Birds

Chhum Samnang

Phnom Tbeng Conservation and Development Project through strengthening Forestry Law Enforcement in project area aiming at strictly conserving vulnerable green peafowl Pavo muticus.

This project aims to develop a strategy for strengthening Forestry Law enforcement throughout the area to strictly protect green peafowl and its habitats.

Jan Van der Winden

Conservation of important wetland habitats for herons and terns in the lower Dniepr River and Delta, Ukraine.

The objective of the project is to prepare a bird conservation plan with a management vision for the area with a focus on endangered and vulnerable colonies of herons and terns. This will enhance the process of effective integrated bird protection of the intended establishment of a National Park.

Nan Yang

Conservation and ecology of Buff-throated partridge, in Yajiang county ,Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, P.R.China

Our aim is to provide the basic information on the status of key species and their habitat and the pressures that they face.

Udayan Borthakur

Survey and Conservation of Multiple Owl species in Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India

This project aims at obtaining baseline data on multiple owl species occurring in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam, primarily their occupancy, distribution, nesting habits and potential threats for survival of owls in unprotected areas and to generate awareness through community participation.

Wanyoike Wamiti

Bird ringing as an opportunity for research and training of rural community bird guides at Nyahururu, Kenya

The broad objective of this project is to conduct a forest and wetlands bird research and to empower local youth with skills to guide bird watching tourists and monitor wild bird populations.

Rohit Naniwadekar

Hornbill Hotspots: Identifying Distribution Patterns and Conservation Needs of Five Hornbill Species in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya

This project aims to understand the patterns of distribution of five hornbill species and relative influences of hunting and habitat degradation on hornbills in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Gulnaz Jalilova

Education on Biodiversity Conservation in the Walnut Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan

This project aims to raise the awareness of schoolchildren on biodiversity conservation through bird diversity education in 6 different schools of Arstanbap, Kaba and Kysulunkur forest enterprises

Jaime E Rivera-Hernandez

Towards a strategy of environmental education and communitarian ecotourism in San Juan Teponaxtla, Oaxaca, Mexico.

The aim of the project is to build a Communitarian Ecotourism strategy with the community, which is also looking to generate scientific and traditional knowledge for sharing in the programme.

Andrea Baquero

Divergence of adaptive phenotypic traits and mate recognition systems (song) in response to recent anthropogenic habitat changes in an oceanic island (São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea) endemic passerine (Speirops lugubris).

This project aims to understand the effects of anthropogenic habitat changes in the divergence of mate recognition systems in an endemic oceanic island passerine (the São Tomé Speirops).

Marybel Crespo Saucedo

An evaluation of the population of the threatened Yellow-rumped Antwren (Terenura sharpei) in the Yungas of Bolivia (Cochabamba-Bolivia)

The aims of this project is to evaluate the population status and distribution range of the Yellow-rumped Antwren (Terenura sharpei) an endemic and endanger bird of the Bolivian Yungas.