ANBs’ current projects aim to rescue endangered ungulates in South East Asia, whereas our past projects were focused on carnivores in Central- and Northern Europe.
Evaluation of spatial use pattern and population genetics to develop management plans for threatened Indonesian boar and deer species (Main island Java and small island Bawean).
Focal species
Bawean Deer (Axis Kuhlii) - Critically endangered
Bawean Warty Pig (Sus blouchi) - Endangered
Jawan Warty Pig (Sus verrucosus) - Endangered
Bawean captive breeding facility
(© by BEKI Bawean Endemics Conservation Initiative)
Map of Bawean Island with protected area - purple (© by BKSDA, Surabaya)
Preparing evidence-based conservation of the Oliver’s warty pig (Sus oliveri) on Mindoro island, Philippines
Focal species
Oliver’s warty pig (Sus oliveri) - Endangered
Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis) - Vulnerable
Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) - Critical Endangered
Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus) - Vulnerable
Sunda bearded pig (Sus barbatus) - Vulnerable
In the past ANB has successfully carried out wildlife conservation- and research projects, while in the mean time also providing scientific support to various wildlife related activities for example exhibitions and tv documentaries. We have vast experience in the conceptualisation, planning and the performance of surveys and expeditions in both Europe and Asia.
So far we have dealt with the following species: raccoon dog, red fox, American mink, raccoon, European wild boar, polar fox, wild camel, Mongolian gazelle, saiga antelope and wild sheep.
Previous research projects
// Evidence for limited introgression of domestic pig genes into the endemic Corsican wild boar population, NMNH Luxemburg
// Ecology of red foxes and raccoon dogs in north-east Germany - Competition or coexistence? University Rostock
// Space use pattern, dispersal and social organisation of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), an invasive, alien canid in Central Europe , Technical University Dresden
Environmental education
// Conservation of nature and biodiversity starts at your doorstep, but you need to know what's out there before you can protect it. The ANB regularly holds summer schools for children from Germany and Poland. Here the children can experience nature and learn how nature conservation works.
Most important species: red fox, badger, marten, raccoon dog, raccoon, wild boar, red deer and others
Wildlife documentary
// Raccoons in the city of Berlin, Animals Unexpected, BBC Natural History Unit
// Island - Arctic foxes and volcanoes, NDR
Exhibition
// Conservation and reintroduction of the Atlantic Salmon and European Eel to the river Moselle, M.O.L.I.T.O.R., Berlin & Koblenz
Consultant
// Establishment of the Nuratau-Kyzylkum Biosphere Reserve as a Model for Biodiversity Conservation in Uzbekistan, UNDP
Membership
IUCN/SSC Wild Pig Specialist Group (webpage not updated yet)
