2,801Grants to

1,734(Sub)Species

Asia

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 940 grants constituting a total donation of $8,083,813 for species conservation projects based in Asia.

Conservation Case Studies in Asia

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232524734) - Bengal slow loris - Awarded $15,000 on May 01, 2023
01-05-2023 - Bengal slow loris

Ecological survey and community base conservation initiatives of Endangered Bengal slow loris in northeast Bangladesh

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232531328) - Delacour's langur  - Awarded $12,500 on May 01, 2023
01-05-2023 - Delacour's langur

The MBZ funds has been key for our NGO towards the rediscovery of a remnant population of the critically endangered Delacour’s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) in the Yen Mo Limestone Complex, in Vietnam. Through drone surveys, 37 individuals across four groups were documented, primarily confined within the Yen Mo District Forest. This discovery marks the third-largest population of the species.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 230531303) - Baker's Drepanolejeunea - Awarded $5,000 on April 27, 2023
27-04-2023 - Baker's Drepanolejeunea

Habitat Assessment and Persistence of the endangered, Luzon-endemic liverwort Drepanolejeunea bakeri Herzog in Mount Bulusan, the Philippines

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232527685) - Red Panda - Awarded $9,510 on April 27, 2023
27-04-2023 - Red Panda

Linking Citizen Science to turn paper results into red panda conservation outputs in Khotang and Bhojpur Districts, eastern Nepal.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 220530426) - Mouterde's knapweed - Awarded $4,960 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Mouterde's knapweed

Conservation of the globally endangered Centaurea mouterdei Wagenitz in Chouf District, Mount Lebanon.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 220530454) - White tomiris butterfly - Awarded $3,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - White tomiris butterfly

Conservation and restoration of the population of endangered species butterfly (Euchloe tomiris) in Tajikistan

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 220530279) - Sulawesi forest turtle - Awarded $5,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Sulawesi forest turtle

In search of Leucocephalon yuwonoi and Indotestudo forstenii: mapping the distribution, documenting the habitat destruction, and enhancing the locals' protection.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530616) - Sunda Pangolin - Awarded $9,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Sunda Pangolin

Using Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM) to reduce pangolin poaching activity in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530290) - Asian elephant - Awarded $10,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Asian elephant

This project utilizes AI cameras and thermal drones to establish an early warning system for human-elephant conflict mitigation, benefiting farmers by alerting them to nearby elephants, and ecotourism operators by guiding tourists to designated elephant viewing areas. We therefore aim to address human-elephant conflicts, promote sustainable tourism, support local livelihoods and conserve/build local values for elephants.

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