ASAP Species Conservation Grants, Asian Species Action Partnership, Page 2

04 Feb 202123 Mar 2021 by speciesonthebrink

Local protection of the Philippine Crocodile, Isabela Oriole and Hawksbill Turtle in Community Conserved Areas

ASAP Species Conservation Grants Mabuwaya Foundation

The challenge The Northern Sierra Madre mountain range in Northeast Luzon is one of the last wilderness areas of the Philippines with the largest contiguous forest of the country and important coastal and freshwater wetlands. The habitat is home to many threatened species, including three ASAP species: Philippine Crocodile, Isabela Oriole and Hawksbill Turtle. These ASAP species are threatened by hunting, egg poaching, nest destruction and loss and degradation of habitats by agricultural conversion, pollution and destructive fishing. By…

04 Feb 202108 Jun 2022 by speciesonthebrink

Field study and continued conservation outreach for the Critically Endangered Banggai Crow

ASAP Species Conservation Grants Center for Biodiversity and Conservation

The challenge The Banggai Crow was only rediscovered in the 2000s and is likely restricted to Peleng island in the Banggai archipelago. The forests of Peleng island, and the biodiversity they support, are under threat from deforestation and degradation. Since 2004, Mochamad Indrawan of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation has facilitated conservation outreach activities with local indigenous people to reduce hunting and establish community protection through community conserved areas. Today, the total size of the population remains unclear….