2,675Grants to

1,678(Sub)Species

Oceania

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 115 grants constituting a total donation of $1,305,329 for species conservation projects based in Oceania.

Conservation Case Studies in Oceania

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182518969) - Tea-tree Fingers - Awarded $15,500 on October 02, 2018
02-10-2018 - Tea-tree Fingers

Assessing the conservation status of the most threatened fungi in New Zealand and Australia. An Australasian Fungal Red Listing Workshop will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 22-26 July 2019. Invitations have been extended to international and Australasian experts, linking to the Global Red List Initiative led by Dahlberg, Krikorev,and Mueller.

View Tea-tree Fingers project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 180518643) - Archey's Frog - Awarded $1,000 on October 02, 2018
02-10-2018 - Archey's Frog

The impact of disturbed habitat on Archey’s frog (Leioplelma archeyi) microhabitat use

View Archey's Frog project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172517172) - Pig-nosed turtle - Awarded $8,500 on December 19, 2017
19-12-2017 - Pig-nosed turtle

The pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) is frequently harvested by subsistence communities and trafficked through Asia. This research project is developing genetic wildlife forensic techniques to help combat the illegal trade and providing sustainability and environmental education to remote communities in New Guinea that harvest the turtles.

View Pig-nosed turtle project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172515650) - Tahiti Monarch - Awarded $5,587 on September 18, 2017
18-09-2017 - Tahiti Monarch

Helping the Tahiti sandalwood tree (Santalum insulare) to save the Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)

View Tahiti Monarch project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513531) - Murray hardyhead - Awarded $11,000 on September 22, 2016
22-09-2016 - Murray hardyhead

Hunting the Murray Hardyhead: locating fragmented populations of an endangered fish species in the vast River Murray system.

View Murray hardyhead project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513702) - Gympie broad-tailed gecko - Awarded $10,750 on September 22, 2016
22-09-2016 - Gympie broad-tailed gecko

Determine the distribution, habitat and conservation status of the restricted and endangered Gympie broad-tailed gecko, Phyllurus kabikabi

View Gympie broad-tailed gecko project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513191) - Red-finned blue-eye - Awarded $16,550 on September 22, 2016
22-09-2016 - Red-finned blue-eye

Protecting the critically endangered Red-finned Blue-eye from invasive pest fish using barrier fencing. This project will protect the few remaining wild Red-finned Blue-eye (Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis) populations from colonisation by the predatory pest fish, Gambusia holbrooki.

View Red-finned blue-eye project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513845) - Night parrot - Awarded $20,700 on September 22, 2016
22-09-2016 - Night parrot

Monitoring and managing critical feeding and roosting sites of the recently rediscovered and endangered Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). The objective of this project is to understand how total grazing pressure by introduced and native herbivores effects the vegetation dynamics, plant species abundance and persistence of the Night Parrot’s key food species and feeding sites.

View Night parrot project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512755) - Bellinger River Snapping Turtle - Awarded $16,000 on April 20, 2016
20-04-2016 - Bellinger River Snapping Turtle

In February 2015, the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle (Myuchelys georgesi) experienced a mass mortality event in which an unknown disease killed most of the adult population, but spared juveniles. This project works to conserve the remaining Bellinger River Snapping turtles and bring the species back from the brink of extinction.

View Bellinger River Snapping Turtle project