Conservation

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FFW GRANTS PROGRAM AWARDEES

June 2010 | June 2009 | December 2009
December 2008 | June 2008 | December 2007 | June 2007
December 2006 | June 2006 | 1998-2005

 

December 2007

  • Saving Africa's Black Rhino - Feb 2008-June 30, 2008 - $3000
  • Conservation Biology of Lowland Tapirs in the Brazilian Pantanal - July 2007-June 2011 - $5000
  • Distribution, habitat use, and conservation action of the critically endangered Philippine forest turtle Heosemys leytensis, Dumaran Island, Philippines - Mar 2008-December 2008 - $3000
  • Feeding ecology, habitat preferences of the golden-backed uacari monkey, an extreme diet and habitat specialist, in Jau National Park, Amazonian Brazil as the basis for a long-term conservation program - Feb 2008-May 2008 - $2000
  • Conservation of the Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena: The Importance of Spatial Context - Jan 2008-2010 - $5000
  • Noninvasive tracking of jaguars (Panthera onca) and co-occurring feline species in Belize by combining molecular scatology, remote camera trapping and GIS: the impact of fragmentation - Mar 208-Aug 2008 - $5000
  • Feeding ecology of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles on the Peruvian coast and implications for sea turtle conservation - Feb 2008-Dec 31, 2008 - $2000
  • Amphibian Disease and Diversity: the Effects of Community Structure on Host-Pathogen Dynamics - May 2008-Oct 2008 - $1920
  • Developing an automated remote sensing tool to detect gray wolves - May 2008-Nov 2008 - $4950
  • I-90 Wildlife Bridge Coalition - 2008 - $2000
  • 2008-Conservation in Action: Surveys for Oregon's Two Imperiled Turtle Species; The Western Painted (Chrysemys picta belli) and Western Pond (Actinemys marmorata) Turtles - Apr 1, 2008-Dec 15, 2008 - $4400
  • Using population genetics of Oregon cougars to develop effective management strategies - Mar 2008-Dec 2008 - $2380
  • Effects of Intense Logging Pressure on Sun Bear Status and Density in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Borneo), Anthony J Giordano, MS, LifeScape International. Sept. 1st, 2008- Aug. 30th 2009 $3,600.00
  • Community Conservation of Grevy's Zebra in Chew Bahir and the Alledeghi Plains, Ethiopia.  Jan. 2008-Dec 2008 $3,010.00
  • Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis: Head-starting and Reintroduction Program in Northeast Luzon, Municipality of San Mariano, Isabela, the Philippines. Bernard A Tarun, Mabuwaya Foundation Inc. March 2008-Dec. 2008 $ 1960.33
  • Bulindi forest Fragment Protection Project. Debby Cox MSc., the Jane Goodall Institute-Uganda. Feb 2008-Feb 2009, $5,000.00
  • Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program. Dr Lisa Dabek, Woodland Park Zoo. Ongoing project $3,000.00
  • Awareness Activities for Humboldt Penguin Conservation at Ica, Peru. Julio C Reyes, ACOREMA. March 2008- July 2008 $5,300.00
  • Status of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) in Eastern Nepal. Kamal Kandel, Red Panda Network – Nepal. Aug. 2008-Jan. 2009 $2,580.00.
  • Hormonal study on the puberty of wild African elephants. Kate Evans, PhD, University of Bristol, University of Botswana. March 2008-March 2009, $2,000.00

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