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. 192522393) - Nubian Ibex - Awarded $25,000 on December 29, 2019
29-12-2019 - Nubian Ibex

The overall objective of the project is to protect biodiversity by preventing the extinction of threatened species, in accordance with the UN Millennium Development Goal 15.5. More specifically, the project aims at reintroducing the Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon, from where the species disappeared more than a century ago.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 192522556) - Banteng - Awarded $11,550 on December 29, 2019
29-12-2019 - Banteng

Community conservation of Endangered Banteng in Southwest Cambodia through patrolling and population monitoring

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 192521704) - Chinese pangolin - Awarded $9,330 on December 29, 2019
29-12-2019 - Chinese pangolin

Creating a Community Conservation Corridor for Pangolin Protection in Southeastern Nepal

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 192521684) - Earless monitor lizard - Awarded $800 on September 29, 2019
29-09-2019 - Earless monitor lizard

The existence of Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) in the wild of West Kalimantan is still a mystery

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 190521897) - Javan Paphiopedilum - Awarded $4,815 on September 26, 2019
26-09-2019 - Javan Paphiopedilum

An endangered endemic orchid: Population, distribution, and habitat characteristic study of Java Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum javanicum) in Mount Lawu, Indonesia

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 192521425) - Fairrie's Paphiopedilum - Awarded $4,000 on September 25, 2019
25-09-2019 - Fairrie's Paphiopedilum

Conservation of rare and critically endangered orchid “Paphiopedilum farrienium in Bhutan”. 20 word limit

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 192521773) - Irrawaddy dolphin - Awarded $12,000 on September 24, 2019
24-09-2019 - Irrawaddy dolphin

Protection of Cambodia's coastal Irrawaddy dolphin through research, conservation, and outreach.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 190520667) - Malabar Torrent Toad - Awarded $3,863 on April 28, 2019
28-04-2019 - Malabar Torrent Toad

Understanding the ecology and conservation priorities of the endangered Ghatophryne ornata (Gunther,1876) through research and community participation.

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