Darwin Initiative: 5th Report
Annex 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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