Demonstration Projects

Argentina

Proponent
Universidad Nacional del Comahue

Collaborators
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Agropecuaria Bariloche (Argentina), Universidad de Chile (Chile), Universidad de La Frontera (Chile), CONAF (Chile), Universidad Austral e Instituto Forestal (Chile), Parque Nacional Lanín (Chile)

This project aims to strengthen technical and scientific cooperation between Argentina and Chile for the protection of the endangered Araucaria araucana species, including methods for estimating seed production, ecological restoration, inspection and harvest regulation based on conservation indicators and fair trade.

Bhutan

Proponent
National Biodiversity Centre

Collaborators
Yamanouchi Gousha Co. Ltd. (Japan)

This project aims to strengthen and improve national capacities on effective implementation of ABS regime in Bhutan through building capacities in biodiscovery research and strengthening long-term collaboration for natural product development.

Botswana

Proponent
Trans-Kalahari Predator-Programme, WildCAT Botswana Trust

Collaborators
KAZA Carnivore Conservation Coalition (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Oxford University (United Kingdom), Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Bostwana)

The KAZA Lion Landscape Connectivity Model aims to use spatial analysis to predict potential corridors for lions across the landscape and identify potential human-lion conflict hotspots. The original model was developed based on Zimbabwe data. This project aims to collect data in Botswana to increase the accuracy of the model locally.

Brazil

Proponent
Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development

Collaborators
Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), Universidad de la República (Uruguay), DINAMA MVOTMA (Uruguay), Guyra Paraguay (Paraguay)

The goals of this project are to develop a regional unified information platform to provide data in Spanish, Portuguese and English on invasive species in the listed countries; develop a cell phone application for data collection by collaborators; and develop a unified data validation protocol for invasive alien species.

Chile

Proponent
Universidad Arturo Prat

Collaborators
University of Chile (Chile), Universidad Yachay Tech (Ecuador)

This project aims to isolate natural marine and/or terrestrial sediment bacteria highly resistant to arsenic and/or cadmium to produce biotechnology that prevents human populations to consume contaminated drink water or food.

Congo

Proponent
Initiative des Champignons et des Plantes du Congo

Collaborators
Marien Ngouabi University (Republic of Congo), Wildlife Conservation Society (Republic of Congo), University of Parakou (Benin)

This project aims at training early career mycologists in the Republic of Congo and Benin in documenting the fungal diversity in the two sub-regions of Africa.

Grenada

Proponent
Environmental Protection in the Caribbean

Collaborators
Forestry Department and Fisheries Division (Grenada), Kipaji Inc. (Grenada), Ocean Spirits Inc. (Grenada), Forestry Department and Fisheries Division (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Coast Guard (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Science Initiative for Environmental Conservation and Education (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Tobago Cays Marine Park (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Tombolo Maps and Design (United States), Conservation Drones (United Kingdom)

This project aims to increase the capacity of law enforcement and monitoring stakeholders to monitor and enforce wildlife and habitat protection legislation on remote islands by providing training in the use of remote monitoring tools and access to equipment.

Kazakhstan

Proponent
East Kazakhstan Agricultural Experimental Station and National Agrarian Scientific and Educational Center (Ministry of Agriculture)

Collaborators
Katon-Karagay State National Natural Park (Kazakhstan), Xinjiang Academy of Agriculture (China)

The project seeks to integrate the knowledge and skills of scientific and industrial enterprises of Kazakhstan and China to improve and rehabilitate degraded grazing resource in order to increase the productivity of pastures and the development of livestock farming in rural Kazakhstan.

Mexico

Proponent
Instituto de Ecología AC

Collaborators
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil), Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), Sun Yat-Sen University (China), Northwest University (China), German Primate Center (Germany), Robert Koch Institute (Germany), Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour (Germany), Univ. Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico), Chubu University (Japan), Kyoto University (Japan), Makerere University (Uganda), Universidad de Cádiz (Spain), George Washington University (United States), Northwestern University (United States), Hunter College (United States), University of Wisconsin, Madison (United States), Indiana University (United States), Indiana University (United States)

The objective of the project is to build a network of researchers and institutions to assess how microplastics threaten biodiversity globally, using primates as a model group. Using standardized procedures and technological advances, the network of 25 researchers from 12 countries will sample microplastics in dung samples from 88 populations for 37 primate species across the world.

Namibia

Proponent
University of Namibia

Collaborators
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

This project aims to identify patterns in the eco-evolutionary dynamics of plants, insects, and soil physicochemical properties in savannas to different fire regimes by sampling fire trial sites in Namibia and Brazil.

Papua New Guinea

Proponent
Eco Custodian Advocates Inc.

Collaborators
German Development Cooperation (Germany), Blue Ventures Conservation (United Kingdom)

This project aims to help communities record the rules and regulations for their Customary Marine Management Areas (CuMMAs) that they established orally with the objective to have them codified through formal approval and recognition.

Paraguay

Proponent
Instituto Paraguayo de Investigación Agraria

Collaborators
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (Argentina), Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras (Bolivia), Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (Bolivia), Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (Bolivia), Brazilian Cooperation Agency (Brazil), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Brazil), AGROSAVIA (Colombia), ProSierra (Colombia), Instituto Humboldt (Colombia), Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ecuador), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (Ecuador), Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Paraguay), Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (Peru), Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (Peru), FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

The "+Seeds" initiative seeks to establish a network of researchers and germplasm banks in the listed countries to recover and conserve South American cotton seed varieties and the cultural rescue of the biodiversity of each country.

South Africa

Proponent
Endangered Wildlife Trust

Collaborators
Raptors Botswana (Botswana), BirdLife Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe), BirdLife South Africa (South Africa), IUCN SSC Vulture Specialist Group, CMS Multi-species Action Plan for African Vultures

This project aims to catalyse the formation of a network of landowners and stakeholders that commit to managing their properties in a vulture-safe manner and to establish the first transboundary vulture safe zone (VSZ) within important vulture sites of southern Africa.

United Republic of Tanzania

Proponent
Conservation of Nature for Survival

Collaborators
PELUM Kenya (Kenya)

The project intends to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Chanjale ward by enabling them with conscientization on use of organic inputs in agricultural production and capacity building on irrigation organic farming system, with a focus on horticulture.

Vanuatu

Proponent
Santo Sunset Environment Network and Eden Hope Foundation

Collaborators
Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (Vanuatu), Climate Action Network (Vanuatu), Pacific Island Climate Action Network

The project supports the indigenous peoples of West Coast Santo to access scientific knowledge and resources related to biodiversity conservation and climate resilience by linking the indigenous-led Santo Sunset Environment Network to experts from member countries of the Pacific Island Climate Action Network.