Africa

Sustainable utilisation and conservation of medical plants that are used for treating HIV/AIDS related infections in Malawi.

The main objective of the project is to reduce overexploitation of medicinal plants that are used for treating HIV and AIDS related illnesses in Malawi.

Awareness Campaign for the Protection of endangered Great Apes in the Tubah Upland Forest

This project aims to help in the conservation of the great apes population in Tubah Upland Forest through community awareness campaign.

Comparative phylogeography of Pseudobarbus, Barbus, Sandelia and Galaxias species in the Breede and associated river systems, South Africa: implications for conservation of a threatened fauna

The study aims assess priority areas for the conservation of threatened indigenous freshwater fish species in the Breede and associated river systems within the Cape Floristic Region in South Africa.

Assessment of optional land uses as alternative strategy for biodiversity conservation in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin

This project will access and compare benefit from three land use options in a view to help people to make choice which can contribute to improve their livelihoods and support biodiversity conservation.

Integrated Community Biodiversity Conservation, Training & Awareness to Protect Safe Habitats for Chimpanzees & Monkeys of Togo Plateau Range) (ICBCTA) -Ghana

The project’s primary aim is to improve the environment, livelihood and health of communities’ surrounding the (Togo Plateau Tropical Ranges) zone of Ghana through the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources including medicinal plants. The global environment objective is to identify, monitor and conserve key components of the biodiversity of the (Togo Plateau Tropical Ranges) zone.

Conservation of mammal biodiversity in Southern Tanzania.

The project aims to assess Mammal biodiversity in Lukwika Lumesule Game and Mbangala Forest Reserves in Southern Tanzania in order to enhance their conservation status.

Saving the critically endangered Malawi’s official National Tree,Mulanje Cedar (Widdringtonia whytei) through community participation and environmental education, Malawi

Mulanje cedar is currently facing drastic population decline due to over-exploitation. The aim is to save this imminent crisis by promoting massive cultivation of tree in and around Mulanje Mountain using local communities and stakeholders.

Using conservation education as a tool to increase public awareness and change behaviour for the conservation of lowland gorilla populations in the Itombwe Natural Reserve.

The project aims at protecting the lowland gorilla and its habitat by bringing changes in community attitude and behaviours through education and public awareness raising programmes.

An assessment of the conservation status of, and threats affecting, the endangered African wild dog in the Zimbabwean part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.

This project aims to assess the abundance, distribution and conservation status of the endangered African wild dog in the Zimbabwean part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. The relative importance of the key conservation threats (population isolation, bushmeat snaring, prey and habitat depletion, disease risk and an increasing lion population) will be determined and possible solutions investigated.

Mountain Bongo Community/School Wildlife Clubs

The aim of the Mountain Bongo Community/School Wildlife Clubs is to conserve and protect this critically endangered sub species of Bongo, by working together with local communities and schools.