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Do your internship or thesis at mabuwaya

Many students have preceded you in doing research to the Philippine crocodiles, either in San Mariano or Divilacan.

Do you want to do an internship or thesis at the Mabuwaya Foundation? Contact us for more information.

2011

Anthony Lowney
Manchester Metropolitan University, MSc. Biology
Species limits in Luzon Orioles

Emiel Davina
University of Nijmegen, MSc. Biology
A predictive model for the distribution of endemic bird species in relation to forest type.

Guus Baarends
HAS Den Bosch, MSc. Applied Biology
A study of the habitat of juvenile Crocodylus mindorensis

Jordy Groffen
Wageningen University, MSc. Animal Science
The effect of different rearing strategies on the level of natural antibodies in Philippine crocodiles

Bas Tinhout
Wageningen University, MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation
Nest success factors and their effect on dynamics of a small population of Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)

Peter Brakels
Wageningen University, MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation
An update of the distribution and status of Crocodylus mindorensis in Luzon, the Philippines

Bart van Velsen
University of Amsterdam, MSc. Biology
Reintroduction of the Philippine crocodile; The effectiveness of the head-starting Crocodylus mindorensis in north Luzon, Philippines

Jos Stofberg
Wageningen University, MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation
What makes small populations of top predators vulnerable to extinction?; Status and analysis of demography of the Philippine Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)

Bowy den Braber
Wageningen University, MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation
Land use change and habitat loss: A case study of the Philippine crocodile

Nicolien Pul
Leiden University, MSc. Biology: Science Comm. & Society
Exploring participatory audio-visual methods to involve local people in the conservation of the Philippine Crocodile


2010

Femke Koopmans:
Wageningen University, MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation
Human-wildlife conflicts: implications for the conservation of the endangered Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)


2009

Sylvan Nysten
Wageningen University, MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation
Jeroen Admiraal
Leiden University, MSc Biology

Michiel van Welsem
Van Hall Institute, Wildlife Management


2008

Babette Alfons
Leiden University, MSc. Biology
Breeding ecology of the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) in North East Luzon

David Izquierdo-Acebes
Wageningen University
Philippine crocodile surveys in San Mariano and Palanan, Isabela

Frederike Lindeyer
Leiden University, MSc Biology
Survival and Movements of Captive-raised Juvenile Philippine Crocodiles (Crocodylus mindorensis) in the Wet Season

Willem van de Ven
Leiden University, MSc Biology
Reintroduction of the Philippine crocodile; The effectiveness of head-starting C. mindorensis in north Luzon with different release strategies

Sanne Wagenaar
Leiden University, MSc Visual Antropology
Making a movie on community based crocodile conservation in San Mariano


2007

Zeno Wijtten
Leiden University, MSc Biology
Reintroduction of captive reared Philippine crocodiles (Crocodylus mindorensis)

2006

Nicholas Tubbs
Leiden University, MSc Biology
Movements and home ranges of VHF radio-tracked Philippine crocodiles Crocodylus mindorensis in Northeast Luzon, the Philippines

Paul van der Aa
Breda University of Applied Sciences, MSc International Tourism Management & Consultancy
Creating benefits from crocodile conservation for local communities through eco-tourism

Kyra Hoevenaars
Wageningen University, MSc. Resource Ecology
Behaviour and ecology of the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) in Dunoy Lake, San Mariano, the Philippines


2005

Jan de Jonge
Leiden University, MSc Biology
Movement of the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)

Krista-Lize Janse
Leiden University, MSc Biology
Movements and habitat preferences of the Philippine crocodile
Crocodylus mindorensis


2004

Ingeborg Schreuder
Leiden University, MSc Biology
The behaviour and ecology of the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) in its natural habitat


2002

Heike van Gils
Development of a protocol for the ecological study of the
Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) and preliminary results

Richard van Alphen
Distribution pattern, population size, and population structure of Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis in the Cordillera Mountain Ranges, Northern Luzon


2000

Petra Oudejans
Leiden University, MSc Biology
The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis): a study on factors determining distribution and population size in the Northern Sierra Madre Northern Luzon, Philippines.

Yaron Oppenheimer
Crocodylus mindorensis, research on population dynamics and ecology


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Zeno Wijtten of Leiden University in the Netherlands did his thesis for Biology in Diwagden, where he studied the first batch of head-started crocodiles that were released back into the wild 




 

Nicholas Tubbs of Leiden University, exploring caves in search of crocodiles for his Biology thesis



 

Bas Tinhout studied crocodile nests in 2011 as an internship for Wildlife and Nature Conservation at Wageningen University




 

Femke Koopmans from Wageningen University, Netherlands, did a research on the human-crocodile conflicts which increased when the crocodile population started growing




 

Jan de Jonge of Leiden University with a crocodile. He attached a transmitter to the crocodile to follow it around for his Masters thesis



 

 

Sanne Wagenaar made a movie about crocodile conservation for her thesis in Visual Antropology at Leiden University