Annual Report Case Studies List
On this page we've compiled a list of links to all our annual report case studies over the years. Click on the case study titles to view each one or click on the annual report title to view the entire report.
Annual Report 2020
As Covid-19 became more widespread in 2020, its affects on conservation activities were apparent among our grant recipients who were unable to enter the field or lost revenue from dwindling ecotourism. The MBZ Fund took decisive action in 2020 to support these struggling conservation organizations by offering Covid-19 Relief Grants.
Small Grant Case Studies
- The Guardians Starry Night over Colombia
Ensuring the conservation of the threatened Starry Night Harlequin toads (Atelopus) in the Key Biodiversity Area Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
- Stepping Back to Safety
Conservation of the Steppe Eagle breeding population in the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion, Russia.
- Keeping Research Island Afloat
Subsidising core operational costs for long-term species conservation objectives, invasive species management and novel environmental education initiatives on Utila
- The Fall of The Mighty Mahseer
Community-based conservation of the Critically Endangered Wayanad Mahseer, Neolissochilus wynaadensis in the Western Ghats.
- Fishing For Water Cats
Investigating the distribution and threats to the Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) in the Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan
- The Sea Star Slowly Fading
Conservation status of the micro-endemic echinoderm species inhabiting a subterranean estuary in Cozumel, Mexico
Annual Report 2019
The year 2019 marks the tenth year since the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund first distributed financial support to conservation projects worldwide. From small grants to large-scale, multiple-year support, the MBZ Fund's role as a donor organization is critical to global conservation efforts for endangered species.
Small Grant Case Studies
- Return of the legend
Validating eDNA test kit to search for the Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
- Clearing a path for flight
Save the habitat of Tahiti Monarch from the invasive Miconia calvescens
- Mountain Vipers of Anatolia
Search for Darevsky's Viper in the Anatolian mountains
- The Race to Save Mauritius’ Snails
Conservation of rare Mauritius endemic snails at Vallée de L’Est, Mauritius
- Only a handful left
Conservation of the red handfish, potentially the world's rarest marine fish.
- Swimming against the current
Saving sandfish: fish rescue and monitoring to conserve South Africa’s most threatened and charismatic freshwater fish
Annual Report 2018
For the first time, this 2018 Annual Report will review the Fund's full range of activities, which includes the support we provide to international partner organisations concerned with broader species-specific conservation projects.
Small Grant Case Studies
- Salvation in Surveillance
Searching for "lost" Hibiscadelphus woodii (Malvaceae) using UAV technology.
- eDNA pioneers
Using innovative methods of environmental DNA testing to search for the critically endangered Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle in Asia.
- Reintroduction into Society
Reintroduction of a tree snail in French Polynesia
- The Mystery of the Antarctic Toothfish
Improving the knowledge of the Antarctic toothfish lifecycle to foster its conservation in a proposed marine protected area.
- In Search of the “Little Devil”
Will satellite tagging a rare sea bird lead conservationists to its nesting grounds?
- Journeys of Rediscovery & Reintroduction
Developing a conservation strategy for Mathez's Water-starwort (Callitriche mathezii)