2,801Grants to

1,734(Sub)Species

Europe

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 156 grants constituting a total donation of $1,432,248 for species conservation projects based in Europe.

Conservation Case Studies in Europe

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232530334) - Konrad's Bumblebee - Awarded $11,500 on September 27, 2023
27-09-2023 - Konrad's Bumblebee

Can we save a high-altitude narrow-range bumblebee facing extinction? Applying practical ways to enhance habitat quality

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232532379) - Spiny Butterfly Ray - Awarded $6,059 on September 27, 2023
27-09-2023 - Spiny Butterfly Ray

The Spiny butterfly ray is one of the rarest and most threatened elasmobranch from the northern Mediterranean Sea, where only one gravid female was ever described (l Gajić et al., 2023). This project focuses on the southern Adriatic Sea, aiming to assess population frequency, evaluate habitat conditions, identify threats, and implement awareness campaigns and policy measures. Such approach seeks to safeguard this species from extinction.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530593) - Ignat's Stone Grasshopper - Awarded $5,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Ignat's Stone Grasshopper

Distribution, ecology and conservation status of two little known Iberian endemic Stone Grasshoppers of the genus Acinipe in South Portugal.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530488) - Aeolian wall lizard - Awarded $9,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Aeolian wall lizard

Saving the largest extant population of the critically endangered Aeolian wall lizard, Podarcis raffonei.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212527457) - Fan mussel - Awarded $11,000 on September 29, 2021
29-09-2021 - Fan mussel

Assisted recruitment of the critically endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean)

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