3,049Grants to

1,860(Sub)Species

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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded $28,744,053 to 3049 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.

Sambirano Mouse Lemur

This project investigates the behavioural ecology of the Sambirano Mouse Lemur, Microcebus sambiranensis, an Endangered primate of North-Western Madagascar that has never before been studied. Its’ vocal characteristics, sleeping site ecology and home-ranging will be investigated to fill crucial gaps in the understanding of the species and to facilitate the lemur conservation efforts currently ongoing within the Sahamalaza-Iles Radama ...

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14059843) - Sambirano Mouse Lemur - Awarded $4,900 on December 28, 2014
Project No. 14059843 - Awarded $4,900 on December 28, 2014
Himalayan grey langur

The Chamba Sacred Langur (Semnopithecus ajax) is an Endangered leaf-eating monkey of which only 250 mature individuals are left in the wild. This art-, education- and outreach activities will be implemented to support the conservation of the species.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14059744) - Himalayan grey langur - Awarded $1,700 on December 28, 2014
Project No. 14059744 - Awarded $1,700 on December 28, 2014
Pallas's cat

The project will cover blanks in distribution of Pallas's Cat in the Eastern Kazakhstan particularly in the Zaissan Lake area (Tarbagatai and South Altai Mnts.). Camera trapping and interviewing methods will be used.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 142510049) - Pallas's cat - Awarded $5,400 on December 28, 2014
Project No. 142510049 - Awarded $5,400 on December 28, 2014
Pampas cat

Human-small cat conflict and distribution of Pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo) in the Sechura Desert and in the Seasonally Dry Forest of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14259908) - Pampas cat - Awarded $6,080 on December 28, 2014
Project No. 14259908 - Awarded $6,080 on December 28, 2014
Thick shelled river mussel

Thick shelled river mussel

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14259437) - Thick shelled river mussel - Awarded $5,500 on September 17, 2014
Project No. 14259437 - Awarded $5,500 on September 17, 2014
Smith's Tiger Spider

Develop conservation strategies for the critically endangered Poecilotheria smithi by study of occurrence and ecology in the newly discovered location.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14254018) - Smith's Tiger Spider - Awarded $6,500 on September 17, 2014
Project No. 14254018 - Awarded $6,500 on September 17, 2014
Alindanaw

Mapping the distribution of the endangered Risiocnemis antoniae (Platycnemididae: Odonata) presently found in Mt. Hamiguitan Wildlife Sanctuary (newly declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014) will provide a vital piece of information towards its conservation. Knowing that ‘Extinction is forever' WE believed that this species is worth saving.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14259226) - Alindanaw - Awarded $8,000 on September 17, 2014
Project No. 14259226 - Awarded $8,000 on September 17, 2014
Largetooth Sawfish

In search of the long-lost Largetooth Sawfish

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14258810) - Largetooth Sawfish  - Awarded $9,500 on September 16, 2014
Project No. 14258810 - Awarded $9,500 on September 16, 2014
Pinstripe Damba

The Pinstripe Damba is an endemic and Critically Endangered fish of northwestern Madagascar. Since 2008, this fish is known only from one lake: Tseny. The challenge is to increase the population size to a level that will allow both conservation and harvesting for food. As a step forward, this project works to raise local awareness on fishery regulations.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14259378) - Pinstripe Damba - Awarded $7,150 on September 16, 2014
Project No. 14259378 - Awarded $7,150 on September 16, 2014
Red-finned Blue-eye

Saving the Red-finned Blue Eye fish: Bush Heritage Australia is working to save the world’s only population of the critically endangered red-finned blue-eye fish from extinction.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 14259217) - Red-finned Blue-eye - Awarded $15,000 on September 16, 2014
Project No. 14259217 - Awarded $15,000 on September 16, 2014