Please find below a list of the 25 new projects selected for funding from the Second SOS Call For Proposals

1. Saving vaquita from extinction through effective and permanent gear swaps

Organization: World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

Country: Mexico

Species: Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) (CR)

2. Conservation of Atlantic Humpback Dolphins in Gabon and Congo - a refuge for an embattled and forgotten species

Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Countries: Republic of Congo & Gabon

Species: Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) (VU)

3. Enhancing Protection of the Critically Endangered Sumatran Rhino

Organization: International Rhino Foundation

Country: Indonesia

Species: Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) (CR), Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) (EN), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) (EN)

4. Management strategy to establish new populations and guarantee the persistence of critically endangered species of Cycads in Colombia

Organization: Universidad de Antioquia

Country: Colombia

Species: Zamia disodon (CR), Zamia restrepoi (CR),  Zamia wallissi (CR)

5. Dugong Emergency Protection Project

Organization: Endangered Wildlife Trust

Country: Mozambique

Species: Dugong (Dugong dugon) (VU)

6. Ensuring a future for the Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile

Organization: Fauna & Flora International

Country: Cambodia

Species: Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) (CR)

7. Implementing a regional model to conserve large River Terrapins of the genus Batagur in South and Southeast Asia

Organization: Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation

Countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India

Species: Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) (CR),   Burmese Roofed Turtle (Batagur trivittata) (EN),  Red-crowned Roofed Turtle (Batagur kachuga) (CR)

8. Comprehensive community-based conservation of the endangered maleo bird (Macrocephalon maleo) in Tompotika, Sulawesi

Organization: Alliance for Tompotika Conservation

Country: Indonesia

Species: Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) (EN)

9. Preventing Bycatch of Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Mekong River

Organization: WWF-Cambodia

Country: Cambodia

Species: Mekong river subpopulation of Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) (CR)

10. Conservation of Priority Freshwater Ecosystems and Threatened Species in the Cape Floristic Region

Organization: Endangered Wildlife Trust

Country: South Africa

Species: The Clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi) (EN), Barrydale redfin (Pseudobarbus burchelli) (CR), Clanwilliam sawfin (Barbus serra) (EN), Clanwilliam yellowfish (Labeobarbus capensis) (VU), Clanwilliam redfin (Barbus calidus) (VU), Fiery redfin (Pseudobarbus phlegethon) (EN), Twee River redfin (Barbus erubescens) (CR), Clanwilliam rock catfish (Austroglanis gilli) (VU), Spotted rock catfish (Austroglanis barnadi) (EN), Riverine Rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis) (CR)

11. Conservation of the saola and other endangered mammals of the Phou Sithone Endangered Species Conservation Area in Laos

Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Country: Lao PDR

Species:Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) (CR)

12. West African Manatee Conservation

Organization: Sea to Shore Alliance, Inc.

Countries: Mali, Nigeria, Senegal

Species: West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) (VU)

13. Conserving the Critically Endangered White-bellied Heron, Ardea insignis in key sites of the Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam, India

Organization: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Country: India

Species: White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis) (CR)

14. People and Nature: Sustainable solutions to conserve endemic and globally threatened species on Papua New Guinea’s Huon Peninsula

Organization: Woodland Park Zoological Society

Country: Papua New Guinea

Species: Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) (EN), Western Long-Beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) (CR), New Guinea Pademelon (Thylogale browni) (VU)

15. Safeguarding endangered Douc Langurs and critically endangered Gibbons at Son Tra Nature Reserve and Chu Mom Ray National Park, Vietnam

Organization: Douc Langur Foundation

Country: Vietnam

Species: Red shanked Douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) (EN),  Grey shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix cinerea), (EN),  Gibbon (Nomascus annamensis) (CR)

16. Saving a Threatened Cycad Species: Zamia prasina in Belize

Organization: Montgomery Botanical Center, Inc.

Country: Belize

Species: Zamia prasina (CR)

17. Strengthening Protection and Habitat Management for the Critically Endangered Javan Rhino

Organization: International Rhino Foundation

Country: Indonesia

Species: Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) (CR)

18. Saving the Saola - Intensifying protection across a trans-boundary landscape

Organization: WWF Greater Mekong

Countries: Lao PDR, Vietnam

Species: Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) (CR), Large-antlered muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) (EN)

19. Saving Threatened Coastal Cetaceans in Collaboration with Gillnet Fishermen in Coastal Waters of Bangladesh

Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Country: Bangladesh

Species: Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) (VU) with five CR subpopulations; Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) (VU)

20. South African Cycad Species Protection Project

Organization: Endangered Wildlife Trust

Country: South Africa

Species: All Encephalartos cycad species found within South Africa (a total of 37 species)

21. Securing the future of Gangetic dolphin in Brahmaputra river system (India) through local community engagement and empowerment

Organization: Aaranyak

Country: India

Species: Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) (EN)

22. Conserving A Suite of Northern Cambodia’s Threatened Bird Species

Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Country: Cambodia

Species: Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) (CR), White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) (CR), Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) (CR), White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) (CR),  Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) (CR),  Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) (CR),  Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) (EN), Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)(EN),  Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus) (EN),  White-winged Duck (Cairina scutulata) (EN)

23. Creating Connections: Working Together to Protect the Last Stronghold of the Endemic Sulawesi Crested Black Macaque (Macaca nigra)

Organization: The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust

Country: Indonesia

Species: Sulawesi crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) (CR)

24. Filipinos for Flying Foxes: Community-based roost sanctuaries for the world’s largest bat

Organization: Bat Conservation International

Country: Philippines

Species: Golden-capped fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus) (EN)

25. Conservation of Endangered and Critically Endangered Gibbons of Southeast Asia

Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Countries: Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia

Species: Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) (EN),  Agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis) (EN), Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) (EN)