CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS

The Alliance is grappling with finding solutions for today’s most compelling challenges: conserving fragmented ecosystems, addressing threats to biodiversity from climate change, understanding emerging infectious diseases and ecosystem health. Alliance members are making a difference in the developing world by protecting endangered and threatened species and training future conservationists.

ALLIANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Bats – Bolivia, Mexico
• Jaguars, lowland tapirs, parrots and tamarin monkeys – Brazil
• Waterbirds – U.S., Indonesia
• Asian elephants – India, Sri Lanka
• Neotropical deer – Latin America
• Wild equids – Africa, Eurasia
• Parrots – Brazil, Venezuela

• Manatees – Cuba, Belize, Brazil, U.S.
• Sea turtles – Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba
• Dolphins and whales – Argentina, U.S.

• Jaguars, farmers and cattle ranchers – Brazil
• Elephants and villagers/farmers – India, Sri Lanka
• Franciscana dolphins and local fishermen – Argentina
• Andean deer and indigenous farmers – Chile

• Sea turtles and fibropapillomatosis – Baja California, Mexico
• Avian influenza, West Nile Virus – U.S., Mexico
• Wildlife trade – Venezuela, Mexico, U.S.
• Insect diversity and pesticide use – Indonesia

• Agroforestry projects that create wildlife corridors – Brazil
• Eco-agriculture approach to protect insect biodiversity – Indonesia
• Microenterprise alternatives – Brazil, Mexico, Belize
• Community–based conservation in Halimun and Salak National Park – Indonesia

• The effects of climate change on biodiversity - India
• Conservation strategies and policies for Asian elephants – India, Sri Lanka
• Consolidating and/or creating protected areas – Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil
• Protecting wetlands and coastal habitat – Cuba, Argentina, U.S.
• Researching fishery impacts, bycatch – Argentina
• Harvesting vicuña and llama wool sustainably and humanely – Chile

• Masters Program in Conservation and Wildlife Management – Chile
• Conservation Biology University – Brazil
• Post-graduate conservation training – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Indonesia, Mexico, Uruguay
• Environmental education programs for local communities – all Alliance partners

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