Cleveland Metroparks Zoo supports conservation and research projects all around the globe. Periodically, researchers and scientists send updates on their studies. Read on to see how the Zoo is helping to improve the future for wildlife!
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Lowland Tapir Project 
The Lowland Tapir Project is a long-term field research project located in the Atlantic Forests of the Pontal do Paranapanema Region in São Paulo State, Brazil. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has supported this project since 2003. The primary objective of this project is to establish a long-term tapir monitoring program. The project also conducts research to monitor tapir health and genetics using biological samples collecting during tapir captures. These samples are utilized for a number of ongoing epidemiological and genetic studies of lowland tapirs. Over the past 10 years, the Lowland Tapir Project has been able to collect a significant amount of data and study results are in progress in the form of a number of Ph.D. dissertations and scientific papers. |
Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program (TKCP) is located in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The primary goal of TKCP is to establish a Conservation Area of at least 150,000 acres in the Huon Peninsula through community-based action that includes scientific research, education, and conservation outreach. |
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White-winged Guan 
Fernando Angulo Pratolongo had been awarded the International Conservation Training Award. This award is given by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) and promotes professional training for international zoological colleagues. Fernando Angulo Pratolongo receives funding from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Scott Neotropical Fund and Cleveland Zoological Society for his work with the >critically endangered White-winged Guan. |
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Tropical Rain Forest Fragmentation and the Conservation of Biodiversity  During the last few years, the Scott Neotropical Fund has supported Alejandro Estrada. He has begun a research program in tropical rain forests in southern Mexico to document and understand the impact of habitat loss, fragmentation and isolation on populations of mammals, birds and dung beetles. |
