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. 182518635) - Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin - Awarded $12,000 on September 29, 2018
29-09-2018 - Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin

Our project is aimed at reducing and preventing threats to populations of the Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin (Cebus malitiosus), and to its habitat in the Sierra Nevada (Magdalena) in Colombia, through a participative and articulated strategy involving research, education, training, local-community involvement and interinstitutional action.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182517790) - Northern Tiger Cat - Awarded $8,534 on September 24, 2018
24-09-2018 - Northern Tiger Cat

Long-term monitoring and threat mitigation of Northern Tiger Cat at its worldwide key protected area of Mirador State Park, Brazil

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182517796) - Harlequin toad - Awarded $5,650 on May 02, 2018
02-05-2018 - Harlequin toad

Current Status and monitoring population trends of Harlequin toad (Atelopus mittermeieri) in Santuario de Flora y Fauna Guanentá Alto Río

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 180517572) - Calilegua Marsupial Frog - Awarded $2,500 on May 02, 2018
02-05-2018 - Calilegua Marsupial Frog

This project will implement an ecoacoustic monitoring of endangered frogs in the forest-grassland ecotone of Yungas Andean Forests in Northwestern Argentina. Representing the ecotone of montane grasslands and montane forest of Yungas where moist and cold environmental conditions predominate. This ecotone is located on the tree line of Yungas forest and could act as climatic refugia for endangered and endemic frog species of Calilegua NP.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182517982) - Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Awarded $5,000 on May 01, 2018
01-05-2018 - Black-and-chestnut Eagle

Conserving the Endangered Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) and his habitat: the Montane Cloud Forests of Peru

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182518298) - Colombian Black Spider Monkey - Awarded $10,500 on May 01, 2018
01-05-2018 - Colombian Black Spider Monkey

Community-based monitoring and conservation measures to protect the critically endangered Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps ssp rufiventris)

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182517891) - Andean cat - Awarded $9,500 on May 01, 2018
01-05-2018 - Andean cat

Addressing a multinational challenge: Andean cat conservation and awareness in regions with high level of human-carnivore conflict at Southern Cone.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516447) - Teleferico rubber frog                    - Awarded $5,000 on September 18, 2017
18-09-2017 - Teleferico rubber frog

Conservation status and natural history of the endemic and endangered Teleferico rubber frog, an enigmatic high altitude Venezuelan Andean frog

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516196) - Juan Fernández Firecrown - Awarded $7,650 on September 18, 2017
18-09-2017 - Juan Fernández Firecrown

Implementing habitat restoration through invasive species removal and exclusion, and engaging local students in workshops and native planting days in the National Park on Robinson Crusoe Island (Más a Tierra) of the Juan Fernandez Archipelago.

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