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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded $27,994,167 to 2979 conservation projects for all species types with all IUCN classifications throughout the world. Project managers that have decided to publish their projects, are illustrated on the map below.

Tolley's Forest Chameleon

Conservation status of Tolley’s Forest Chameleon (Kinyongia tolleyae), a new species recently discovered in the Albertine Rift of Uganda

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172510461) - Tolley's Forest Chameleon - Awarded $7,950 on December 19, 2017
Project No. 172510461 - Awarded $7,950 on December 19, 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.

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

The endemic-endangered Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris: Cardinalidae): A Population status and reproductive evaluation in the disappearing forests of Osa Peninsula

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516419) - Black-cheeked Ant-tanager - Awarded $5,000 on December 19, 2017
Project No. 172516419 - Awarded $5,000 on December 19, 2017
Yellow-breasted Bunting

Searching for stop-over and wintering sites of the rapidly declining western Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola aureola)

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 170516936) - Yellow-breasted Bunting - Awarded $4,147 on December 19, 2017
Project No. 170516936 - Awarded $4,147 on December 19, 2017
White-backed vulture

In Uttarakhand state, risk of electrocution mortality is observed as major threats to threatened vultures. The present project was focused on protecting the critically endangered vultures from electrocution mortality in Doon Valley, Uttarakhand. Every years during 2014-2017, mortality of 40-50 vultures was recorded due to electrocution. With initiating conservation actions by the project team, electrocution mortality was reduced up to 90 percent ...

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 170516947) - White-backed vulture - Awarded $5,000 on December 19, 2017
Project No. 170516947 - Awarded $5,000 on December 19, 2017
Javan Slow Loris

Little Fireface Project: Conserving Critically Endangered slow loris and other obscure and forgotten nocturnal mammals through ecology, education and empowerment.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516697) - Javan Slow Loris - Awarded $10,000 on December 19, 2017
Project No. 172516697 - Awarded $10,000 on December 19, 2017
Sumatran orangutan

Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction at Jantho Nature Reserve, Indonesia - This project is actively expanding the wild distribution and population size of the Critically Endangered Sumatran orangutan.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172517180) - Sumatran orangutan - Awarded $12,500 on December 19, 2017
Project No. 172517180 - Awarded $12,500 on December 19, 2017
Flat-headed Cat

Distribution and conservation status of the flat headed cat, Prionailurus planiceps in Brunei Darussalam

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516735) - Flat-headed Cat  - Awarded $8,000 on December 18, 2017
Project No. 172516735 - Awarded $8,000 on December 18, 2017
Bay cat

Long-term Felid Conservation in the Rungan River Landscape, Indonesian Borneo

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 170516870) - Bay cat  - Awarded $5,000 on December 18, 2017
Project No. 170516870 - Awarded $5,000 on December 18, 2017
Stone flower

Assessment of Conservation Status and Development of the Red list for Western Ghats Usneoid Lichens

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 1705199) - Stone flower - Awarded $5,000 on September 18, 2017
Project No. 1705199 - Awarded $5,000 on September 18, 2017