Conservation action - OBC Conservation fund
Oriental Bird Club supports conservation work in the Oriental region
by encouraging studies of birds and their habitats.
Through the generous support of members and corporate sponsors,
the OBC conservation fund has now supported over 250 projects
in
many oriental countries, primarily run by local people. More than
£200,000 has been invested in conservation in the region since
1984.
Some example fund awards are described below. You can also apply
for a grant.
Projects funded by the OBC Conservation Fund in 2007
Forktail Zeiss
Award – £1,500
M. Monirul H. Khan: Status survey and identification of key areas
for the conservation of the White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
in Bangladesh
AEC Award – £1,500
Ms Sharada Paudel: A study on threats to Sarus Crane Grus antigone
antigone in farmlands in Lumbini, an Important Bird Area of Nepal
Wildwings
Award – £1,000
Zhang Mingxia and Li Liwei:
Survey of avian biodiversity and spreading conservation awareness
in Xishan Forestry Park, Kunming City, China. Vietnamese
Award – £1,000
Tran Van Tu and David Walsh: Assessing the status and distribution
of the Endangered White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus
in Vietnam
Small grants – £1,000
- Ravi Ramalingam:
Bird community responses to habitat restoration efforts in
Attappady Hills, Western Ghats
- Paras Bikram Singh: Study on Cheer Pheasant
Catreus wallichi in Botamalika Grassland, Rara National Park,
mid-western Nepal
- Suman Sharma: Publication of environmental curriculum book
in Nepali version
- Chhum Samnang and Sak Ousaphea: Surveys of threatened
galliformes in the western Tonle Sekong river of Veunsai district,
Ratanakiri
province, north eastern plains of Cambodia
- Usep Suparman: Close
Contact With Bird (CCWB) to strengthen the initiative to conserve
Important Bird Areas and Puncak hawk-watching
site in West Java
- Dadi Ardyansah: Awareness activities for a forgotten
conservation area through avifauna surveys at Yan Lappa Dungus
Iwul Nature Reserve,
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
- Buntha Chheang, Ban Sambath, Chai Aing
and Nick Butler (OSMOSE): Specialist training for eco-tourist
guides on the ecology, hydrology,
economy and environment of the Prek Toal Core Bird Conservation
Area in Tonle Sap Great Lake Biosphere Reserve near Siem Reap,
Cambodia
- Yub Raj Basnet: Ornithological survey of Dharan Forests
IBA, eastern lowlands of Nepal.
- Naveen Kumar Mahato: A study on
the status and abundance of Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra
in the Upper Mai Valley IBA of eastern
Nepal
- Zhang Zhi: Survey and conservation of the Siberian Crane Grus
leucogeranus stop-over site recently found in Liaoning, China
- Ir.
Budiono: Mahakam wetlands and lakes in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- C.
K. Vishnudas: Study on the impact of change in agricultural
practices on the bird community of Waynaad district, India
- Myint Shwe: Environmental
education programme for children and rural people, Myanmar
- Thet
Zaw Naing: Schools conservation awareness programme, Inle
Wetland Sanctuary, Myanmar.
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