Community

Valuing the Southern Bolivian Yungas's Environmental Services: Saving an Important Place for the Endangered Alder Amazon's Conservation

Due to Southern Yungas is an eco-region with global priority of urgent conservation. We aim to build lifelong feelings of pride, respect and membership to biodiversity using Alder Amazon as symbol species to nine local communities in the north end of this eco-region.

Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign – A Community Participation Approach to Protect Bats in Rajasthan Parts of the Thar Desert.

The Project aims to investigate current status of diversity of bats and launching bat conservation awareness campaign in Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert, with special reference to Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur.

Introducing the Islamic Hima and Harim System as a New Approach to Nature Conservation in Indonesia Phase II

This project will be scale up the previous project: Introducing the Islamic hima and harim zone system as new approach to nature conservation in Indonesia.

Indigenous Community, Co-Managed and Private Conserved Areas: Policy and Practical Implications for Communities and Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico

The aim of the project is to explore the potential contribution of the different IUCN governance categories of protected areas to biodiversity conservation, using Chiapas State, Mexico, as a case study.

Boosting Environmental Conservation and Social Development Around the Mau Forest Water Tower

This project mainly aims to build up the activities of a dynamic community-based conservation group which received seed money from Rufford small grant programme, in order to increase and broaden their activities and impacts. Besides continuing to plant trees along River Njoro and supplying farmers and schools with saplings, this second grant will help the group fully embrace the social-environment nexus, working on explicit social development initiatives, besides conducting basic biological research.

Cheetah Conservation Botswana Community Outreach and Education Program

Cheetah Conservation Botswana aims to preserve Botswana’s cheetah population through scientific research, community outreach and education, working with the rural communities to promote coexistence with Botswana’s rich diversity of predator species.

Sustainable Community Conservation of Borassus Aethiopum in the Transitional Zone of Ghana

This project will significantly contribute to reverse the current trend of Borassus aethiopum decline and also provide the basic information needed for the development of conservation guidelines for the use of Borassus aethiopum.

Effectiveness of Alternative Energy Use in Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study from Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve and its Buffer Zone

The aim of the project is the promotion of alternative energy has been a major component of biodiversity conservation, because it reduces human pressure in the park and buffer zone forests. The proposed study will provide new insight into linkage between (1) development and use of alternative energy, (2) conservation of biodiversity, and (3) effective natural resource management policies in the communities in which it is implemented.

Enhancing Community Awareness, Participation and Education in Environment Conservation and Management of Akara Hills

The two aims of the project are: - To enhance community awareness and participation in environment related issues - To bridge the existing gap in environmental education among community members

Institutional Strengthening and Awareness Raising for Sustainable Conservation of Critically Endangered Achhami Cattle, Nepal

The major aim of this project is to contribute institutional strengthening and awareness raising for sustainable conservation of critically endangered Achhami Cattle and avoiding impact of current practices of cross breeding that threatens the genetic purity of cattle.