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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 113 grants constituting a total donation of $1,268,779 for species conservation projects based in Oceania.
Screening diseases for urgent conservation actions in French Polynesia
Avian malaria have been discovered on Fatu Hiva and threaten the survival of the lasts Fatu Hiva monarchs (20 adults only). This project will allow to improve our knowledge and to screen diseases on introduced and endemic birds living on Ua Huka, Tahiti and Fatu Hiva to improve our capacity to face or anticipate disease impact.
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Saving Vanuatu’s Endangered Ground Dove from Extinction through Indigenous Conservation Action
View Santa Cruz Ground Dove project
In order to save the Tahiti monarch from of Little Fire Ant, we are trying drone applications (in forest) and ultradiluted fipronil (in houses). 175 on 179 house were negative in 2021 and the eradication in a 17 ha cliff was confirmed 3 years after - in 2021 we successfully treated 48 ha of forest with 4 drone applications (3 mega LFA colonies). Thank you !
View 'ōmāma'o project
Distribution and population genomics of the critically endangered alga Nereia lophocladia
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Conservation of the Red handfish (Thymichthys politus), potentially the world’s rarest marine fish, found only in two small sites in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Through monitoring via the Reef Life Survey program and focus on improving public awareness, this work aims to better inform and direct conservation effort to protect this species.
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Beck's Petrel: finding the first breeding site of a Critically Endangered seabird. "Lost" for over 75 years it's now 12 years since the rediscovery of Beck's Petrel, but it's breeding grounds remain unknown. Facing potential threats from invasive species at its colonies our priority is finding a nest site by working with local communities and researchers in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
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Conserving the poorly known endemic rhododendrons of Papua New Guinea
View Rhododendron retrorsipilum project
Save the habitat of Tahiti Monarch from the invasive Miconia calvescens
View Tahiti Monarch project
Uncovering the movements and habitat use of the genetically unique and critically endangered Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus)
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Integrative conservation of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel: Rescuing one of New Zealand’s rarest seabirds from extinction
View Whenua Hou Diving Petrel project