Hunting

Impact of Hunting on Seed Dispersal and Recruitment in Tropical Forests of North-East India

The aim of this project is to look at impacts of hunting on 1) hornbill and pigeon abundances, 2) visitation and fruit removal rates of select large-seeded fruit plants by hornbills and pigeons, 3) the spatial patterns of seed dispersal and 4) seedling, sapling and juvenile abundance of large-seeded tree species.

Protection from Poaching: How Does Hunting Intensity on Sensitive Wildlife Differ with Various Protection Regimes?

With prevailing markets, cultural perceptions and failing governmental institutions, this project will assess how much mammalian biodiversity is harboured in protected areas versus community forests.

Wildlife Hunting, Alternative Protein Sources and Biodiversity Conservation on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua

The aims of this project is to 1)evaluate the subsistence hunting and current use of wildlife in the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Papua; 2) identify factors affecting hunting pressure on wildlife as well as to observe the available wildlife market in hunting areas on the coast of West Papua.

Status and Impact of Traditional Forest Fauna Harvesting by the Mro Tribe in the Hill Forests of Bangladesh: Policy Implications for Biodiversity Conservation

The project aims to explore the ethno-zoological indigenous knowledge of the Mro tribe highlighting the pattern of hunting and its impact on the local/regional wild faunal resources.

Study and Conservation of the Mediterranean Spur-Thighed Tortoise (Testudo Graeca) in the Caucasus (Project "Attention: A Turtle!")

The project seeks to ensure the preservation of the Mediterranean tortoise (Testudo graeca) by consolidating the efforts of herpetologists, conservation biologists, government agencies, NGOs and the general public. The main aim of the project is creation of conditions for saving populations and subspecies variety of Mediterranean tortoise in the Caucasus.

Evaluation and Implementation of Conservation Strategies for the Sustainable Exploitation of Wildlife Resources Used as Animal Based Medicine in Benin

This project will provide an overview of the global use of wildlife in traditional folk medicines as well as identifying and implementing the species used. It will provide with some tools and guidelines allowing alternatives for participatory conservation and sustainable use of animal based medicine.

Elephant Habitat Restoration Programme and Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Mayurjharna Elephant Reserve, West Bengal, India

The project is continuation of 1st RSG project in Mayurjharna Elephant Reserve. The project aims to enumerate elephant population, survey the identified elephant route to review the fodder status and understand the dependency of villages on that. The project aims to conserve the restored and remaining natural elephant habitat and implement scientific and traditional methods to mitigate human-elephant conflict in sample villages through interactive community awareness programme.

Improving the Conservation Status of the Endangered African Wild Dog in the Zimbabwean Part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

We aim to protect the endangered African wild dog in the Zimbabwean part of the Greater Limpopo TFCA through education and outreach, anti-poaching, vaccination programs and monitoring of the wild dogs.

Natural Licks Ecology in the Southern Colombian Amazon

To set up culturally and biologically acceptable management practices that help to conserve lowland tapir and other wildlife in the Colombian Amazon, using Natural licks as a tool.

Long-Term Monitoring and Management of Wildlife Resources in the Lac Tele Community Reserve, Republic of Congo: Fisheries, Bushmeat and Crocodiles

The mission of the Lac Télé Community Reserve is to protect the unique biota of northern Congo’s flooded forests and promote sustainable use of its resources by Reserve villages. The goal of our project is to characterize and quantify the patterns of resource use in order to better direct management activities to ensure best-use practices.