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Announcement of Successful Round 15 Darwin Projects

Defra announced today that 14 new projects, 4 post-project awards, and a number of Darwin Fellowships and scoping awards will share £7 million under Round 15 of the Darwin Initiative.

Successful applicants for both the fellowships and scoping awards will be decided and announced later this year.

The full text of the announcement is available in the Defra press release.

Round 15 main awards list

Project Title Project Leader Organisation Name Project Country
Community-based sustainable management of forest resources in Amazonian extractive reserves Carlos Peres University of East Anglia, Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Brazil
Building capacity for sustainable fisheries management in the Wallacea region Tim Coles Operation Wallacea Trust Indonesia
Tools, training and research for managing eco-hydrology of Cape flora. John Silvertown The Open University South Africa
Conservation Of The Cerrados Of Eastern Bolivia Rob Scotland with Dr C Hughes University of Oxford, Dept of Plant Sciences Bolivia (with Brazil)
Biodiversity inventory and monitoring for conservation of threatened Sumatran forest Jeremy Lindsell RSPB Indonesia
Local Action for Global Impact – Community-based Biodiversity Conservation Films David Harper University of Leicester, Dept of Biology Kenya, Tanzania
Building capacities for mitigating human-elephant conflicts in Assam Alexandra Zimmermann North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo) India
Conservation of Microfungi: A Voice for Unprotected and Vulnerable Organisms David Minter BioNet International Armenia, Argentina, Cuba, India, South Africa, Ukraine
Crisis to Biological Management: Rhinoceros, Grassland and Public Engagement Richard Kock Zoological Society of London Nepal
Wildlife Wood Project Glyn Davies Zoological Society of London Ghana, Cameroon
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Building research capacity in SE Asia Glen Reynolds University of Wales, Swansea Sabah, Malaysia
Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use (OSSSU) Hugh Pritchard Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seed Conservation Department Ecuador, China
Strengthening partnerships for Ramsar implementation in South-East Asia Richard Grimmett Birdlife International Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
Co-management of Forests and Wildlife in Bi Doup-Nui Ba Nature Reserve, Vietnam Ivan Bond IIED Vietnam

Round 15 post project awards

Project Title Project Leader Organisation Name Project Country
Participatory resource monitoring in Community Use Zones in Crocker Park Range Gary Martin Global Diversity Foundation Malaysia
Implementing an otter action plan for marine environments of Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia David MacDonald WildCRU, University of Oxford Argentina
Conservation actions to secure the recovery of Gyps species vultures Richard Cuthbert RSPB India, Nepal
Enabling the people of Tristan to implement the CBD in the marine environment Sarah Saunders RSPB Tristan da Cunha

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