2,742Grants to

1,709(Sub)Species

Asia

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 920 grants constituting a total donation of $7,934,378 for species conservation projects based in Asia.

Conservation Case Studies in Asia

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511793) - Chinese Pangolin - Awarded $12,000 on December 09, 2015
09-12-2015 - Chinese Pangolin

The world’s pangolin species are at risk of extinction due to demand for their meat and scales. Our project dissuades Vietnamese and Chinese consumers from purchasing pangolin products by debunking the false medicinal value of their scales, making the consumption of pangolin meat socially unacceptable, and building capacity for more effective enforcement of trade bans. Reducing demand in these markets will help alleviate poaching pressure.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150511869) - Yellow-breasted Bunting - Awarded $5,000 on December 09, 2015
09-12-2015 - Yellow-breasted Bunting

Localizing important stop-over and wintering sites of the endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150511844) - Ganges River Dolphin - Awarded $3,976 on December 09, 2015
09-12-2015 - Ganges River Dolphin

Finding Spaces for Coexistence: Understanding Response of Fishermen to Decline in Fish Catch and Engaging them to Reduce Dolphin By-catch

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 15053123) - Asian Elephant - Awarded $4,930 on December 09, 2015
09-12-2015 - Asian Elephant

The project is expansion of 'The Rufford Foundation, UK' supported research and activity-based capacity-building to develop human-elephant interaction management plan in ‘Mayurjharna Elephant Reserve’, existing/extended ‘Zone of influence’. We will enumerate elephant population and record migration range to develop distribution and interface zone maps. ‘ The Elephant Reserve Research Station’ will develop ...

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150511693) - Leopard - Awarded $5,000 on December 09, 2015
09-12-2015 - Leopard

Mitigating threats to leopards in the Machiara region by involving local people in leopard conservation and livestock protection activities The main aim of this program is to raise conservation awareness about leopard and provide necessary management tools to inform and impart knowledge, particularly to local communities, as well as to enhance indigenous and traditional knowledge that is useful for the conservation.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511345) - X mass Frog, Shillong Bubble nest frog - Awarded $6,000 on September 20, 2015
20-09-2015 - X mass Frog, Shillong Bubble nest frog

This project enabled us to provide first ever biological information for a critically endangered Rhacophorid frog from Northeast hotspot region of India. Further based on fresh material we redescribed the species and determined its Phylogenetic position. We studied reproductive biology and compared with South Asian lineages.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 15259977) - Indian Pangolin - Awarded $5,000 on September 20, 2015
20-09-2015 - Indian Pangolin

Conservation of Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) through research, awareness education and capacity building in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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