Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
A UAE-based endowment fund launched by UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2008 with a budget of US$27.5 million to support species conservation efforts worldwide. The fund provides small grants of up to US$25,000 to conservation projects globally.
- Organisation type Foundation
- Year founded 2008
- Headquartered Abu Dhabi
- Registration United Arab Emirates
- Website https://www.speciesconservation.org
Related sustainable development goals
Impact
US$25m in grants awarded
2,742 conservation projects supported
160+ countries
1,700+ species rediscovered, reintroduced, protected
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Environment
- Biodiversity
- Animal welfare
Focus populations
- Animals
- Endangered and threatened species
Focus geographies
Africa
- Chad
- Madagascar
- South Sudan
- Eswatini
- Mauritius
- Guinea
- Gabon
- Mozambique
- Cabo Verde
- Botswana
- Sao Tome e Principe
- Angola
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- South Africa
- Ghana
- Mali
- Guinea Bissau
- Comoros
- Liberia
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Zimbabwe
- Senegal
- Niger
- Equatorial Guinea
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Namibia
- Malawi
- DR Congo
- Uganda
- Djbouti
- Seychelles
- Sudan
- Zambia
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
- Cameroon
Americas
- Nicaragua
- British Virgin Islands
- Paraguay
- Argentina
- Peru
- Venezeula
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Dominica
- Honduras
- Brazil
- Guyana
- Antiguilla
- Bahamas
- Montserrat
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Ecuador
- Puerto Rico
- Guatemala
- Mexico
- Costa Rica
- Cayman Islands
- Netherlands Antilles
- Uruguay
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Falkland Islands
- Suriname
- El Salvador
- United States
- Dominican Republic
- Chile
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Colombia
- Bolivia
- Haiti
- Cuba
- Barbados
- Panama
- Jamaica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antartica
Central Asia
- Tajikistan
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Kyrgyzstan
East Asia
- Japan
- China
- Hong Kong
- Mongolia
- Macau
Europe
- Moldova
- France
- Greece
- Serbia
- Germany
- Croatia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Malta
- Macedonia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- United Kingdom
- Portugal
- Cyprus
- Belarus
- Albania
- Romania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sweden
Middle East
- Lebanon
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Iraq
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Israel
- Oman
- Palestine
North Africa
- Morocco
- Egypt
- Tunisia
- Algeria
Oceana
- Midway Atoll
- Vanuatu
- Pitcairn Islands
- Tonga
- Papua New Guinea
- French Polynesia
- Solomon Islands
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Fiji
- Norfolk Island
- Samoa
- New Caledonia
South Asia
- Bhutan
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Afghanistan
- Maldives
- India
South-east Asia
- Singapore
- Timor-Leste
- Myanmar
- Laos
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Brunei
- Malaysia
- Vietnam
Partners
- Dolphin Energy
- Mubadala Investment Company
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Panthera
Programmes
Case studies
The fund supports conservationists conducting scientific research and case studies on endangered and threatened species around the world.
Partner projects
These are projects supported by partners of Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund: Mubadala Investment Company and Dolphin Energy.
Small grants
The fund provides grants of up to US$25,000 to support species conservation projects around the world.
Financials
Funding model
- Grants to Individuals
- Grants to organisations
Primary funders
- Dolphin Energy
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Mubadala Investment Company
Funding source
- Private
- Royal
Operations
Key staff
- Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, managing director
- Nicolas Heard, acting director general
Board members
- Frédéric Launay
- Majid Al Mansouri
- Mike Maunder
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chair
- Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, deputy chair
- Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
- Russell A. Mittermeier
Contact details
- 00 971 2 632 9117
- enquiries@mbzfund.org
- https://www.speciesconservation.org
- Floor 26, Al Khatem Tower, Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates