Environment

International Conservation Project Funders

• African Bird Club
  The ABC's Conservation Program supports small conservation projects in Africa. Since 1996, it has supported a wide variety of projects including training courses, research into threatened species and promotion and awareness of conservation issues in Africa.
  
• Amazon Conservation Association
  Amazon Conservation Association is offering a variety of grants for fieldwork in Amazonian Peru.
  
• American Bird Conservancy
  ABC Small Grants Fund provides support for projects to conserve Endangered and Critically Endangered bird species in Latin America and the Caribbean. Grant requests can include funding requests for the development and implementation of conservation plans, the development of new protected areas, community development projects to protect key habitats, and other locally-based efforts to protect the sites identified. Expeditions to search for "Lost Species" will also be considered.
  
• American Society of Mammologists
  Offers several conservation awards focused on mammal-related research for students.
  
• American Society of Primatologists
  Awards and small grants for primate research.
  
• American Wildlife Research Foundation
  The American Wildlife Research Foundation provides grants to initiate research and educational projects that will enhance the knowledge and management of our fish, wildlife and other natural resources. Additionally, they undertake special projects that impart critical conservation benefits to our global ecosystem.
  
• Bat Conservation International
  BCI Student Scholarship Program: Each year, BCI sponsors students in conducting conservation-relevant research. The goal of this program is to support exceptionally talented students in research initiatives that will contribute new knowledge essential to conserving bats and the ecosystems they serve.
  
• Boticario Foundation
  Nature Conservation Incentive Program provides funding for Brazilians working on protected areas, research on wildlife, etc.
  
• British Ecological Society
  Provides numerous research grants for young ecologists, including expedition grants.
  

IUCN Red List of Threaten Species

• Threaten Species by Country, 2003
  
• Total of Extinct Animal by Country

Favorite Animal and Nature Photo

• Scotch Macaskill's Wildlife Pictures From Africa
  
• Tom Vaughan's Nature Photography
  
• Photo of Birds, Bugs, Fish, Mammals, and Reptiles.
  
• Kenya Wildlife Photos
  

Endangered Animal Case Studies

Rhinos, Elephant, Tigers and Bears

Geographic Location: Africa, Asia, and North America

URL: http://www.resourceafrica.org/cites/ch07.html

One of the case studies shows that reestablish rhino populations on private land could enhance the status of rhinos in South Africa. Read More

Sandbar Shark

Geographic Location: North America

URL: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu

Every year, about 2.5 million sharks are catched due to recreational and commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and along the US Atlantic coast. Read More

Sea Turtle, Salmon and Steelhead

Geographic Location: US

URL: http://www.savetheendangeredspeciesact.org/case/default.asp

Chemical waste affects sea turtles and other species in the Chesapeake Bay, MD, US. Read More

Burrowing Owls

Geographic Location: California's Central Valley, US

URL: http://www.srcsd.com/casebur.html

Over the past 50 years, burrowing owls have been decreased due to urbanization and agricultural growth in California's Central Valley. Read More

Hornbill and Siberian Crane

Geographic Location: Asia

URL: http://www.birdlife.net/action/science/species/asia_strategy/species.html

Commerical logging and plantation has caused rapid forest loss and threated many species. Read More

Gray Whale

Geographic Location: Worldwide

URL: http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_grywhale.htm

Gray whales in the western Pacific is believed to be highly endangered while the eatern Pacific population of them was removed from the endangered species list in 1995. Read More. List of other case studies available at http://www.bagheera.com

Marine Park Management in Coral Harvest

Geographic Location: Queensland, Australia

URL: http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/coral.htm

Aquarium market makes coral reef harvesting a high income source. About 50 tons of live coral and living rock are harvested each year. Read More. List of other case studies available at http://www.colby.edu