Conservation Case Studies in Europe | The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162514415) - Aeolian Wall Lizard - Awarded $11,440 on December 19, 2016

19-12-2016 - Aeolian Wall Lizard

Eolizard. Vulnerability to invasion and conservation genetics of the endemic Aeolian lizard, Podarcis raffoneae

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513888) - Gran Canaria Creasted Grasshopper - Awarded $12,500 on September 22, 2016

22-09-2016 - Gran Canaria Creasted Grasshopper

The Gran Canaria Crested Grasshopper was only known from a single specimen collected in 1949 until it was rediscovered on Gran Canaria in 2015. We now started a conservation project for this species. Our aim is to study distribution and population size of the species and identify priority areas for its conservation.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 160513460) - Sardinian grass snake - Awarded $5,000 on September 22, 2016

22-09-2016 - Sardinian grass snake

Improving the knowledge of Sardinian grass snake (Natrix natrix cetti)

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 160513635) - Sandy mole rat - Awarded $1,990 on September 22, 2016

22-09-2016 - Sandy mole rat

Current distribution of sandy mole rat (Spalax arenarius)

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512530) - Adriatic Marmored Bush-cricket - Awarded $7,500 on April 21, 2016

21-04-2016 - Adriatic Marmored Bush-cricket

Our aim is to preserve the Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket from extinction. This species is only known from three small populations in Italy and one larger in Slovenia. We have compiled two national action plans for the species, which are now being implemented. Our project has helped to raise awareness and implement the first conservation action for this rare bush-cricket species .

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512949) - White-clawed Crayfish - Awarded $7,500 on April 21, 2016

21-04-2016 - White-clawed Crayfish

Freshwater crayfish conservation in northern Italy: prevention of extinctions and restoration of a key population of Austropotamobius pallipes. This project will allow to obtain effective and update data on the causes driving the exctinctions currently occurring in northern Italy. It will also restore a key population in the Monte Barro regional Park and provide management instructions for the last streams inhabited by A. pallipes.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 150511930) - Eastern Eggar - Awarded $3,000 on December 09, 2015

09-12-2015 - Eastern Eggar

Awareness for conservation of Eriogaster catax in Cluj county,Romania, a IUCN Data Deficient Species

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511678) - Epirus Grasshopper - Awarded $12,500 on December 09, 2015

09-12-2015 - Epirus Grasshopper

Epirus grasshopper conservation: linking ecology and genetics and under a conservation perspective

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511899) - European angel shark - Awarded $15,000 on December 09, 2015

09-12-2015 - European angel shark

Saving the Angels of the Atlantic from extinction: Conservation project in the Canary Islands

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 152511662) - Tenerife speckled lizard - Awarded $10,000 on December 09, 2015

09-12-2015 - Tenerife speckled lizard

Describe and understand the key features of the food web that support the local speckled lizard populations, as a conservation tool.

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