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Our Nature category of projects is supported by National Geographic Germany.  This will be the third year they have supported our online voting process. Six projects are competing for your votes in this category.
 
Please read though the details below of the projects looking for your vote, and then select the one you would like to receive funding from EOCA this year.  A difficult choice as they are all very worthwhile projects!

If you would prefer to vote in German, you can do so on our German website or on the National Geographic Germany website - please click HERE.

Voting in this category runs from 22nd March to 12th April 2013.
 

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Albatross Task Force, Namibia

Website: http://www.rspb.org.uk

Albatrosses are the largest flying birds in the world, but also one of the most at-risk: 17 of the 22 species of albatross are globally threatened with extinction. The primary driver behind this is being caught accidentally in fisheries. Every year tens of thousands of albatrosses are killed, by longline fishing (in which a vessel may use a 100km line with as many as 20,000 hooks onto which the birds can get hooked), and trawl fishing (which vessels have thick cables that birds collide with). In Namibia, it is estimated that 46,000 birds are killed each year. The Albatross Task Force in Namibia will work with fishermen to use ‘bird streamer lines’ on the longline and trawl vessels, which keep the albatrosses away from the hooks and cables, and will also add steel weights to the longline hooks to sink them rapidly out of the albatrosses’ reach. The project will reduce the number of albatrosses and other seabirds caught by 50% in a single year.

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Fruits for Bears, Spain

Website: http://www.fapas.es

Despite the increase in the number of brown bears in the Cantabrian mountains in northern Spain, their numbers are still classified as endangered and the current numbers are not enough to maintain a healthy population. The forests they live in do not provide enough food for them, and the bears are heading to lower land in search of food. The main aim of this project is to improve the habitat for the bears, ensuring wild fruits are available for the bears year round. This will be achieved mainly through planting fruit trees including cherry, chestnut and rowan, to create a new forest which will provide 10,500kg of fruit annually. 150 beehives, housing 7.5 million bees will be installed in the forest, to pollinate the fruit trees and their honey will help in the awareness raising of bear conservation with the many outdoor enthusiasts and locals who hike, bike and climb in the area.

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Give Lesser Kestrel a new home, Portugal

Website: http://www.lpn.pt

The lesser kestrel is an indicator species for the health of the Campo Branco region of southern Portugal, due to their high position in the food chain and their vulnerability to human intervention. These falcons make their nests in cavities, on traditional old buildings and structures. However, as these structures have either been repaired or collapsed completely, the nesting sites have been lost and consequently the numbers of the lesser kestrel has declined. The proposal is to build 2 structures using traditional building materials in collaboration with birders, children and local farmers, to provide up to 140 new nesting sites for two new colonies. Outdoor enthusiasts will be engaged in this project during the construction of the structures, ringing of juvenile birds and bird watching activities.

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Protect and Restore Orangutan Habitat, Southern Borneo

Website: http://www.outrop.com

The Sabangau tropical peat-swamp forest is one of the most important rainforests found on Borneo. It is of major conservation importance for its high biodiversity, including the orangutan and other endangered species, which local and international travellers trek to view. This area is under massive threat from conversion, swamp drainage and continued illegal logging and wildlife hunting. This results in out of control fires and permanent damage to the peat ecosystem, threatening the orangutan's survival. This project will restore areas of peat swamp within the area damaged by logging and fires, replant burnt forest areas, and enable community patrol teams to protect the forest and its orangutans from the threats they face.

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Regreening Ségou, Mali

Website: http://www.treeaid.org.uk

Between 1990 and 2010, Mali lost over 11 % of its tree cover. Ségou is part of Mali’s arid Sahelian zone which has suffered dramatic deforestation due to agricultural land clearance, fuelwood use and fodder collection. This has led to soil erosion and desertification. Nearly 42,000 people in 70 villages will benefit from this project, which will establish 11 new tree nurseries, and enable over 320,000 trees to be replanted to protect the environment and provide food, training and income to the local community. It will also provide an attractive area for travellers to visit and experience.

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Snow leopard conservation, Altai mountains 

Website: http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/eoca

There are about 3500-7000 snow leopards left in the world and they are listed by the IUCN as 'Endangered'. Threats they face in the Altai area are poaching, subsistence pastoralism and retribution killings, as well as loss of prey base. Through this project, Biosphere Expeditions aims to make them more valuable to the local communities alive rather than dead, by engaging, training and paying locals to be involved in their conservation together with scientists and volunteers and by developing sustainable tourism in the area.

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