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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 997 grants constituting a total donation of $8,525,929 for species conservation projects based in Asia.
We are collecting data on freshwater bivalve diversity, distribution and ecology through field expeditions across all provinces of Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo. Our ultimate aim is to develop a National Red-list and action plans for the conservation of Malaysia's most vulnerable freshwater mussels.
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Conservation of threatened Turkish Vipers: Field work to find range limits, contact zones between related species, relevant ecological correlates for each species, and genetic work to investigate any interspecific gene flow. This project and subsequent studies will provide essential information to evaluate species integrities and ultimately conserve vulnerable to critically endangered viper species in northeastern Turkey.
View Darevsky's Viper project
Assessment of the status, distribution and conservation issues of Forest owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) in Dang Forest, Gujarat, India.
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An survey of wading birds of the Khairusovo–Belogolovaya estuary, on the Western coast of Kamchatka - a key location for protected wader species on the East Asian–Australasian migratory flyway.
View Spoonbilled sandpiper project
Refining guidelines for the release of confiscated Sunda pangolin in Brunei
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In an earlier MBZ sponsored study the Kolar leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros hypophyllus was rediscovered and found to be highly threatened due to stone quarrying. The project aims to conserve and protect the Kolar leaf-nosed bat through scientific data collection, establishment of Community Conserved Areas and bringing about behavioural change among the stakeholders through conservation education.
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Protecting the Mongolian Khulan and its habitat through research, engagement local rangers and community, and conservation education in Mongolia
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Rediscovery of Sicista armenica after almost 30 years.
View Armenian birch mouse project
Long-term, sustainable management and education within the Mahakam River dolphin protection area in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
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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.
View Persian leopard project