Tortoise Research Initiative Impact in Israeli Deserts

GrantID: 73949

Grant Funding Amount Low: $3,000

Deadline: Ongoing

Grant Amount High: $5,000

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If you are located in Israel and working in the area of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, this funding opportunity may be a good fit. For more relevant grant options that support your work and priorities, visit The Grant Portal and use the Search Grant tool to find opportunities.

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Target outcomes for tortoise research in Israel focus on quantifying changes in Testudo graeca and Testudo kleinmanni occupancy within the Negev desert and northern Mediterranean coastal plains. Baseline surveys must cover 150-hectare grids stratified by rainfall isohyets from 200 mm to 600 mm, because population responses differ sharply across this gradient. Data collection emphasizes burrow density counts and clutch survival rates rather than adult counts alone.

These outcomes matter because Israel's Mediterranean ecosystems have experienced a 22 percent reduction in natural grassland area since 1990 due to agricultural expansion and afforestation. Desert populations face additional pressure from military training zones that overlap 35 percent of remaining tortoise habitat in the central Negev. Research must therefore produce occupancy models that can be updated with annual land-use layers from the Israel Mapping Center.

Implementation requires coordination with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority for access permits, which are issued only after submission of site-specific risk assessments for vehicle tracks. Field teams must include at least one Israeli researcher with a current permit to handle protected reptiles. Equipment budgets list only solar-powered data loggers rated for 45 °C surface temperatures.

Proposals differ from those prepared for Jordan by requiring explicit comparison with data collected inside Israel Defense Forces firing ranges, where access windows are limited to 12 days per year. Review panels examine whether proposed statistical models account for the bimodal activity pattern driven by Israel's winter rainfall regime rather than summer monsoon patterns found farther south.

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