This summary lists the grants awarded at the trustees' meeting in July 2008:
Zoological Society of London - £92,400
For their project Delivering the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and Global Biodiversity Indicators
Whitley Fund for Nature - £100,000
For Associate Awards and Continuation Funding.
University of Southampton - £110,418
Costs of the Complementary Research Medicine Unit at the University of Southampton for 2008/09.
TRAFFIC International - £100,000
• £20,000 towards Publication and Distribution of the TRAFFIC Bulletin;
• £20,000 towards Setting the Net: Implementing TRAFFIC's Fisheries Programme Aimed at Reducing the Unsustainable Trade in Fisheries Resources;
• £20,000 towards Tackling Timber Trade: Leadership of TRAFFIC's New Timber Trade Programme Strategy and Impact;
• £15,000 towards Quality Time - Delivering TRAFFIC's Message;
• £15,000 towards Designed to Win - Operationalising TRAFFIC’s Four-year Conservation Programme;
• £10,000 towards Early Warning - Catalysing Responses to Knowledge about Wildlife Harvest and Trade Levels, Patterns and Trends.
RSPB - £150,000
• £50,000 towards their Illegal Bird Killing in Cyprus project;
• £50,000 towards their Illegal Bird Shooting and Trapping in Malta project;
• £50,000 towards their Preventing the Extinction of Asia’s Vultures project.
Natural History Museum - £300,000
The final tranche of funding in support of the David Attenborough Studio at the Natural History Museum.
Mines Advisory Group - £49,854
Deployment of SALW (Small Arms, Light Weapons) and Support to EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Teams in Cambodia.
International Animal Rescue - £100,000
• £50,000 towards their Agra Bear Sanctuary Expansion Plan;
• £50,000 towards their Primate Rescue and Rehabilitation Ciapus, Java, Indonesia project.
Health Unlimited - £50,000
• £30,000 towards their Urunana – Expanding Radio Health Education to Rural Rwanda project;
• £20,000 towards their Improving Access to Healthcare for Indigenous Women and Children in Ratanakiri, Cambodia project.
Global Canopy Programme - £250,000
Rainforests and Climate Change Programme for 2008/09 and core costs.
Fauna & Flora International - £100,000
• £50,000 towards core costs;
• £30,000 towards Providing Vital Conservation Support to Eurasia;
• £20,000 towards the publication of the journal Oryx.
Environmental Investigation Agency - £70,000
Programme to Conserve the Ecological Integrity of the Okavango Delta and Programme to Conserve the Biodiversity and Economic Potential of the Makgadikgadi National Park.