This summer the research & conservation grants were awarded by theBarcelona Zoo Foundation for 2018

Beques Zoo 2018
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

 

 

After holding the meetings to assess the projects submitted to the call for proposals for 2018 for the Snowflake grant (14th edition), the Antoni Jonch grant (6th edition) and the PRIC Research & Conservation grants (10th edition), these grants were awarded:

 

 

PRIC GRANTS (10th edition)

Total financial endowment:    € 62,000

 

Of the 35 proposals submitted to the call for 2018 Research & Conservation grants, and after the assessment conducted by members of the jury to evaluate the grants and financial aids to develop research and conservation projects, in accordance with the criteria established in the rules for this call, this year a total of nine grants were awarded to these projects:

 

  1. Great Ape Reintroduction Synthesis

         Gregg Tully, PASA (Pan African Sanctuary Alliance)

 

  1. Ecology of movement of the yellow-headed gull (Larus michahellis) and its relationship to the spreading of pathogens in urban areas

         Tomàs Montalvo, Barcelona Public Health Agency

 

  1. Jaibul Island: establishment of a biological field station and conducting of activities for research and protection of its biodiversity

         Rosa Garriga, Friends of Tacugama Association

 

  1. Mediterranean butterflies meet the lions: an African monitoring network to study and preserve trans-Saharan migrations

         Gerard Talavera, IBE (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva) - CSIC

 

  1. Effect of poaching and the illegal meat trade of wild animals on the primate populations in Uganda

         Ignasi Marco, Autonomous University of Barcelona

 

  1. Study of the presence of diclofenac and other anti-inflammatory drugs in blood samples of the Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)

         gnasi Marco, Autonomous University of Barcelona

 

  1. Action plan for the recovery of the European polecat (Mustela putorius) in Catalonia

         Salvador Salvador, University of Girona

 

  1. Spatial ecology of the blue shark Prionace glauca in the Western Mediterranean: acquisition of new knowledge via the use of sensors, trophic markers and ecosystemic models

         Joan Navarro, ICM (Institut de Ciències del Mar) - CSIC

 

  1. Satellite tracking of movement patterns of the family groups of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra)

          Oscar Cabezón, Autonomous University of Barcelona

 

 

Floquet de Neu

 

 

SNOWFLAKE GRANT (14th edition)

Financial endowment: € 9,000

 

Of the nine applications submitted to the call for proposals for the 2018 Snowflake grant, and after the assessment conducted by members of the jury in accordance with the criteria established in the rules for this call, this year the project selected for the grant this year was:

 

Urgent conservation surveys for the endangered Ashy red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in unprotected areas of Tanzania

Julius KIbaja, University of Oslo

 

 

ANTONI JONCH GRANT (6th edition)

Financial endowment: € 6,000

 

Of the eight applications submitted to the call for proposals for the 2018 Antoni Jonch grant, and after the assessment conducted by members of the jury in accordance with the criteria established in the rules for this call, this year the project selected for the grant this year was:

 

The populations of wildcats (Felis silvestris) in Catalonia: effect of habitat and the presence of domestic cats on their conservation status

Ferran Sayol, Naturalists Group of Osona

 

 

Our congratulations to all winners and participants!