
27-09-2023 - Vellozia sessilis
Searching for Vellozia sessilis, a charismatic plant endemic to the highlands of the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 458 grants constituting a total donation of $4,290,551 for species conservation projects based in South America.
Searching for Vellozia sessilis, a charismatic plant endemic to the highlands of the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot
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Latin America Workshop: Promoting conservation of the Latin American Funga through specialists' capacitation and extinction risk assessment of threatened fungi
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Local partnerships to ensure the conservation of three species of harlequin toads in the Key Biodiversity Area of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
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First efforts to preserve Wrightoporia auraucariae, a rare and critically endangered species endemic to Araucaria forests
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Population assessment and conservation status of the magangá Potamobatrachus trispinosus endemic to the Rio Tocantins, Amazon basin, Brazil
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The objectives of current research are to detect the presence of the Caetés catfish, Trichogenes claviger, in isolated rivers along the upper Rio Caxixe and Rio Fruteiras, tributaries of Rio Itapemirim in Espírito Santo mountains, Brazil. Employng the metabarcoding approach, through environmental DNA. We aim to locate existing populations of this species, figured on the IUCN redlist, as a critically endangered freshwater catfish.
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Understanding the role of microclime in future distribution and behaviour of the small pumpkin-toadlet Brachycephalus mirissimus. In this project, we will use acoustic monitoring and modelling to study the role of altitudinal and altitudinal gradient in this microendemic species under climate change scenarios to propose conservation actions.
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Saving one of the last populations of Leopardus munoai in the border of Brazil and Uruguay
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Conservation initiatives to prevent human-pampas cat conflict and minimize the impact of domestic animals. Mapuche chickens to prevent attacks and vaccination campaign.
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The population size of the Critically Endangered blond titi monkey in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, Brazil
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