2026/27 Projects
Project Name Supported Species Location Principal Investigator Institute
Urgent Conservation Action for Endangered Lyciasalamandra Salamanders: Assessing Post-Wildfire Recovery and Building Climate Resilience in Southern Turkey
Multiple Lyciasalamandra salamander species Turkey Prof. Morteza NADERI Sakarya University
Leveraging context-dependent sub-population declines to guide conservation across the life history of a threatened Hylid treefrog.
Chinese immaculate treefrog China Prof. Amael BORZEE Nanjing Forestry University
Safeguarding Pasmans’ Crocodile Newt Under Climate Change: Genomics and Ecological Niche Modelling to Prioritise Refugia and Conservation Actions
Pasmans’ crocodile newt Vietnam Dr. Van Dung TRAN Vietnam National University of Forestry
Echoes from a Bleeding-heart: Acoustic Monitoring for Threatened Wildlife in Mindoro, the Philippines
Mindoro bleeding-heart, Black-hooded coucal, Mindoro imperial pigeon, Mindoro hornbill, Mindoro treefrog, Mindoro tube-nosed bat Philippines Mr. Dylan MCKENZIE Mindoro Warty Pig Conservation Project (through Talarak Foundation)
Safeguarding Humphead Wrasse under CITES: Integrating Ranching Impacts into NDF Decision-Making
Humphead wrasse Indonesia Ms. Sophie LE CLUE ADM Capital Foundation
Pathogen Monitoring and Risk Assessment in the Hubei Yangtze Swan Islet National Nature Reserve for the Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin)
Yangtze River Dolphin China Dr. Junfa YUAN Huazhong Agricultural University
Evaluating Red LED Net Illumination as a Visual Deterrent to Reduce Horseshoe Crab Bycatch in Small-Scale Coastal Gillnet Fisheries of Indonesia
Mangrove horseshoe crab, Coastal horseshoe crab Indonesia Dr. Lusita MEILANA IPB University
Saving the living fossil: An evidence-based, community driven approach to conserve Chitwan’s Gharials
Gharial Nepal Dr. Babu Ram LAMICHHANE Wild Care Nepal
Conservation genomics of Hong Kong snakes
Multiple snake species China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Prof. Juha MERILAE The University of Hong Kong
Developing an Evidence-Based, Collaborative Framework for Post-Release Monitoring of Reintroduced Gibbons in Asia
Multiple gibbon species Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam Dr. Dawn ZIMMERMAN Gibbon Health Initiative (GHI)
Bridging Sustainable Livelihoods with Clouded Leopard Conservation in the Lower Mai Valley, Nepal.
Clouded leopard Nepal Mr. Ganga Ram REGMI Third Pole Conservancy
Securing Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) Recovery in Sabah through Community Monitoring and Advanced Field Tools
Sunda pangolin Malaysia Dr. Elisa PANJANG Sabah Pangolin Awareness Association (Pangolin Aware)
Biodiversity of Lamma Island: quantification, conservation prioritization, and community mobilization
HKBCF: Forest Hong Kong Prof. Timothy C BONEBRAKE The University of Hong Kong