Since 2003, the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund has joined forces with National Geographic's Conservation Trust to increase funding and recognition for well-deserving projects around the world. This collaboration stemmed from a shared desire to shine a bright, supportive light on people and places who are figuring out how to co-exist with wildlife.
These co-grants are selected and awarded by the Fund and National Geographic and cannot be applied for individually by an organization.
2003
"Manatee Sonar Research" – Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
"Laikipia Predator Project" – Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
2004
"Black Lion Tamarins in Brazil" – Wildlife Trust
"Education Campaign of Hornbills in Panay" – Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
2005
"Hawksbill Rookery in Nicaragua" – Wildlife Conservation Society
"Threatened Species of the Calamian Islands" – Fauna & Flora International
2006
"Shark Fishers' Conservation Network" – Iemanya Oceanica
"Conservation of the Critically Endangered Cao Vit Gibbon and its Habitat in China" – World Wildlife Fund
2007
"Implementing Strategies for Marine Turtle Conservation on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua" – Fauna & Flora International
"Armored but Endangered: Galvanizing Action to Mitigate the Illegal Trade in Asian Pangolins" – World Wildlife Fund
"Orangutan Conservation and Environmental Education Programs" – President and Fellows of Harvard College & Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program
2008
"Tiger Team: Supporting Front Line Tiger Protection in Riau, Sumatra" – World Wildlife Fund
"Socio-Economic & Ecological Assessment of Coral Reefs in the Comoros Islands" – Portland State University
