• RESEARCH GRANTS

    EXTERNAL FUNDING

    29) People’s Trust for Endangered Species
    Scaling up conservation and bamboo forest restoration to save the Endangered Djam-djam monkey in Sidamo Highlands

     

    ==== 2022/23 ====
    28) Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
    Saving the endemic, bamboo specialist, and newly recognized Djam-djam monkey through research and conservation.

     

    ==== 2021/22 ====
    27) Zoological Society for Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP)
    Distribution, conservation status, and habitat use of Djaffa Mountains guereza in southern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2017-19 ====
    26) Prince Bernhard Nature Fund
    Saving the endangered Bale monkey through the protection of montane bamboo in southern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2016 ====
    25) Association Francaise des Parcs Zoologiques (AFdPZ) - II
    Behavioural ecology and conservation of the isolated Boutourlini’s blue monkey in northwestern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2015 ====
    22) People’s Trust for Endangered Species
    Saving the endangered Bale monkey through the protection of montane bamboo in southern Ethiopian Highlands.
    23) Association Francaise des Parcs Zoologiques (AFdPZ)
    Behavioural ecology and conservation of the isolated Boutourlini’s blue monkey in northwestern Ethiopia.
    22) Zoological Society for Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP)    
    Behavioural ecology and conservation of the isolated Boutourlini’s blue monkey in northwestern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2014 ====
    21) British Ecological Society Ecologists in Africa Grant
    Determining the conservation status of gelada monkeys across the Ethiopian Highlands.
    22) Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund     
    Status and conservation of the Neumann's black-and-white colobus monkey along the eastern Rift Valley of Ethiopia.
    19) Rufford Foundation  
    Current status of montane bamboo in the southern Ethiopian Highlands.
    18) Fresno Chaffee Zoo Conservation Fund  
    Nutritional ecology of Bale monkeys in continuous and fragmented forests of the southern Ethiopian Highlands.      
    17) Conservation International - Primate Action Fund   
    Nutritional ecology of Bale monkeys in continuous and fragmented forests in southern Ethiopian Highlands.
    16) International Primatological Society  
    Sleeping site selection of Bale monkeys at Kokosa forest fragment in southern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2012 ====
    15) Rufford Foundation
    Distribution, population estimate, and habitat suitability of Bale monkeys in southern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2011 ====
    14) Conservation and Research Foundation  
    Conservation and comparative behavioural ecology of the Bale monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia.
    13) International Foundation for Sciences (IFS)  
    Distribution, population size, and human-wildlife conflict of the Bale monkey in southern Ethiopia.
    12) People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) 
    Conservation and comparative behavioural ecology of the Bale monkey in southern Ethiopia.
    11) Conservation des Espèces et des Populations Animals (CEPA)   
    Human-wildlife conflict of the Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia.
    10) Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund  
    The population status and ecology of a rare gelada monkey subspecies in Indeitu, eastern Arsi, Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2010 ====
    9) Columbus Zoo Conservation Fund  
    The population status and ecology of Arsi gelada monkey in Indeitu, eastern Arsi, Ethiopia.
    8) Conservation International - Primate Action Fund   
    The population status and ecology of a rare gelada monkey in Indeitu, eastern Arsi, Ethiopia.
    7) Primate Conservation Inc.  
    The population status and ecology of a rare gelada monkey in Indeitu, eastern Arsi, Ethiopia.
    6) Le Conservatoire pour la Protection des Primates
    Distribution and population size of the Bale monkey in Sidamo and Arsi Forests, southern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2009 ====
    5) Conservation des Espèces et des Populations Animals (CEPA) and Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP)
    Distribution and population size of the Bale monkey in Sidamo and Arsi Forests, southeastern Ethiopia.
    4) Primate Conservation Inc.  
    The habitat preference, population size, distribution, feeding behavior, activity, and ranging pattern of the Boutourlini’s blue monkey in Jibat Forest, Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2008 ====
    3) Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium  
    The distribution, habitat use, and ecology of Bale monkeys in southern Ethiopia.

     

    ==== 2007 ====
    2) Primate Conservation Inc.   
    The distribution, habitat use, and ecology of Bale monkeys in southern Ethiopia.
    1) Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme  
    The distribution, habitat use, and ecology of Bale monkeys in southern Ethiopia.

     

     

    TRAVEL GRANTS

     

    ==== 2018 ====      

    International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) 
    To attend the Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress (BARC2018), Beijing, China.

     

    ==== 2016 ====    
    Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation to Conservation International and the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group 
    To attend the International Primatological Society XXVI Congress, Chicago, USA.

     

    ==== 2014 ====   
    Primate Conservation Inc. and Conservation International Primate Action Fund
    To attend the International Primatological Society XXV Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam. IPS XXV Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam.