Funding Year 2021

Project: 21/1	Spatial ecology of the American crocodile in Tayrona Natural National Park: A tool for conservation.
Student:	Maria Pinzon Barrera (Colombia)
Institution(s):	Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 21/2	Identifying the developmental basis of snout width and associated craniofacial anomalies in crocodilians.
Student:	Caleb Gordon (USA)
Institution(s):	Yale University
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/3	New approach for identifying pathologic bone in crocodilian species.
Student:	Kyla Beguesse (USA)
Institution(s):	North Carolina State University; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/4	Assessing temperature and behaviour of farmed Nile crocodiles in southern Africa.
Student:	Devon Veldsman (South Africa)
Institution(s):	University of Pretoria
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/5	Population demographics of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) populations in southern Africa.
Student:	Albert Myburgh (South Africa)
Institution(s):	University of KwaZulu-Natal; University of Pretoria
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/6	Spatial ecology of crocodylia in Natural Tayrona National Park, Colombian Caribbean.
Student:	Edison Liberato (Colombia)
Institution(s):	University of Ibague
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 21/7	Integral analysis of environmental contamination and its impacts on Crocodylus moreletii in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Student:	Marisol Buenfil Rojas (Mexico)
Institution(s):	Ehime University (Japan); Frontera Sur College (Mexico)
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/8	New methods of detection of Caiman latirostris through the use of deep learning.
Student:	Gonzalo Pighin (Argentina)
Institution(s):	Centro de Investigación Científica y de Transferencia Tecnológica a la Producción and Centro de Investigación en Señales, Sistemas e Inteligencia Artificial
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/9	Assessing population abundance and habitat occupancy of Mugger (Crocodylus palustris) in the Rapti River, Nepal.
Student:	Nishan KC (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Tribhuvan University
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 21/10	The state of crocodiles on the Kunene River, Namibia: Population dynamics and socio-ecological interactions.
Student:	Johannes Le Roux (Namibia)
Institution(s):	University of Stellenbosch
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/11	From reproductive ecology to local ecological knowledge of a crocodilian, the Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris).
Student:	Rafael Barboza (Brazil)
Institution(s):	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/12	Which environmental attributes does the Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) select for nesting?
Student:	Maryana Tavares de Souza (Brazil)
Institution(s):	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/13	Investigating winter habitat suitability of Gavialis gangeticus and human-crocodile conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Student:	Srijana Similsina (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Tribhuvan University
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 21/14	Human-Mugger crocodile conflict around the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park.
Student:	Sabina Shakya (Nepal)
Institution(s):	Tribhuvan University
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/15	Population genetics and dispersal modeling of crocodylians from Trinidad and Tobago.
Student:	Andrew Park (USA)
Institution(s):	Texas Tech University
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 21/16	Identification and molecular characterization of the complement system of the Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris).
Student:	Trinidad de los Angeles Cordero (Argentina)
Institution(s):	Universidad Nacional de Litoral
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/17	The crocodile conundrum of Charotar: Understanding crocodile behaviours and their socioecological connections with humans.
Student:	Yashendu Joshi (India)
Institution(s):	National Centre for Biological Science
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 21/18	Ecological aspects of Caiman crocodilus chiapasius in the Biosfera Encrucijada, Chiapas, Mexico.
Student:	Rodolfo Manon (Mexico)
Institution(s):	Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
Status:	Completed (Final Report)

Project: 21/19	Determination of microplastics in stomach contents of four populations of Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Yucatan Peninsula.
Student:	Alberto Castillo Contreras (Mexico)
Institution(s):	Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
Status:	Completed (Final Report)