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The MBZ Fund and GEF is delighted to announce that 78 small grants have been awarded as part of this program, constituting a total donation of $616,858. Click here to see all these grants. Those with case studies are featured below.
This project uses thermal drones to estimate populations of endangered Mentawai primates outside of Siberut National Park, Indonesia. By mapping critical habitats and identifying high-risk areas, the research aims to support conservation efforts and inform management strategies. The data will help guide effective actions to protect the priority species, the pig-tailed snub-nosed langur.
View Pig-Tailed Snub-nosed Langur project
Upscaling Pangolin Research and Conservation through Community Ranger-led Biomonitoring: Mapping Priority Habitats and Threats in the Deng-Deng National Park.
View White-bellied pangolin project
Restoration of the Agua Volcano’s cloud forest: Recovering the known habitat of the recently rediscovered Abronia anzuetoi.
View Anzuetoi arboreal alligator lizard project
STATUS OF THE UGANDA CLAWED FROG, Xenopus ruwenzoriensis, AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE AND HABITAT DEGRADATION
View Uganda Clawed Frog project
Catfish lined bighead (Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense) and catfish lined tumame (Pseudoplatystoma metaense) of the river Arauca binational.
View Bighead striped catfish project
Investigating the ecology and threats of Euploea crameri nicevillei (Moore, 1890) from the Sundarbans Mangrove forest in Bangladesh
View Sundarbans crow project
Increasing Local Community awareness to Conserve Endangered Clam, Corbicula possoensis, in Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
View Poso Endemic Mussel project
Fans on the rocks: documentation and conservation of octocoral fauna along the rocky shores of West Indian shelf
View White-tail gorgonian project
The distribution and conservation of African ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) in Eswatini- an endangered medicinal plant. This project aims to protect the species through community engagements and development of conservation and restoration strategies that will ensure sustainable use of the plant species.
View Siphonochilus aethiopicus project
Conservation of Humboldtia bourdillonii, an endangered Tree Endemic to the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot
View Adimundan project
Approved by the GEF Council in December 2022 initially as the “Gustavo Fonseca Youth Conservation Leadership Program,” the new innovative program supports the professional development of promising young conservationists from developing countries.
The program, in honor of tropical scientist Gustavo Fonseca, the GEF’s long-serving Director of Programs who passed away in August 2022, will include conservation fellowships, grants for biodiversity field work, awards for participation in international conservation events, and a recurrent global conservation symposium bringing together young environmental leaders.