Darwin Initiative

Thematic reviews, briefing notes and reports

Thematic Reviews

• Climate Change and Biodiversity
• Darwin Initiative projects related to Forest Biodiversity
• The Darwin Initiative's Contribution to the Global Taxonomy Initiative
• Conservation of Biodiversity on Islands: The contribution of the United Kingdom's Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species 1993-2006
• Communication, Education and Public Awareness
• Darwin Initiative toolkit for SMEs

Briefing notes

Briefing Notes describe the activities of Darwin Projects in a number of broad arenas.

• The Evolution of the Darwin Initiative
• Climate change and the Darwin Initiative
• Achievements in Forest Biodiversity Conservation
• Towards achieving the CBD on islands
• Communication, Education and Public Awareness
• Biodiversity and Livelihoods
• Global Taxonomy Initiative
• Making the Most of Protected Areas

Evaluations of Closed projects

Project ref	Project title
EIDPO008	Darwin Initiative For The Sustainable Use Of Sea Cucumbers In Egypt And The Red Sea
EIDPO010	Bat Conservation in Madagascar
EIDPO005	Building capacity for the recovery of critically endangered Gyps spp. vultures in India
12005	Rediscovering the neglected insects of Mauritius
12015	Enhancing biodiversity conservation in Brazil through the use of an economic incentive
12017	Building capacity and determining disease threats to endemic Galapagos fauna
12018	Climate change and conservation of Galapagos endemic bird species
12020	Building Nicaraguan and Costa Rican capacity in biodiversity conservation
12021	Marine biodiversity assessment and development in Perlas Archipelago, Panama
12027	Prediction and management of declines in Gyps species vultures
12029	The Steppe Forward Programme: Training conservationists for Mongolia's future
12030	Building capacity for plant biodiversity inventory and conservation in Nepal
EIDPO003	Enabling implementation of threatened bird Species Action Plans in Africa
11020	Building capacity for biodiversity monitoring and assessment in Nepal
10006	Propagation, nursery and establishment protocols for Seychelles endemic plants
10013	Conservation of Critically Endangered Gyps spp. Vultures in India
10019	Action plans for conservation of globally threatened birds in Africa
10021	Madagascar Marine Biodiversity Training Project
10023	Enhanced biodiversity conservation through capacity building in Central America
10024	Conservation and management of Malagasy microchiroptera and their habitats in Madagascar
10025	Molecular tools for promoting biodiversity in rainforest fragments of Borneo
10027	Darwin Initiative for the sustainable use of sea-cucumbers in Egypt
10028	Inventory of Moroccan plants and the conservation of priority species
9004	Plankton biodiversity: training, sampling, taxonomy and data evaluation in Seychelles & Mauritius
9006	Towards Sustainable Development of southeastern Madagascar's biologically unique littoral forests
9010	Terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity in Galapagos: training and collection rehabilitation
9012	Conservation of the Paguyaman forest in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
9016	Conservation of the orang-utan in Kinbatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah
8064	Information System for biodiversity and conservation management in Mauritius
8066	The Darwin plant Information System for Morocco
8076	Training courses for the staff of the Seychelles Natural History Museum
8126	Fisheries management for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
7027	The role of fruit bats in maintaining biodiversity in Madagascar
7035	River dolphin conservation in Brazil and Pakistan
7040	Biodiversity of butterflies in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo
7055	Marine environmental training in Seychelles and Mauritius
7078	Threatened flora of Galapagos: a scientific basis for conservation
7108	Repatriation of herbarium data for the flora of Bahia, Brazil
7113	Darwin Madagascar Wetlands Project
7135	Biodiversity of peatswamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
6020	Egyptian Sea Turtle Conservation Project
6050	Automating Insect Identification for Inventorying Costa Rican Biodiversity
6052	Plant Information and Technology Transfer for Nepal
6098	Fiscal Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation in Brazil
6166	Forestry Curriculum Towards Sustainable Forestry and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia
6174	Revision of the Galapagos Marine Management Plan
5127	Sustainability of Wildlife and Rattan Trades in North Sulawesi
5174	Chameleons, Conservation and Local Communities in Madagascar
5199	Mauritius Ferns
4068	Indonesian Botanic Garden Biodiversity Database
4104	Biodiversity Management Training
3018	Conservation of Coral Reef Fish Biodiversity
3101	Development of Human Resources to Participate in the Costa Rica National Biological Inventory, to Inventory Parasitic Wasps

Reports

Other reports on the Darwin Initiative.

• Review of Phase 2 Darwin Schemes
  In 2005 Defra contracted ECTF to conduct a review of the Darwin Fellowships, Scoping funding and Post project funding schemes, to evaluate progress on them against their initial purpose and to assess areas of concern that have been raised.
• Review of Phase 1 Darwin Schemes
  In preparation for the second phase of the Darwin Initiative, the Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests was commissioned to undertake a comprehensive review of Phase I, which is available to download - Phase I DI Evaluation report (1.43MB PDF Document).

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