Trees

Khun Moe Aung

Installation the Sal tree conservation awareness programs to local communities at Phet Nam village region, Myanmar.

This project aims to promote the planting and conservation of Sal trees, to encourage the local people to take an interest in the Sal trees conservation programs.

Samson Komati Yuimb

Public awareness education on reforestation, rainforest conservation and climate change in all the schools in Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea

Aim of the project is to educate more than 15,000 plus students from primary, secondary, tertiary, technical, and private schools in Western Highlands Province about reforestation, climate change, and conservation issues and challenges in order to develop an increased understanding and appreciation of these pressing environmental issues facing Papua New Guinea currently.

Trang Tran

Conservation of the threatened conifers in the Dalat Plateau

The aim of this project is to promote effective protection of threatened Vietnamese conifers by developing further understanding of their ecology including the current age structure, spatial distribution and dynamic. The project would like to enhance these conifers in-situ conservation and management in the region.

James Manyungwa

Saving the critically endangered Malawi’s official National Tree,Mulanje Cedar (Widdringtonia whytei) through community participation and environmental education, Malawi

Mulanje cedar is currently facing drastic population decline due to over-exploitation. The aim is to save this imminent crisis by promoting massive cultivation of tree in and around Mulanje Mountain using local communities and stakeholders.

Khun Bala

Initiation of Community Conservation Efforts in Myanmar with Focus on Endemic Queen of Flowering Tree (Pride Of Myanmar).

This project aims to keep, protect, plant and conserve the Amherstia nobilis in their habitats. Secondly, to partner with the local community and educate them about the tremendous importance of the Amherstia nobilis and their habitats.

Lucy Rist

Sustainable harvesting of Coco-de-Mer in the Vallée de Mai

This project aims to determine appropriate sustainable harvesting practices for Coco de Mer and to develop local capacity for population monitoring.

Makhathe Alexander Moahloli

Semonkong Community Nursery and Botanical Garden

This project aims to address issues of food security, nutrition and conservation of plants species, soil degradation and local sustainable economic development. To raise awareness of indigenous flora through dissemination and acquisition of botanical knowledge.

María José Andrade

Multi-scale analysis to predict local mammal species richness and composition in a human dominated landscape in Rivera Uruguay.

To determine land-use changes in Rivera, Uruguay, where the most important land-use change has been exotic tree plantations establishment. Determine mammal species richness and composition in native forest, grassland and exotic tree plantation and determine which habitat and landscape variables are the best predictors of local species richness.

Ye Tun Min

Conservation of two Ficus species with local community participation in Pindaya region, Southern Shan State, Myanmar

The project aims to develop database on the tree population of two Ficus species, to conserve them in their natural environment, to increase plant population by growing seedlings or young plants with local community participation, and to share nature conservation knowledge to local people and community in Pindaya region including nearby villages.

Daniel Renison

Restoration of Polylepis mountain woodlands in the high Córdoba Mountains, Argentina.

This project examines ways of making a substantial and long-lasting contribution to the restoration of these mountains.