Biodiversity

Khila Nath Sapkota

Local Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation (LIBC) in Jangjang Village of Sindhuli District of Nepal

The project aim is to resolve the issue of human encroachment on nature and conserve diversity of flora and fauna as well as crop diversity and increase agricultural productivity.

Khun Moe Aung

Installation the Sal tree conservation awareness programs to local communities at Phet Nam village region, Myanmar.

This project aims to promote the planting and conservation of Sal trees, to encourage the local people to take an interest in the Sal trees conservation programs.

Andrea Elisa Izquierdo

Implications of changes in demographic and land-use patterns on the biodiversity of Atlantic Forest in Misiones.

The overall aim of this project is to understand the relationships between human demography and land-use patterns and its implications for the biodiversity.

Hoang Van Sam

Indigenous knowledge of Muong and Dao Ethnic minority groups on medicinal plants in Ba Vi National Park, Vietnam

The aims of my project are to make an inventory and to assess the status of exploitation and trade of medicinal plants by Dao and Muong Ethnic minority groups in Ba Vi National Park, in order to identify management problems and make recommend suitable solutions for the conservation and development both medicinal plants and traditional knowledge of local people in the research area.

Fifanou Vodouhe

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.

Jose Luis Ponce de Leon

José Luis Ponce de León

The project aims are to asses the current conservation status of three local endemic species of the family Poeciliidae in western Cuba and to publish a pocket field guide of Cuban species of this family.

Chifundera Kusamba

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.

Aurel Lozan

Moldavian-Ukrainian Centre for regional cooperation and development: middle Nistru River transboundary conservation perspectives.

A bilateral cooperation shall strengthen efforts for conservation of riverbank wetlands and draw attention of stakeholders (local authorities, NGOs, business) to biodiversity-rich habitat protection.

Jonathan Fiely

Teaching and leading through science research education in Andasibe, Madagascar

By enabling local park guides and school children to create and execute conservation-based research, this project seeks to catalyse grassroots education and understanding of Madagascar's stunning biodiversity.

Francesco Rovero

Ranger and community-based monitoring of biodiversity in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania

The project aims to contribute to ecosystem protection in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park by establishing a biodiversity monitoring programme that effectively involves rangers and the local communities.