021
19-12-2021 - Milafu

Population Survey and Conservation of Boswellia ogadensis, a Lost Species of Critically Endangered Frankincense Tree.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 210528009) - African golden cat - Awarded $5,000 on December 19, 2021
19-12-2021 - African golden cat

Long civil wars in South Sudan have affected peoples’ livelihoods immeasurably but led to gains in recovery of wildlife populations. Indiscriminate poaching for animal protein and income is changing the gains rapidly. The African golden cat (AGC), a new country record, is a victim of poaching as a by-catch. Our livestock seedbank project provides alternative livelihood option diverting communities from poaching to save the AGC.

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