The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded $21,538,428 to 2274 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.
Mittermeier's Sportive Lemur
Conservation of Lepilemur mittermeieri (EN) and its habitat in the Ampasindava Peninsula-Ambanja District, north-west of Madagascar.
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Cheetah
Supporting community conservation through promoting coexistence, capacity building, and strengthening livelihoods in the Western Kalahari of Botswana
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Javan Paphiopedilum
An endangered endemic orchid: Population, distribution, and habitat characteristic study of Java Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum javanicum) in Mount Lawu, Indonesia
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Greater Capricorn beetle
The use of conservation detection dogs to survey the critical endangered greater Capricorn beetle. There is only one remaining Swedish population of the species. To save the species a reintroduction programme was developed. Monitoring of the reintroduction to assess the success is crucial in the future management of the species in Sweden. This project will develop an effective monitoring method for the greater Capricorn beetle.
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Pachystyla bicolor
Our project targeted one of the most endangered snail species in Mauritius, the Pachystyla bicolor. From four individuals, we captive bred more than 300 individuals to create a captive colony and individuals for release. We designed a predator proof fence to exclude all the snails' predators in their natural environment and released 50 adults, which are surviving and growing.
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Obô Land Snail
Conservation of the threatened Obô giant land Snail Archachatina bicarinata and of the terrestrial malacological fauna of São Tomé Island, Central Africa
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Cerrado Rocket Frog
Allobates goianus is a species that occupies temporary streams of rocky slopes and gallery forests in the Cerrado of Brazil. Since 2014, the species is reported as endangered and the main threats are habitat loss and habitat fragmentation for agro-pastoral activities. This project aims to find the species in a protected area where it has not been found for 50 years.
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Ohai
Expanding an Emerging Population of Ohai (Sesbania tomentosa), an Endemic Hawaiian Coastal Legume
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Tepezmaite
Conservation of Tepezmaite cycads (Ceratozamia morettii, C. brevifrons and C. tenuis) and its habitat through ecology and sensitizing local people
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Etruscan chub
The project is aimed at improve the conservation status of two fish species endemic to Italy: the Etruscan chub Squalius lucumonis (Bianco, 1983) and the South European nase Protochondrostoma genei (Bonaparte, 1839). For both species a decreasing population trend is reported (IUCN, 2019). The concrete conservation actions include: alien species eradication, restocking activities to support declining populations, establishment of protected areas ...
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