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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 90 grants constituting a total donation of $962,252 for species conservation projects based in Oceania.
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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Ecology and disease surveillance in frogs of Papua New Guinea
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Helping the Tahiti sandalwood tree (Santalum insulare) to save the Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
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Hunting the Murray Hardyhead: locating fragmented populations of an endangered fish species in the vast River Murray system.
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Determine the distribution, habitat and conservation status of the restricted and endangered Gympie broad-tailed gecko, Phyllurus kabikabi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Increasing our understanding of the distribution, life history and ecology of the endangered Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii - Phase 2
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Fijian Free-tailed Bats: Action or Extinction. We are working with Nature Fiji- Maraqueti Viti, University of the South Pacific, Birdlife International, and Conservation International to permanently protect the only confirmed roost of this species, a natural cave on the island of Vanua Levu.
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