Funding Year 2020

Project: 20/1	Gharial recruitment at Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, North India: Augmentation with an in-situ riverside hatchery, and pre-monsoon hatchling release.
Student:	Gaurav Vashistha (India)
Institution(s):	University of Delhi
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/2 FHVS-SRAS	Ultrasonographic features of the liver, spleen and gallbladder of sub-adult Philippine (Crocodylus mindorensis) and Saltwater (C. porosus) crocodiles.
Student:	Elyn Buitizon (Philippines)
Institution(s):	University of the Philippines - Los Baños
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/3 FHVS-SRAS	Ultrasonographic features of the urogenital organs in sub-adult Saltwater (Crocodylus porosus) and Philippine (C. mindorensis) crocodiles.
Student:	Celia Setias (Philippines)
Institution(s):	University of the Philippines - Los Baños
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/4	Revitalizing conservation and management of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Dominican Republic.
Student:	Robert Greco (USA)
Institution(s):	University of North Florida
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/5	Understanding the mechanisms of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and induced lesions in Crocodylus porosus.
Student:	Gervais Habarugira (Rwanda)
Institution(s):	The University of Queensland
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/6	Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus): Population status and habitat mapping in the Babai River, Bardia, Nepal.
Student:	Surakchya Paudel (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Tribuwan University
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 20/7	Metal contamination and ecotoxicological effects on Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) in lentic ecosystems of Atlantic forest in northeastern Brazil.
Student:	Rayssa Santos (Brazil)
Institution(s):	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/8	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study of male crocodylian anatomy.
Student:	Milan Piva (USA)
Institution(s):	University of Missouri
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/9	Ecology and genetic diversity of Paleosuchus palpebrosus in the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot: Conservation of an iconic apex predator in rare aquatic environments in Central Brazil Highlands.
Student:	Jose Marcos Abreu (Brazil)
Institution(s):	University of Brasilia
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/10	Effects of maternal hormonal-epigenetic investment and climatic variables on sex determination of Caiman latirostris.
Student:	Florencia Valli (Argentina)
Institution(s):	Centro de Investigación Científica y de Transferencia Tecnológica a la Producción/Proyecto Yacaré
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/11	Effects of visual separation on raising hatching Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).
Student:	Sophie Tournier (France)
Institution(s):	National Institute of Agronomy and Food Science
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/12	Associations between environmental contaminant exposure and DNA methylation in Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus).
Student:	Nicci Buys (South Africa)
Institution(s):	University of Pretoria
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/13	Linking habitat protection, local communities livelihoods, and conservation of caimans in Brazilian northeast Atlantic forest.
Student:	Gabriela Gama (Brazil)
Institution(s):	Federal University of Minas Gerais
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/14	Status and conservation threats of Crocodylus palustris in Ghodaghodi lake complex of Kailali District, Nepal.
Student:	Saurav Lamichhane (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Agriculture and Forestry University
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 20/15	Development of molecular methods to obtain barcodes applicable to forensic studies of caimans.
Student:	Paula Martin (Argentina)
Institution(s):	National University of the Littoral
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 20/16	Atypical morphology in caimans of Hidroprado Dam, Colombia: Intraspecific hybridization, morphological variation and genetics.
Student:	Sigifredo Clavijo Garzon (Colombia)
Institution(s):	University of Tolima
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/17	The socioeconomic relationship between communities on the southern coast of Jalisco and wild Crocodylus acutus populations.
Student:	Ricardo Ojeda Adame (Mexico)
Institution(s):	University of Guadalajara
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 20/18	Distribution, status and conservation threats to Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) in the Koshi River, Nepal.
Student:	Divya Bhattarai (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Agriculture and Forestry University
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/19	Population trends and stress due to tourism with caimans in the Anavilhanas National Park, Central Amazonia.
Student:	Washington Da Silva Mendonça (Brazil)
Institution(s):	Amazonas Federal University
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/20	Knowledge and perceptions of inhabitants of two communities on crocodiles in the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve.
Student:	Javier Benitez Moreno (Mexico)
Institution(s):	Frontera Sur College
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 20/21	Population estimation and dynamics of Caiman crocodilus in waterbodies of Ejido la Polka, Tonalá Municipality, Chiapas.
Student:	Marcos Cigarroa (Mexico)
Institution(s):	Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/22	Conservation of threatened crocodile species in the agropastoral dams of Benin (Western Africa).
Student:	Mariano Aloukpe (Benin)
Institution(s):	University of Abomey-Calavi
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 20/23	Assessing Human-crocodile conflict, people’s perceptions, and raising awareness for the conservation of Muggers of Ghodaghodi.
Student:	Tank Rawal (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Tribhuwan University
Status:	Ongoing