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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded $26,283,881 to 2801 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.

Terminalia acuminata

Guarajuba (Terminalia acuminata), is one out of three Brazilian plants declared Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN Red List. Rediscovered in 2015, this distinctive tree survives as several discrete subpopulations within the city of Rio de Janeiro. While the rediscovery gives cause for optimism, the extant population is in urgent need of research and evidence-based action to save it from the brink of extinction.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 160512857) - Terminalia acuminata - Awarded $2,540 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 160512857 - Awarded $2,540 on April 20, 2016
Tahina palm

Conservation of the Critically Endangered palm Tahina spectabilis in Madagascar. A decade ago, an extraordinary monotypic palm was discovered in a remote location in Madagascar. With only a tiny known population, in a threatened habitat, and a reproductive strategy where the palm dies after flowering, this species urgently needed conservation action to protect it....

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 160512492) - Tahina palm - Awarded $5,000 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 160512492 - Awarded $5,000 on April 20, 2016
kokiʻo keʻokeʻo

Conservation collections, genetic diversity and breeding systems studies, and outplanting of the Critically Endangered Hawaiian taxon, Hibiscus waimeae subsp. hannerae

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512606) - kokiʻo keʻokeʻo - Awarded $17,700 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162512606 - Awarded $17,700 on April 20, 2016
Lycian Salamanders

Field surveys for “Molecular ecology and conservation of Lyciasalamandra species” ...

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513042) - Lycian Salamanders - Awarded $10,000 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162513042 - Awarded $10,000 on April 20, 2016
Aparasphenodon arapapa

Accessing the current state of conservation of the casqued-headed bromeliad-breeding frog Aparasphenodon arapapa endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 160512553) - Aparasphenodon arapapa - Awarded $2,500 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 160512553 - Awarded $2,500 on April 20, 2016
Cauca Poison Frog

Our project intends to link forestry and pastures areas in the conservation of the Cauca Poison Frog (Andinobates bombetes) in the Santa Rosa watershed, through the evaluation of the effect two matrices have on the relative abundance of the frog, the establishment of stepping stones in these matrices to determine the dispersion level, and the implementation of educational workshops with the community.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512859) - Cauca Poison Frog - Awarded $5,000 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162512859 - Awarded $5,000 on April 20, 2016
Boreal Felt Lichen

Developing conservation strategies for the critically endangered lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Kamchatka

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512330) - Boreal Felt Lichen - Awarded $10,000 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162512330 - Awarded $10,000 on April 20, 2016
Pampas cat

Spatial ecology and Conservation of the Pampas cat Leopardus colocolo in the Sechura Desert of northwestern Peru

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512725) - Pampas cat - Awarded $10,740 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162512725 - Awarded $10,740 on April 20, 2016
Fishing cat

Conservation of fishing cat and its mangrove habitats in Godavari delta, India

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512790) - Fishing cat - Awarded $10,000 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162512790 - Awarded $10,000 on April 20, 2016
Fishing cat

Conservation of small cat species in Sri Lanka through community based conservation and research

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162512323) - Fishing cat - Awarded $25,000 on April 20, 2016
Project No. 162512323 - Awarded $25,000 on April 20, 2016