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Darwin Initiative: 5th Report

Darwin Initiative logoAnnex 6: Current projects

Reference

Project Title

Organisation

Country

Darwin Grant

162/05/043

Recovery of Serengeti Wildlife Research Institute

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Tanzania

£109,400

162/05/137

Molluscan Biodiversity of East African Forests

National Museum of Wales

Kenya, Tanzania

£115,365

162/05/164

Do Marine Reserves Promote Biodiversity Conservation and Fishery Sustainability?

University of York

St Lucia

£120,834

162/05/166

Prosopis Invasion: Implications for the Biodiversity of Caatinga in NE Brazil

University of Durham

Brazil

£116,000

162/05/196

Genetic Resource Management Training

Wye College

International

£103,095

162/06/046

Rattan Diversity and Sustainable Management in Lao PDR

University of Oxford

Laos

£142,771

162/06/058

Conserve Seeds from Arid and Semi-Arid areas of Tunisia

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Tunisia

£105,594

162/06/060

Biodiversity Liaison Officers

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Peru

£80,800

162/06/100

Plant Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilisation Training in West Africa

The University of Birmingham

Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon

£148,200

162/06/111

Lobarion Lichens as Indicators of Primeval Forests in Carpathians

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Ukraine

£99,450

162/06/113

Biodiversity Inventory of the Socotra Archipelago

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Yemen

£157,750

162/06/126

Vicuna and Guanaco Conservation and Genetic Resource Management in Peru

Institute of Zoology London

Peru

£132,894

162/06/131

Wildlife and People: Conflict and Conservation In Masai Mara Kenya

University of Kent (DICE)

Kenya

£122,854

162/06/159

Conservation of Seed and Microsymbionts of Albizia tree species in Ghana

University of Dundee

Ghana

£98,371

162/06/166

Forestry Curriculum Towards Sustainable Forestry and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia

University of Stirling

Indonesia

£44,875

162/06/173

Protected Areas Management Planning in the Andaman Islands

Fauna and Flora International

India

£145,550

162/07/006

Assessing the status of Ascension Island green turtles

University of Wales Swansea

Ascencion Island

£133,873

162/07/035

River dolphin conservation in Brazil and Pakistan

University of St Andrews

Brazil, Pakistan

£132,000

162/07/038

Conservation management of peatland biodiversity in Eastern Europe

Peatlands Biodiversity Consortium

International

£149,749

162/07/045

Marine biodiversity capacity building in the West African sub-region

University of Newcastle

West Africa

£216,540

162/07/055

Marine environmental training in Seychelles and Mauritius

Royal Geographical Society

Seychelles, Mauritius

£113,700

162/07/056

Biodiversity awareness centres in Santiago

London Ecology Unit

Chile

£132,000

162/07/060

Training for conservation and sustainable use of reptiles in Togo

IUCN/SSC Wildlife Trade Programme

Togo

£82,511

162/07/085

Plant conservation and information management for botanic gardens in Colombia

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Colombia

£147,350

162/07/104

Coral reef biodiversity in the Caribbean - schools project and resources

Field Studies Council

Central America & Caribbean

£160,862

162/07/127

Conserving the rare and endemic flora of Iran

ECUS, University of Sheffield

Iran

£128,200

162/07/135

Biodiversity of peatswamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

University of Nottingham

Indonesia

£119,100

162/07/137

Planning and establishment of European mink island sanctuaries in Estonia and Belarus

University of Oxford

Estonia, Belarus

£161,215

162/07/138

Devising game reserve management plans for biodiversity conservation Tanzania

University of Oxford

Tanzania

£129,666

162/07/149

Tabunan Forest Biodiversity Conservation

Fauna and Flora International

Philippines

£216,525

162/07/163

Integrating national parks, education and community development

British Virgin Islands National Parks Trust

British Virgin Islands

£116,550

162/08/009

Biodiversity Conservation Training - Pacific Island States

University of Wales Aberystwyth

Pacific Island States

£124,850

162/08/011

Biodiversity information in the Former Soviet Union

BioNET International

Former Soviet Union

£139,280

162/08/024

Status and distribution of The flora of The Falkland Islands

Queens University Belfast

Falkland Islands

£33,330

162/08/038

Conservation of Plant Diversity in Western Cameroon

Royal Botanic Garden Kew

Cameroon

£121,947

162/08/044

Conservation Biology & Genetics of the western lowland gorilla in Gabon

Cardiff University

Gabon

£148,133

162/08/048

Conserving and cultivating medicinal plants in Ghana

IUCN World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Ghana

£119,983

162/08/064

Information System for biodiversity and conservation management in Mauritius

The University of Reading

Mauritius

£106,633

162/08/066

The Darwin plant Information System for Morocco

The University of Reading

Morocco

£26,030

162/08/114

Capacity building for biodiversity conservation in Anguilla

World Wide Fund for Nature - UK

Anguilla

£82,507

162/08/116

Conserving the rare flora of Central Argentina

ECUS, University of Sheffield

Argentina

£124,275

162/08/126

Fisheries management for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon

Imperial College London

Brazil

£122,382

162/08/144

River invertebrate biodiversity and water quality in the Dominican Republic

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

Dominican Republic

£95,598

162/08/150

Empowering local people to manage the biodiversity of El Salvador

The Natural History Museum

El Salvador

£122,273

162/08/154

Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in Mexican cloud forest

University of Edinburgh

Mexico

£64,950

162/08/164

Developing biodiversity management capacity around the Ramsar site in Turks and Caicos Islands

CABI Bioscience

Turks & Caicos Isles

£124,800

162/08/170

Bacterial diversity in coastal seawater in Shandong Province, China

Heriot-Watt University

China

£120,938

162/08/176

Coral Reef Conservation in Fiji

Just World Partners

Fiji

£77,560

162/08/196

The Darwin Project in Coastal Vegetation Survey and Conservation for Lebanon

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Lebanon

£140,640

162/08/204

Collection and Cataloguing Algae for the Natural History Museum, Oman

HTS Consultants

Oman

£167,973

162/08/214

Land snail biodiversity in Sri Lanka

The Natural History Museum

Sri Lanka

£117,391

162/08/220

Management planning for conservation of fen mire biodiversity in Belarus

Royal Society for the Protections of Birds

Belarus

£136,381

162/08/249

Nematode biodiversity and worldwide pollution monitoring

Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences

Poland, Pakistan, Brazil, Chile

£163,200

162/08/251

Plankton biodiversity and biovariability in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences

International

£160,992

162/08/253

Invertebrate Diversity and Endemism at Gough Island and Threats from Introduced Species

University of Sheffield

Gough Isles

£127,500

162/09/001

Renewing management of Sapo National Park and creation of the Liberian protected areas system

Fauna and Flora International

Liberia

£92,962

162/09/002

Effective management for biodiversity conservation in coastal Wetlands

University of Portsmouth

Sri Lanka

£145,741

162/09/003

Tools for monitoring soil biodiversity in the ASEAN Region

The Natural History Museum

ASEAN region

£100,633

162/09/004

Plankton biodiversity: training, sampling, taxonomy and data evaluation in Seychelles & Mauritius

The Royal Geographical Society

Seychelles, Mauritius

£173,007

162/09/005

Conservation of whale sharks and fish spawning aggregations in Belize

University of York

Belize

£129,220

162/09/006

Towards Sustainable Development of southeastern Madagascar's biologically unique littoral forests

University of Oxford

Madagascar

£79,169

162/09/007

Schools and Communities Monitoring and Protecting Biodiversity in Slovakia

Field Studies Council

Slovakia

£129,250

162/09/008

Conservation and rehabilitation of the Colombian rainforest by indigenous people

University of Strathclyde

Colombia

£175,500

162/09/009

Development of a Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Bermuda

Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS)

Bermuda

£98,528

162/09/010

Terrestrial invertebrate biodivesrity in Galapagos: Training and Collection rehabilitation

National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Galapagos Islands

£159,765

162/09/011

Give a hand to nature - biodiversity training and capacity building

Community Environmental Educational Developments

Poland

£68,714

162/09/012

Conservation of the Paguyaman forest in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Imperial College London

Indonesia

£189,960

162/09/013

Large mammal conservation and sustainable resource use in Khen Khentii Special Protected Area

Raleigh International

Mongolia

£168,586

162/09/014

Huemul ecology research for conservation planning, Southern Chile

Raleigh International

Southern Chile

£91,400

162/09/015

Big cat conservation and sustainable management in Southern Africa

University of Oxford

Southern Africa

£154,239

162/09/016

Conservation of the orang-utan in Kinbatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah

Cardiff University

Malaysia

£147,264

162/09/017

Tree diversity and agroforestry development in Peruvian Amazon

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Peru

£166,684

162/09/018

Conservation of the endangered Jerdon's courser in India

University of Reading

India

£70,261

162/09/019

Framework for monitoring invasive tree species in Ghana

Naturebureau

Ghana

£91,007

162/09/020

Development of a monitoring and training unit for the World Heritage Sites of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Zoological Society of London

Congo (DR)

£132,000

162/10/001

Darwin Initiative Biodiversity Conservation in Cuba

BioNET International

Cuba

£123,500

162/10/002

People and Plants - Training Darwin mentors in India

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

India

£58,823

162/10/003

Community-driven conservation and ecotourism in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya

The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology

Kenya

£136,600

162/10/004

Devising solutions to bushmeat exploitation in the Sanaga-Cross region

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and University of Oxford

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria

£201,824

162/10/005

Conservation of the African penguin (Spheniscus Demersus)

Earthwatch Institute

South Africa

£152,900

162/10/006

Propagation, nursery and establishment protocols for Seychelles endemic plants

Eden Project

Seychelles

£71,720

162/10/007

Establishment of penguin monitoring programme in Chile

Environmental Research Unit

Chile

£31,050

162/10/008

Building capacity in wetland biodiversity conservation

Eurosite

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia

£160,210

162/10/009

Research, survey and biodiversity planning on the Tibet-Qinghai plateau, China

Fauna and Flora International

China

£80,129

162/10/010

A National Strategy for Sustainable Wildlife Use

Fauna and Flora International

Commonwealth of Dominica

£99,761

162/10/011

Community based conservation of Hoang Lien Mountain Ecosystem

Fauna and Flora International

Vietnam

£89,290

162/10/012

Building legal and institutional capacity on bisafety

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

Chile

£80,371

162/10/013

Conservation of Critically Endangered Gyps spp. Vultures

Institute of Zoology

India

£144,391

162/10/014

Cameroon Environmental Education Support Programme II (CEESPII)

Living Earth Foundation

Cameroon

£91,200

162/10/015

Project BioMap in Colombia

Natural History Museum

Colombia

£149,700

162/10/016

Biodiversity basics strengthening sustainability of the Yasuní Amazonian Rainforest, Ecuador

Natural History Museum

Ecuador

£147,227

162/10/017

Preservation, rehabilitation and utilisation of Vietnamese montane forests

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Vietnam

£161,885

162/10/018

UK Darwin Initiative Papuan Plant Diversity Project

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Papua New Guinea & Indonesia

£170,450

162/10/019

Action plans for conservation of globally threatened birds in Africa

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Africa

£157,590

162/10/020

Phyllosoma larvae of the Cape Verde Islands

Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science

Cape Verde Islands

£8,800

162/10/021

Madagascar Marine Biodiversity Training Project

The Society for Environmental Exploration

Madagascar

£40,500

162/10/022

Bai Tu Long Bay awareness project

The Society for Environmental Exploration

Vietnam

£125,888

162/10/023

Enhanced biodiversity conservation through capacity building in Central America

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Central America

£70,355

162/10/024

Conservation and management of Malagasy microchiroptera and their habitats

University of Aberdeen

Madagascar

£145,100

162/10/025

Molecular tools for promoting biodiversity in rainforest fragments of Borneo

University of Durham

Malaysia

£106,796

162/10/026

Marine Turtle conservation and ecotourism on Trinidad's North Coast

University of Glasgow

Trinidad

£93,000

162/10/027

Darwin Initiative for the sustainable use of sea-cucumbers in Egypt

University of Hull

Egypt

£125,735

162/10/028

Inventory of Moroccan plants and the conservation of priority species

University of Reading

Morocco

£31,000

162/10/029

Training of Vietnamese Scientists in tree science and technology

University of Reading

Vietnam

£65,322

162/10/030

Developing local capacity for biodiversity surveys in Papua New Guinea

University of Sussex

Papua New Guinea

£162,490

162/10/031

Biodiversity conservation in ancient church and monastery yards in Ethiopia

University of Wales, Bangor

Ethiopia

£149,091

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