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The African Bird Club Conservation Fund has provided over £300,000 for conservation projects in Africa since its inception. Most of the funds were provided by generous donations from sponsors and members. This page shows a brief summary of the awards which have been made including the project title, recipient, the country and the amount. Some of the projects in the list are shown in CAPITAL LETTERS and you can download reports of these by clicking on the project titles. The list does not include all of the most recent projects. |
Summary of Conservation Awards
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Recipient / Organisation |
Country |
Project Title |
Award (£) |
| 2014 | |||
| Andrew Bladon | Ethiopia | INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE ON RESTRICTED RANGE SPECIES* |
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| Cooperative of the guides of Niokolo-Koba NP | Senegal | NIOKOLO-KOBA NP Guide Training - ENGLISH* |
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| NIOKOLO-KOBA NP Guide Training - FRENCH* |
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| 2013 | |||
| David Richardson | Cape Verde | CAPE VERDE WARBLER RESEARCH* |
1500
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| Edwin Gichohi Njuguna | Kenya | AVIFAUNAL SURVEY OF KARIMA FOREST* |
1048
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| Houssein Rayaleh | Djibouti | RAPTOR MIGRATION SURVEY* |
347
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| Alex Tavares Gonçalves | Cape Verde | COURSER ON MAIO* |
1650
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| Rogers Makau | Kenya | MBOONI HILLS SURVEY* |
1490
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| Lucy Wamuyu Muithui | Kenya | Mount Kulal survey |
1835
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| Japheth S T Roberts | Ghana | HOODED VULTURE SURVEY* |
1430
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| Manu Shiiwua | Nigeria | Rosy Bee-eater survey |
2553
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| Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) | Azores | Azores Bullfinch conservation |
1000
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| BirdLife South Africa | South Africa | WHITE-WINGED FLUFFTAIL RESEARCH* |
1194
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| Eduardo Garcia del Ray | Canary Islands | PLAIN SWIFT MIGRATION - INTERIM* |
1500
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| Lawrence Wagura | Kenya | TAITA HILLS CONSERVATION EDUCATION* |
1347
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| Lucy Kemp | South Africa | SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILL WORKSHOP* |
1500
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| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | BLUE SWALLOW IN BUSIA GRASSLANDS* |
1500
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| Arjun Amar | South Africa | Martial Eagle decline |
1500
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| Oluwabunmi Jegede | Nigeria | BIRD IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP* |
1337
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| Mohamed Znari | Morocco | Northern Bald Ibis |
1500
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| Stuart Sharp | Congo | Avian Biodiversity Lower Kouilou Basin |
1441
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| Esther Wangui | Kenya | DZOMBO FOREST SURVEY* |
1996
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| Sama Monde | Sierra Leone | Emerald Starling survey |
1500
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| Elliot Kinsey | Tanzania | Fire impact in Serengeti |
1500
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| Nsajigwa Kyonjole | Tanzania | Long-billed Tailorbird in Amani |
1500
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| Sarah Nachuha | Uganda | Grey Crowned Crane in Doho |
1500
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| Zeph Migeni | Kenya | Anyiko Wetlands monitoring |
1496
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| 2012 | |||
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Rob Sheldon |
Sao Tome |
Endangered species recovery |
500
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| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | WATERBIRDS AQUACULTURE CONFLICT* |
1474
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| Luca Borghesio | Kenya | TAITA APALIS* |
900
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| Peter Magosvongwe / BLZ | Zimbabwe | Bvumba Highlands |
1500
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| Various | Tanzania | PAOC |
5470
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| Ben Phalan / Lincoln Fishpool | Liberia | LIBERIAN GREENBUL QUEST* |
1980
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| George Ndung'u Muigai | Kenya | LAKE OL BOLOSSAT* |
860
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| Makerere University | Uganda | National Biodiversity Databank |
720
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| Edson Mlamba et al | Kenya | KITOBO FOREST SURVEY* |
1971
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| Juliet Kinyua | Kenya | LESSER FLAMINGO* |
1467
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| BTO | Ghana | Out of Africa |
400
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| Alex Mutati | Kenya | Hinde's Babbler |
1443
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| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | BLUE SWALLOW SURVEY* |
1488
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| Frank Bapeamoni / Stijn Cooleman | DRC | Yangambi Reserve Greenbuls |
1500
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| Dylis Ndibaise / A Rocha | Uganda | GREY CROWNED CRANE* |
1500
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| Danae Sheenan / Jenny Dunn | Burkina Faso | European Turtle Doves infection |
2000
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| 2011 | |||
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | LAKE KENYATTA ECOSYSTEM PRELIM* |
1000
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| LAKE KENYATTA ECOSYSTEM FINAL* | |||
| LAKE KENYATTA ECOSYSTEM MAP* | |||
| Joseph Mwangi | Kenya | TANA RIVER DELTA SURVEY* |
1522
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| Abdi Jama | Somalia | Somali Stock Dove |
2000
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| Nickson Otieno | Kenya | SOKOKE PIPIT* |
1165
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| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | RED-SHOULDERED VANGA* |
991
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| Stephen Carr | Malawi | ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION* |
1496
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| Roger Skeen | Uganda | KARAMOJA APALIS* |
540
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| Solomon Kipkoech | Kenya | WILLIAM'S LARK* |
1090
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| RSPB | Tristan da Cunha | TRISTAN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN* |
1250
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| Peter Njoroge / Phil Shaw | Kenya | HINDE'S BABBLER STATUS* |
950
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| 2010 | |||
| Tiwonge Mzumara | Malawi | LILIAN'S LOVEBIRD* |
960
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| Derek Pomeroy | Uganda | ORNITHOLOGY TRAINING* |
1330
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| BirdLife appeal | Madeira | ZINO'S PETREL* |
250
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| Peter Njoroge | Kenya | BIRD FIELD LISTS* |
1000
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| Ivalo Angelo | Sudan | EGYPTIAN VULTURE CONSERVATION |
1000
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| Houssein Rayaleh | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI FRANCOLIN* |
1000
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| Charlie Gardner | Madagascar | SPINY FOREST* |
760
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| Philista Malaki | Kenya | ABERDARE CISTICOLA* |
700
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| Ireene Madindou | Kenya | GREY PARROT SURVEY* | |
| 2009 | |||
| Abdi Ali Jama | Somalia | VULTURE SURVEY* |
1100
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| Alfred Owino | Kenya | OXPECKER SURVEY* |
900
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| Allai Orimba | Kenya | YALA SWAMP* |
1000
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| Andrew Jenkins | South Africa | TAITA FALCON* |
300
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| Michael Mills | Angola | BLACK-TAILED CISTICOLA |
500
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| Peter Njoroge | Kenya | VULTURE AWARENESS* |
1000
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| Dieter Oschadleus | South Africa | PASSERINE MOVEMENTS* |
500
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| Sam Osinubi | Nigeria | YELLOW_BREASTED BOUBOU SONG ANALYSIS* |
1800
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| Martin Odino | Kenya | KENYA YALA SWAMP* |
850
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| Russom Toklay | Eritrea | Sociable Lapwing |
1250
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| Haitham Ibrahim | Egypt | Lake Nasser |
850
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| Stephen Boyes | South Africa | CAPE PARROT |
820
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| 2008 | |||
| Michael Mills | Angola | MUSEUM SKIN SURVEY |
1000
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| Neil Taylor / BirdLife Botswana | Botswana | Kalahari Transect Survey |
650
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| Lucy Muithui | Kenya | AMANI SUNBIRD* |
650
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| Lucy Muithui | Kenya | DAUA RIVER SURVEY* |
800
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| Donella Young | South Africa | COORDINATED AVIFAUNAL ROAD COUNTS* |
800
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| Claudien Nsabagasani | Rwanda | AKANYURA WETLAND SURVEY* |
1000
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| Dawit Semere | Eritrea | SOCOTRA CORMORANT CENSUS* |
1000
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| Geoff Welch / Mahamoud Houssein Warsama | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI FRANCOLIN* |
500
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| University of East Anglia | Tanzania | MPINGO FOREST SURVEY* |
1000
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| Michael Mills | Angola | MUSEUM SKIN SURVEY |
980
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| Francis Kandoya | Tanzania | JACKSON'S WIDOWBIRD SURVEY* |
500
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| Luca Borghesio | Kenya | Sharpe's Longclaw Survey |
800
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| Makerere University | Uganda | Small grants |
300
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| Doug Harbottle | Zambia | Afring Course |
500
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| Simon Musila | Kenya | NORTH NANDI SURVEY* |
1000
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| Leonard Akwany | Kenya | Lake Victoria Birds |
850
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| Wanyoike Wamiti | Kenya | PAOC 2008 attendance |
700
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| Keddy Mooketsa | Botswana | PAOC 2008 attendance |
300
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| Phil Shaw, ITFC | Uganda | STRIPE-BREASTED TIT* |
642
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| PAOC 2008 | South Africa | Conference sponsorship |
1000
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| 2007 |
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| Mauritian Wildlife Foundation | Mauritius | MAURITIUS WHITE-EYE* |
750
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| Dar es Salaam University | Tanzania | UVIDUNDA MOUNTAINS SURVEY* |
1000
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| Sama Zefania, ANGAP | Madagascar | LAKE TSIMANAMPETSOTSA* |
848
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| Rufus Idris | Nigeria | NIGER DELTA SURVEYS* |
780
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| Thomas Gottschalk | Uganda | OBERLANDER'S GROUND THRUSH* |
900
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| WCST | Tanzania | Coastal forests survey |
860
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| Ronald Mulwa | Kenya | GREY PARROT IN KAKAMEGA FOREST* |
900
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| Derek Pomeroy | Uganda | Small projects for students at Makerere University, Kampala |
300
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| Hichem Azafzaf | Libya | Tern surveys |
500
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| Donald Scott, University of Brighton | Madagascar | Spiny Forest Expedition |
1000
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| Keddy Mooketsa / Chris Brewster / BirdLife Botswana | Botswana | SHORT-CLAWED LARK IN BOTSWANA |
850
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| 2006 | |||
| Marc Rabenandrasana | Madagascar | SAKALAVA RAIL SURVEY* |
1000
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| Lizanne Roxburgh | Zambia | ZAMBIA BARBET* |
590
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| Lake Victoria Sunset Birders | Kenya | DUNGA WETLANDS PROTECTION* |
800
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| Wanyoike Wamiti | Kenya | NAMANGA HILLS EXPEDITION* |
1000
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| Luca Borghesio | Tanzania | Survey of plantations in the Usambaras |
675
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| ASITY | Madagascar | Support of local Birdfair |
215
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| Julius Kimani | Kenya | Kikuyu escarpment survey |
750
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| Wanbugu Mwangi | Kenya | JACKSON'S WIDOWBIRD* |
900
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| Lassana Bagayogo | Mali | Education and bird counts at wetlands |
900
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| University of Cape Town | South Africa | ROAD COUNT PROJECT* |
800
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| Makerere University | Uganda | NAHAN'S FRANCOLIN* |
550
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| RSPB | Ethiopia | Northern Bald Ibis |
270
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| Savanna Conservation | Nigeria | VULTURES OF YANKARI* |
850
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| 2005 | |||
| Merid Nega Gabrimicael | Ethiopia | HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA* |
850
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| West Cape Conservation | South Africa | House Crows |
1000
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| KZN Wildlife | South Africa | BEARDED VULTURE SURVEY* |
750
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| Richard Mellanby | Ethiopia | YABELLO EXPEDITION* |
1000
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| Hugh Doulton | Comoros Islands | COMORES AVIFAUNA SURVEY* |
800
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| Kabelo | Botswana | BIRDS OF BOTSWANA* |
1000
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| Derek Pomeroy | Uganda | Small projects for students at Makerere University, Kampala |
300
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| Mauritian Wildlife Foundation | Mauritius | MAURITIUS FODY TRANSLOCATION* |
500
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| University of Cape Town | South Africa | TAITA FALCON SURVEY* |
750
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| Robert Kizungu | DR Congo | Congo Bay Owl |
200
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| 2004 | |||
| Phil McGowan | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI FRANCOLIN SURVEY* |
750
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| Potiphar M.Kaliba | Malawi | Survey of Blue Swallows |
800
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| PAOC 2004 | Tunisia | Contribution to cost of conference |
1850
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| Claire Buckley | Namibia | 2004 Expedition Award to study Cape Vultures on the Waterberg Plateau |
1000
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| Makerere University | Uganda | Small projects for students |
300
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| Nature Seychelles | Seychelles | SEYCHELLES WARBLER AND FODY TRANSLOCATION* |
750
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| John Musina | Kenya | Hinde's Babbler biology |
720
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| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR PLOVER BIOLOGY* |
1000
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| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR PLOVER BROCHURE* |
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| Bob Dowsett | Mali | Surveys of wooded savannas |
750
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| Abdu Karekoona | Tanzania | Survey of coastal bird populations in Dar-es-Salaam |
750
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| Louis Nkementeh | Cameroon | Distribution and abundance of forest birds |
750
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| pre 2004 | |||
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Middlepunt Wetland Trust |
South Africa |
White-winged Flufftail research |
500 |
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Dale Hanmer |
Zimbabwe |
Analysis of long term ringing data |
400 |
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Fabian Musila |
Kenya |
Impacts of logging on Sokoke Pipit |
750 |
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Ornithological Association |
Zimbabwe |
Ornithological training course |
500 |
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Norbert Cordeiro |
Tanzania |
Fragmentation and bird populations |
259 |
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Edward Ssebukyu |
Uganda |
St Agnes Wildlife Club |
100 |
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Kakamega Guides Assoc |
Kenya |
Education project |
750 |
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Christine Dranzoa |
Uganda |
Conservation of Nahan's Francolin |
615 |
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Tharcisse Ukizintambara |
Rwanda |
BirdLife SA Internship |
400 |
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Claire Spottiswoode |
South Africa |
Expedition to Namuli Forest |
750 |
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Michael Maina Macharia |
Kenya |
Lake Naivasha nestbox project |
500 |
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Craig Symes |
South Africa |
Grey-headed Parrot research |
300 |
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Frank Hawkins |
Madagascar |
Alaotra Little Grebe survey |
1115 |
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Ronald Mulwa |
Kenya |
Taita White-eye research |
420 |
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Tadesse W Gole |
Ethiopia |
Conference attendance |
250 |
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Aride Island Reserve |
Seychelles |
Production of Creole leaflet |
400 |
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Albertine Rift Conservation Society |
Conference on species data mobilisation and sharing |
1000 |
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PAOC |
PAOC abstracts booklet |
920 |
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Dr Vincent Ejere |
Nigeria |
PAOC attendance |
865 |
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Nature Kenya |
Kenya |
PAOC attendance |
750 |
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Moussa Sega Diop |
Senegal |
PAOC attendance |
790 |
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Uganda Bird Guides Club |
Uganda |
Equipment |
65 |
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Nigerian Cons. Foundation |
Nigeria |
Production of activity manual |
800 |
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Jaime Perez del Val |
Annobon, Equatorial Guinea |
EXPEDITION AWARD (First award by ABC) |
1000 |
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Geoff Welch |
Djibouti |
IBA monitoring in Djibouti |
750 |
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Tadesse W Gole |
Ethiopia |
Bird study, Gambella region |
740 |
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Mark Brown |
South Africa |
Ringing equipment |
390 |
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GOMAC |
Morocco |
Lesser Kestrel research |
688 |
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Nature Kenya |
Kenya |
Mao Narok Grassland Expedition |
1067 |
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Prospert Compaorte |
Burkina Faso |
Equipment for waterbird surveys |
1000 |
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Nigerian Cons. Foundation |
Nigeria |
Swallow roost survey |
1000 |
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Jerome Mokolo Ikonga |
Congo |
Kouilou Basin waterbird survey |
1000 |
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Sama Zefania |
Madagascar |
Lake Sariaka waterbird surveys |
750 |
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Makerere University |
Uganda |
Award scheme for small projects |
500 |
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Simon Musila |
Kenya |
750 |
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C.T.Mulotswam |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
Congo Peafowl resurvey |
500 |
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Nickson Erick Otiena |
Kenya |
Effect of logging on Abbott's Starling |
762 |
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Ilya Maclean |
Uganda |
Study of Papyrus endemics |
1000 |
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Dawit Berhane |
Eritrea |
Crowned Crane study and IBA inventories |
800 |
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Richard Dean |
South Africa |
Bird skins in museum at Bulawayo |
500 |
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Dianah Nalwanga |
Uganda |
Land use & biodiversity issues |
550 |
| BirdLife Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe |
Species of robin in Eastern Highlands |
125 |
| TOTAL AWARDS |
£162,860
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