28-04-2019 - Whenua Hou Diving Petrel
Integrative conservation of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel: Rescuing one of New Zealand’s rarest seabirds from extinction
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Oceania
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 98 grants constituting a total donation of $1,053,030 for species conservation projects based in Oceania.
Conservation Case Studies in Oceania
02-10-2018 - Tea-tree Fingers
Assessing the conservation status of the most threatened fungi in New Zealand and Australia. An Australasian Fungal Red Listing Workshop will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 22-26 July 2019. Invitations have been extended to international and Australasian experts, linking to the Global Red List Initiative led by Dahlberg, Krikorev,and Mueller.
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19-12-2017 - Pig-nosed turtle
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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18-09-2017 - Tree frogs
Ecology and disease surveillance in frogs of Papua New Guinea
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18-09-2017 - Tahiti Monarch
Helping the Tahiti sandalwood tree (Santalum insulare) to save the Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
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22-09-2016 - Murray hardyhead
Hunting the Murray Hardyhead: locating fragmented populations of an endangered fish species in the vast River Murray system.
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22-09-2016 - Gympie broad-tailed gecko
Determine the distribution, habitat and conservation status of the restricted and endangered Gympie broad-tailed gecko, Phyllurus kabikabi
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22-09-2016 - Red-finned blue-eye
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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22-09-2016 - Night parrot
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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20-04-2016 - Bellinger River Snapping Turtle
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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