Birds

Aimee Kessler

Mongolian Great Bustard Conservation Project

The aim of the project is to work within local communities to determine the best conservation practices for endangered populations of Asian Great Bustard (Otis tarda dybowskii).

Mohammad Naeem Awan

Monitoring & Conservation of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus Wallichii) in Jhelum Catchments, Pakistan

The project aims to conserve the Cheer Pheasant’s population in Jhelum Valley through capacity building of the Wildlife staff, involving school children in the conservation process through education and awareness campaigns and Monitoring of extant population.

Nivia Luzuriaga

From Monitoring to Conservation of Terrestrial Birds in the Galápagos Islands: Test and Optimization of a Point - Transect Breeding Bird Survey – Ecuador

The Galápagos Islands’ Breeding Bird Survey (GIBSS) project will establish a standardized, long term monitoring program of terrestrial birds in the islands.

Leonard Omondi Akwany

Strategic and Multi-stakeholders Advocacy for Yala Wetland Community Conservation Area and Ramsar Site, Kenya

To mobilize stakeholders and advocate for declaration of Yala wetland as community conservation area and ramsar site to enhance its conservation status

Naftali Mungai

Building a Local Community Conservation Group and Establishing Ecotourism Activities Around the Ondiri Swamp, Kenya’s Only Quaking Bog

The overall aim of my project is to develop a proactive community conservation group for Ondiri Swamp, Kenya’s only quaking bog.

Deepa Paudel

Study on Impact of Locally Used Pesticide on Farmland Bird Species and Conservation Initiative

Project is planed to explore locally used pesticide and its possible impact on farmland bird species and make conservation action in Chitwan Valley, Nepal.

Alexey G Dondua

Protection of Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Breeding Ground in Northern Chukotka: Better Late than Never

The goal of a project is to provide nest searching and further to guard all nests and broods of critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper against human, mammalian and avian depredation.

Moses Nyoni

Species Protection and Habitat Conservation for the Benefit of Birds and People- Local Avian Tourism and Black-Cheeked Lovebird Conservation Project

The project aims to empowerb and help the local community develop and run a community based species conservation project with focus on the Black-cheeked Lovebird and initiate a community based action for the development of avian tourism.

Jean Bernard Dongmo

Study of Genetic and Morphological Divergence in some African Rain Forest Birds from the Upper Guinea (Ghana) and Lower Guinea (Cameroon): Implications for Evolutionary Conservation

This project aims to assess the taxonomic status of avian species that are found on both sides of the Dahomey Gap in West Africa. Isolated populations on either side of the gap may be deeply divergent genetically over several million of years, and likely represent distinct species worthy of conservation.

Karolina Fierro-Calderón

Endangered Birds of Los Farallones National Park

The aim of the project is to determinate the population density for four endangered birds, establish these birds as Conservation Targets into the management plan of the park and to fix a monitoring programme at long term for them.