RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Winner projects 2018 Q3 1st round SSC Num. Applicant Project Title Citizenship Residency Gender Amount Specialist Group Taxa Region A multidisciplinary approach to safeguarding cheetah and African wild dogs 1 Jessica Watermeyer South Africa Zimbabwe F $49,660 Cat & Canid Mammals Africa in southern Zimbabwe

2 Steeves Buckland Saving the world’s rarest duck – releasing the first Madagascar pochards Mauritius Madagascar M $29,800 Duck Birds Africa

3 Christopher Jordan* Addressing the Threat of Baird’s Tapir Poaching in Central America US Nicaragua M $40,000 Tapir Mammals America

4 Eddy Kambale Syaluha Health monitoring for critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas Congo DRC M $19,280 Primate Mammals Africa

5 Darcy Ogada* Stop Poisoning Now: tackling wildlife poisoning in northern Kenya Kenya Kenya F $33,775 Vulture Birds Africa

Rangelands Restoration for Hirola, The World’s Most Endangered Antelope, 6 Abdullahi Ali* Kenya Kenya M $29,700 Antelope Mammals Africa Kenya

7 Dave L. Waldien* Conservation of Fiji’s Endangered Cave Bats US US M $35,146 Bat Mammals America

8 Ruston Hartdegen* Expanding an Amphibian Rescue Center at the Dallas Zoo US US M $18,955 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America

9 Corinne Kendall* Saving Vultures in Southern Tanzania US US F $29,400 Vulture Birds America

Building an Evidence Base for Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Conservation 10 Phoebe Griffith UK UK F $29,275 Crocodile Amphibians and Reptiles Europe in Nepal

11 Lucy Keith-Diagne* African Manatee Research and Conservation US Senegal F $30,000 Sirenia Mammals Africa

12 Brian Crudge* Understanding motivations for hunting sun bears in Southeast Asia Ireland Cambodia M $31,000 Bear Mammals Asia

13 Jean Linsky Securing the future of threatened tree giants in Borneo Canada Taiwan F $50,000 Global Tree Plants Asia

Critically Endangered Crocodiles as Underrepresented Flagships of the 14 Matthew Shirley* US US M $30,000 Crocodile Amphibians and Reptiles America Upper Guinea Forests Roost protection and demand reduction of the only known roost for the 15 Susan M. Tsang* US US F $48,000 Bat Mammals America Indonesian endemic gray flying fox Implementing the newly developed Conservation Action Plan for the 16 Constanza G. Napolitano* Chile Chile F $40,000 Cat Mammals America threatened Guigna (Leopardus guigna) in Chile Conservation of the banded ground-cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus in 17 Margarita Baquero Ecuador Ecuador F $29,000 Birdlife Birds America northwest Ecuador

18 Richard Bergl Conservation of Africa's most endangered apes Ireland US M $30,264 Primate Mammals America

Preserving a Mediterranean grasshopper on the 19 Laurent Tatin* France France M $29,290 Grasshopper Invertebrates Europe brink of extinction Poweshiek skipperling: Prairie Butterfly on the 20 Cale Nordmeyer US US M $29,600 Butterfly Invertebrates America Brink

12 * IUCN SSC Members Total $662,145 Average $33,107 RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Winner projects 2018 Q3 2nd round SSC Num. Applicant Project Title Citizenship Residency Gender Amount Specialist Group Taxa Region

1 Ian Singleton Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction at Jantho Nature Reserve, Indonesia United Kingdom Indonesia M $29,326 Primate Mammals Asia

Grauer’s Gorilla Conservation in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic 2 Augustin Basabose Congo, Democr Congo, Democr M $29,660 Primate Mammals Africa Republic of the Congo A Refuge for Reintroduced Critically Endangered Amphibians in the Face of 3 Mike Hudson United Kingdom United Kingdom M $26,952 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles Europe the Worst Vertebrate Disease Ever Recorded CONSERVATION OF THE RECENTLY REDISCOVERED NUBIAN 4 Luca M Luiselli* Italy Italy M $30,390 Tortoise and freshwater tuAmphibians and Reptiles Europe FLAPSHELL TURTLE IN SOUTH SUDAN Using Artificial Nests to Improve Breeding Success of Endangered African 5 Kevin Graham United States United States M $50,000 Penguin Birds America Penguins

6 Mario Espinoza* Looking for lost fish: status of the largetooth sawfish in Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica M $44,583 Freshwater Fishes Fishes America

7 Serene Chng* Investigating the bird trade on the Malaysia-Thailand border Singapore Malaysia F $29,995 Asian Songbird Trade Birds Asia

Conservation of the Critically Endangered White-bellied Heron, Ardea 8 Sarala Khaling India India F $50,000 Heron Birds Asia Insignis in Northeast India Using stable isotope ecology to save South Africa’s ‘living fossils’ today and 9 Katherine McCulloh United States United States F $50,000 Southern African Plant Plants America in the future

3 * IUCN SSC Members Total $340,906 Average $37,878 RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Winner projects 2019 Q1 3rd round SSC Num. Applicant Project Title Citizenship Residency Gender Amount Specialist Group Taxa Region

1 Federico P. Kacoliris* Recovering the critically endangered El Rincon Stream Frog Argentina Argentina M $29,930 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America

Conservation Action for the Endangered Andean frog, Telmatobius 2 Roberto Elias Piperis* Peru Peru M $29,616 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America macrostomus, in Junín and Pasco, Peru

3 teerapong pomun Fish Conservation Zones in the Ing and Mun River Basins Thailand Thailand M $26,700 Freshwater Fishes Fishes Asia

Leaveraging technology to save the Fatu-Hiva Monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) 4 Thomas GHESTEMME France French Polynesia M $46,950 Invasive Species Birds Europe from extinction. Ambika Prasad Prasad Research and conservation for the Critically endangered Chinese pangolin in 5 Nepal Nepal M $29,780 Pangolin Mammals Asia Khatiwada* the eastern Himalaya of Nepal Monitoring and assessing populations of the northern sportive lemur in and 6 Edward Louis* United States United States M $28,229 Primate Mammals America around Montagne des Français, Madagascar

7 Vincent Droissart* Long-term conservation of the most threatened Malagasy orchids Belgium France M $40,000 Orchids Plants Europe

Is continuous importation of European bumble bees driving the Patagonian 8 marina arbetman* Argentina Argentina F $45,000 Bumblebee Invertebrates America bumble bee to extinction? The Giant of the Pampas: creating the grassroots to conserve Ceratophrys 9 Gabriela Agostini* Argentina Argentina F $24,450 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America ornata in the South American grasslands Creating and protecting an African flagship; addressing priority actions of the 10 Barney Long* United Kingdom United States M $45,000 Primate Mammals America newly launched Red Colobus Action Plan

11 George Bouroș Conserve the most endangered carnivore of Europe: European Mink Romania Romania M $29,800 Small Carnivores Mammals Europe

8 * IUCN SSC Members Total $375,455 Average $34,132 RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Winner projects 2019 Q2 4th round SSC Num. Applicant Project Title Citizenship Residency Gender Amount Specialist Group Taxa Region Saving the Alagoas Antwren: a flagship species for conservation in the 1 Pedro Develey Brazil Brazil M $29,921 Birds Birds America northeast Atlantic Forest of Brazil FishNet Madagascar: Community led conservation management plan to 2 Brian Zimmerman* United Kingdom Madagascar M $39,496 Freshwater Fishes Fishes Africa save Critically Endangered freshwater fish species Investigating heritability of pathogen tolerance in threatened Panamanian 3 Luke Linhoff* United States Panama M $28,800 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America frogs Impacts of Prawn trawling on species of Hammerhead sharks, Sawfishes, 4 Boaz Kaunda-Arara* Kenya Kenya M $45,300 Marine Fishes Fishes Africa Wedgefishes, and Guitarfishes in coastal Kenya Enhancing the protection and monitoring capacities of tamaraw populations 5 Emmanuel Schutz* France Philippines M $29,425 Asian Wild Cattle Mammals Asia in Mindoro, Philippines Capacity building for the conservation and management of the Orinoco 6 Omar Hernandez* Venezuela Venezuela M $29,292 Crocodile Amphibians and Reptiles America crocodile in Capanaparo River: A community approach

7 Christopher Kelly The KwaZulu-Natal Vulture Conservation Project South Africa South Africa M $30,000 Vulture Birds Africa

8 David O. Obura* Updating global policy with the extinction status of reef-building corals Kenya Kenya M $49,850 Coral Invertebrates Africa

9 Ricardo Boulhosa Jaguar conservation in the Iguaçu National Park in Brazil Brazil Brazil M $34,909 Cat Mammals America

Establishment of a long-term monitoring programme for great apes in Monte 10 Grainne M. McCabe Ireland Equatorial Guinea F $32,734 Primate Mammals Africa Alen National Park, Equatorial Guinea The development of a recovery action strategy for the critically endangered Seahorse, Pipefish & 11 Louw Claassens* South Africa South Africa F $49,895 Fishes Africa Estuarine pipefish Syngnathus watermeyeri Seadragon Saving the remaining genetic diversity of species that are “extinct in the wild” 12 Abby Meyer* United States United States F $40,150 Hawaiian Plant Plants America : resurrecting Brighamia insignis Irene Margareth Romaria Strengthening protection of Javan leopards in a priority landscape of Meru 13 Indonesia Indonesia F $42,545 Cat Mammals Asia Pinondang Betiri, East Java, Indonesia Conserving Sunda Pangolins, Hairy-nosed Otters and Fishing Cats in the 14 Daniel Willcox* United Kingdom Vietnam M $29,800 Pangolin Mammals Asia forgotten wetlands of U Minh, southern Vietnam.

9 * IUCN SSC Members Total $512,118 Average $36,580 RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Winner projects 2019 Q3 5th round SSC Num. Applicant Project Title Citizenship Residency Gender Amount Specialist Group Taxa Region Building Capacity in Cuba to Study and Protect Critically Endangered 1 Fernando Bretos United States United States M $21,000 Marine Fishes Fishes America Sawfish

2 Darrell Abernethy Controlling Epidemics in African Penguins: A Survey of Avian Influenza. Ireland South Africa M $40,000 Penguin Birds Africa

3 Humberto Mejia Mojica Recovery of the Zempoala axolotl Mexico Mexico M $40,000 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America

Documenting and monitoring populations of two vulnerable bat species in the 4 Aída Otálora-Ardila Colombia Colombia F $26,093 Bat Mammals America North of Colombia Saving the Silver Boa: In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation of the World’s Most 5 R. Graham Reynolds United States United States M $32,822 Piton Amphibians and Reptiles America Endangered Boa Andrés Valenzuela Leaping into action: saving southern Darwin’s frogs with evidence-based 6 Chile Chile M $41,339 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America Sánchez conservation Tortoise and Freshwater 7 James Juvik Conserving South Africa’s Critically Endangered Geometric Tortoise United States United States M $48,800 Amphibians and Reptiles America Turtle Tortoise and Freshwater 8 Leslie Wilmet* Restoring the rere at Lake Ravelobe Belgium Madagascar F $29,107 Amphibians and Reptiles Africa Turtle

9 Talia Zamboni Rewilding Argentina: the time for freshwater apex predators Argentina Argentina F $50,000 Several Several America

10 Matej Vucić Last hope for saving konavle minnow, Telestes miloradi Croatia Croatia M $29,000 Freshwater Fishes Fishes Europe

Finding a way to reduce the accidental capture of Long-tailed ducks and 11 Yann Rouxel France United Kingdom M $28,000 Duck Birds Europe other seabirds in Baltic gillnet fisheries Integrating research, policy and education to save the Mexican long-nosed 12 Ana Ibarra-Macias Mexico Mexico F $29,695 Bat Mammals America bat Preventing extinction of Pyrenaria cherrapunjeana Mir: A recently discovered 13 Aabid Mir India India M $21,990 Global Tree Plants Asia Critically Endangered Endemic tree of India Restoration of Sumatran Rhino Habitat in Way Kambas National Park, 14 Inov Sectionov* Indonesia Indonesia M $30,000 Asian Rhino Mammals Asia Indonesia Species recovery and conservation plans for extremely rare orchids in the 15 Naresh Swami India India M $45,000 Orchid Plants Asia Indian Eastern Himalaya Newly-discovered population of chimpanzees in the DRC: a case for a new 16 Anne Laudisoit Belgium United States F $46,000 Primate Mammals America protected area ? Recovering the population of endangered Grey Crowned Cranes in Rwanda 17 Olivier Nsengimana* Rwanda Rwanda M $45,764 Crane Birds Africa and preserving their habitats

18 Thona Lim Reducing demand for bear parts in Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia F $33,260 Bear Mammals Africa

19 Robert Timmins* Finding Saola, Saving Saola Through the IUCN One Plan Approach in Laos United Kingdom United States M $46,888 Asian Wild Cattle Mammals America

4 * IUCN SSC Members Total $684,758 Average $36,040 RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Winner projects 2019 Q4 6th round SSC Num. Applicant Project Title Citizenship Residency Gender Amount Specialist Group Taxa Region Anti-poaching strategies to protect the Sunda pangolin and other threatened 1 Roshan Guharajan* Malaysia Malaysia M $40,000 Pangolin Mammals Asia species Recovering the wild: conservation of imperiled oak woodlands in Kurdistan, 2 Joachim Gratzfeld Switzerland Iraq M $41,100 Global Tree Plants Asia Iraq Safeguarding the Endangered Oak Quercus Insignis and its Montane Cloud 3 Silvia Alvarez-Clare Costa Rica Costa Rica F $49,175 Global Tree Plants America Forest Habitat Bringing back Harlequin Toads from the brink of extinction: Implementing 4 LINA M VALENCIA Colombia Colombia F $42,400 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America strategic cost-effective actions in Colombia

5 Nina Ronsted* Recovery of the rediscovered Hawaiian lobeliad Cyanea kuhihewa Denmark United States F $28,569 Hawaiian Plant Plants America

6 Robert Puschendorf* Rescue of Craugastor ranoides, a critically endangered frog in Costa Rica United Kingdom Costa Rica M $47,420 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America

Locating and protecting nesting sites of Critically Endangered Galapagos 7 Gabriele Gentile* Italy Galapagos Islands M $36,000 Iguana Amphibians and Reptiles America Pink Iguana, a new yet iconic flagship species

8 Helen Taylor* Conservation breeding of the critically endangered pine hoverfly United Kingdom Scotland F $29,147 Bumblebee Invertebrates Europe

Jambatu’s second chance: saving an emblematic Andean frog from 9 Luis A. Coloma Ecuador Ecuador M $50,000 Amphibian Amphibians and Reptiles America extinction

10 Shannon Hoffman The Bearded Vulture Breeding Programme in southern Africa South Africa South Africa F $30,800 Vulture Birds Africa

Conservation Action for the Critically Endangered Tonkin Snub-Nosed 11 Amy Levine United States Vietnam F $49,670 Primate Mammals Asia Monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in Vietnam Saving Sandfish: rescuing one of South Africa’s most threatened freshwater 12 Jeremy Shelton South Africa South Africa M $25,900 Freshwater Fishes Fishes Africa fish Combating musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) poaching in Jigme Dorji 13 Phuntsho Thinley* Bhutan Bhutan M $30,000 Deer Mammals Asia National Park, western Bhutan ADVANCING INTEGRATED PARTICIPATORY CONSERVATION ACTIONS 14 Rachel A. Ikemeh Nigeria Nigeria F $36,093 Primate Mammals Africa FOR CHIMPANZEES IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA.

15 Caroline Blanvillain Save the Tahiti Monarch From the Little Fire Ant France French Polynesia F $29,800 Bird Birds Europe

16 Michael Moens* Habitat enrichment for three Ecuadorian endangered hummingbird species. Belgium Ecuador M $29,950 Bird Birds America

Edible insects for reducing the illegal hunting of Threatened lemurs on the 17 Cortni Borgerson* United States Madagascar F $44,592 Small mammal Mammals Africa Masoala Peninsula of Madagascar.

8 * IUCN SSC Members Total $640,616 Average $37,683 RFP: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction Summary

Applications Proposals Funds allocated SSC Members submitted funded

1st round – April 2018 161 20 $662,795 12

2nd round – July 2018 62 9 $340,906 3

3rd round – October 2018 61 11 $375,455 8

4th round – January 2019 40 14 $512,118 9

5th round – April 2019 50 19 $684,758 4

6th round – October 2019 91 17 $640,616 8

TOTAL 465 90 $3,216,648 44