20-12-2022 - Wrightoporia araucariae
First efforts to preserve Wrightoporia auraucariae, a rare and critically endangered species endemic to Araucaria forests
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South America
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 429 grants constituting a total donation of $4,021,550 for species conservation projects based in South America.
Conservation Case Studies in South America
20-12-2022 - Trichogenes claviger
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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20-12-2022 - Pumpkin toadlet
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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20-12-2022 - Pampas cat
Saving one of the last populations of Leopardus munoai in the border of Brazil and Uruguay
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21-09-2022 - blond titi monkey
The population size of the Critically Endangered blond titi monkey in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, Brazil
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29-04-2022 - Buffy-headed marmoset
Reducing threats from non-native invasive marmosets for the conservation of the Callithrix flaviceps in the region of Caparaó, Brazil
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29-04-2022 - Northern muriqui
Promoting conservation of northern muriqui using drones and thermal cameras in Atlantic Forest, Brazil
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29-04-2022 - Andean tiger cat
Mitigating threats and monitoring the population of the Andean Tiger Cat, at the Middle Cauca biodiversity hotspot, Colombia.
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29-04-2022 - Tuco-tuco cordobés
Assessing the distribution and habitat use of two poorly-known threatened fossorial mammal species hazarded by land-use changes
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29-04-2022 - Geoffroy's cat
Geoffroy's cat is the most abundant wild cat in the Brazilian Pampa, where it coexists with margay, jaguarundi and pampas cat. Misinformation about species results in conflicts associated with retaliatory hunting and the transmission of diseases derived from free-range domestic cats/dogs.
We have implemented strategies to mitigate these threats in the Seival locality, using Geoffroy's cat as a local emblematic species.
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