2,566Grants to

1,625(Sub)Species

South America

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 429 grants constituting a total donation of $4,021,550 for species conservation projects based in South America.

Conservation Case Studies in South America

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212528182) - Tucacas killifish - Awarded $8,300 on December 19, 2021
19-12-2021 - Tucacas killifish

Global status and conservation of Tucacas killifish: the rarest and most restricted fish in the coastal plains of Venezuela. A project where the study of populations and their habitat will be combined with dissemination and awareness for the conservation of the species.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212528355) - Caquetá titi monkey - Awarded $13,500 on December 19, 2021
19-12-2021 - Caquetá titi monkey

In search of local people to design and implement community-based conservation strategies for the critically endangered Plecturocebus caquetensis in Piamonte, Colombia

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212527355) - Paposo snail - Awarded $8,000 on September 29, 2021
29-09-2021 - Paposo snail

Ecology and conservation of the snail Chilina angusta: A species of the Atacama Desert threatened of extinction.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 210527048) - Giant Patagonian bumblebee - Awarded $5,000 on September 29, 2021
29-09-2021 - Giant Patagonian bumblebee

SAVING THE PATAGONIAN GIANT BUMBLEBEE FROM EXTINCTION BY REMOVING ITS MAIN THREAT, THE INVASIVE BUFF TAILED BUMBLEBEE. Bombus dahlbomii, the world's largest bumblebee has drastically declined since the invasion of European Bombus terrestris following commercial introduction in Chile for crop pollination. By downregulating the importation of colonies and reducing the local densities of this invader we expect the recovery of B. dahlbomii ...

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212527289) - Blond titi monkey  - Awarded $8,000 on September 29, 2021
29-09-2021 - Blond titi monkey

Abundance of the Critically Endangered blond titi monkey in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, Brazil

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212527473) - Huemul deer  - Awarded $11,000 on September 29, 2021
29-09-2021 - Huemul deer

Reducing threats for the Endangered Huemul deer in Cerro Castillo National Park, Aysen Region, Chilean Patagonia.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212526569) - Trench Robber Frog - Awarded $5,400 on April 22, 2021
22-04-2021 - Trench Robber Frog

Grassroots education and conservation for Pristimantis rubicundus meets big picture research in an Ecuadorian reserve in the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 212526571) - El Oro Parakeet - Awarded $15,000 on April 22, 2021
22-04-2021 - El Oro Parakeet

Overcoming financial constraints from COVID to rebuild unique clouds forest ecosystems of southwestern Ecuador

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