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REPLACEMENT AWARDS FOR FY2019 - NORTHERN PLAINS OF CAMBODIA PILEATED GIBBON CONSERVATION PROJECT: PHASE 7 The purpose of the project is to conserve the pileated gibbon population in the Northern Plains of.Cambodia through strengthening existing law enforcement, empowering communities through zoning.of priority gibbon sites, and building community-level support for gibbon conservation. Project.objectives are to, (1) Ensure effective protection of pileated gibbons and their habitats by targeted.patrol planning and implementation of SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) Connect,.and, (2) Increase community ownership and understanding of gibbon conservation.
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to ensure the protection of the most important gibbon sites in this landscape. This will be done by: 1) training law enforcement staff from across the Northern Plains landscape and supplying them with basic equipment; 2) training patrol staff and community monitoring rangers in SMART monitoring techniques and implementation of SMART monitoring; 3) targeting patrols to reduce threats to pileated gibbons and their habitats; 4) improving liaison with provincial and national government to improve institutional support for conservation of gibbon habitat; and 5) undertaking consultations regarding the proposed zonation of Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary and preparing the draft maps for Ministerial discussion.
Elephant conservation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia: Phase 10, Years 1-3 The goal of this three-year project is the ongoing protection and enhancement of the conservation status of wild Asian elephants in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS), Cambodia. KSWS is a globally important site for biodiversity conservation located in the Eastern Plains Landscape of Cambodia, the area boasts a complex mix of forest types as well as elevation gradients, which leads to a high species richness across a range of taxa. The main objectives of this project are to improve anti-snare capacity through applied research and a collection incentive scheme; protect elephants and habitat through targeted law enforcement and anti-snare patrols; and protect elephants and their habitat from illegal forest encroachment. Project activities include: 1) conduct anti-snare patrols to reduce snare abundance in key elephant areas; 2) collect snare abundance data to improve the efficiency of anti-snare patrols; 3) evaluate the effectiveness of pilot snare collection incentives; 4) use remote sensing to target law enforcement patrols within key areas for elephants; and 5) conduct law enforcement patrols in high-priority elephant areas at the deforestation frontier.
Strengthening marine turtle conservation and critical habitat protection in Cambodia he immediate goal is to strengthen national capacity for marine turtle conservation and habitat protection in Cambodia. Specific project objectives are to (1) monitor and protect 20km of marine turtle nesting beaches and foraging grounds in two key sites; (2) quantify and mitigate fisheries threats to marine turtles across four coastal provinces; (3) support awareness, protection and reporting of marine turtles by local communities and fishermen; and (4) strengthen capacity for long-term marine turtle monitoring and conservation by marine resource users and the government in Cambodia.
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to initiate a pileated gibbon monitoring program by conducting repeat surveys at 10 sites in Bokur NP. This will be done by: 1) developing a pileated gibbon monitoring protocol for Bokor NP; 2) identifying areas of high gibbon density within Bokor NP and their preferred habitat; 3) determining the feasibility of undertaking a joint approach to long term gibbon monitoring and conservation in the park with the parks major concession holder Thansur Bokor Mountain Resort and the national parks management; and 4) improving national capacity to undertake gibbon conservation.
Pileated Gibbon Conservation Education and Public Outreach through the Kouprey Express The purpose of this project is to deliver an education curriculum that includes information regarding wildlife and forestry laws and information, enabling Cambodians to make informed decisions about the sustainable management of their natural resources while promoting protection of areas rich in biodiversity. The project objectives include the following: (1) Deliver an education curriculum to national schools in the Cardamom Mountains, and Kompong Som and Phnom Penh, focusing on threats to Cambodias gibbons and other flagship species, (2) Build capacity and understanding of key environmental issues among teachers, community educators, and community leaders in communities, schools and NGOs in target areas as well as other provinces through training, staff development, monitoring, (3) Conduct an anticipated 20 field trips to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center to complement classroom lessons and environmental education awareness outreach activities for students and community members from around the country and evaluation, (4) Build environmental awareness and pride in Cambodias natural heritage among students and communities through interactive hands-on Community Night Shows, which complement the work in schools, (5) Conduct wildlife ID and anti-smuggling training and follow up seminars with Customs and Excise officers, freight forwarders, cargo handlers, border police, and other relevant personnel at the main points of entry and transit, including but not limited to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap International Airports, the Autonomous Port of Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh Dry Port, and other relevant agencies, (6) Raise community awareness among Cambodians on a nationwide level regarding the devastating effects of illegal wildlife trade through large-scale signage and outreach activities via collaboration and engagement with national ministries, NGOs, and other institutions, and (7) Complement conservation awareness-raising and large signage outreach efforts by installing
Northern Plains of Cambodia Pileated Gibbon Conservation Project: Phase 5 The purpose of this project is to ensure that protected area managers and enforcement staff have the capacity to interpret and respond to SMART reports and conduct adaptive law enforcement strategies, ensure effective protection of pileated gibbon and its habitat, and implement effective control of gun use in the landscape.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Asian Elephant Conservation Education through the Kouprey Express
Conservation of an important population of the Critically Endangered Southern River Terrapin,..Batagur affinis, in Southern Cambodia Conservation of an important population of critically endangered Southern River Terrapin, Batagur affineis, in Southern Cambodia. In partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society, this project will improve the global conservation status of Batagur affinis by reducing threats to, and improving recruitment in an important remnant population in Cambodia. Specific activities include: (1) expand and increase effectiveness of patrols aimed at discovering additional nests using the SMART (Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool) method originally developed by WCS and USFWS for tiger conservation; (2) conduct in situ nest incubation and protection for all nests found in the wild that will be guarded by wardens; (3) transfer hatchling turtles from field incubation studies to head-starting facilities; (4) select and release 25 head-started turtles with an acoustic tag; (5) monitor turtles post release using an omni directional hydrophone and underwater automated recording stations.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Northern Plains of Cambodia Pileated Gibbon Conservation Project: Phase 3
ENHANCING MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION IN CAMBODIA THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADDRESS THREATS TO MARINE TURTLES IN CAMBODIA, INCLUDING NESTING BEACH DEVELOPMENT, NEST POACHING, AND FISHERIES BYCATCH. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) COLLABORATING WITH THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION FOR CONTINUING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN DEVELOPED IN 2015 (2) CONDUCTING NESTING SURVEYS TO ASSESS THE STATUS OF NESTING AT HISTORICALLY KNOWN NESTING SITES (3) CONTINUING A GEAR REPLACEMENT SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REDUCTION PROJECT WITH SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES ORGANIZATIONS (4) CONDUCTING SAFE HANDLING AND RELEASE TRAINING WORKSHOPS WITH FISHERIES IN HIGH-THREAT INTERACTION ZONES (5) ORGANIZING COMMUNITY FISHERY PATROLS TO REDUCE AND DETER ILLEGAL FISHING IN AREAS OF KNOWN HIGH SEA TURTLE BYCATCH (6) CONDUCTING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN SELECT COASTAL COMMUNITIES WHERE SEA TURTLE HUMAN INTERACTIONS ARE GREATEST AND (7) ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING A REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND DATA SHARING WORKSHOP IN CAMBODIA WITH SEA TURTLE TEAMS FROM MYANMAR, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Protecting habitats for Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) threatened by.deforestation in Southern Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The recipient will produce a Cambodian Strategy & Action Plan for the conservation of the Asian elephant in Cambodia. The specific objectives of the project are to deliver a national workshop to formulate the Cambodian Elephant Strategy & Action Plan, and
Direct protection to Asia's Last Intact Elephant Corridor, Cambodia The Southern Cardamom Forest Protection Program (SCFPP) implements a direct, holistic approach to forest protection in Cambodia, providing ranger patrols which protect wild Asian elephants and their habitats from poaching and land encroachment in this landscape. The goal of this ongoing project is to achieve zero elephant poaching events, prevent forest fragmentation, and preserve continuous forest cover for elephant movement. This project will protect Asian elephants by improving ranger effectiveness through training, strengthen good governance by building strong cases and following-up with the courts on active cases; provide investigative skill development training; and create better linkages between remote villages and ranger stations to address land encroachment. SCFPP rangers will conduct daily forest patrols to effectively resolve human-elephant conflicts, operate ranger stations, and preserve the forests of the Southern Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia.
Elephant Conservation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia To provide ongoing protection and enhancement of the conservation status of wild Asian Elephants in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.
Filling research gaps and protecting nesting and foraging habitat for Cambodias threatened marine turtles. The recipient will; 1. conduct nest surveys on selected historic nesting sites and; 2. conduct education and outreach in schools and coastal communities; 3. work with FiA DFC to develop a working group that will identify and promote implementation of National Action Plan; and 4. implement safe handling and release training workshops and pilot bycatch reduction projects in collaboration with Community fisheries organizations.
DIRECT PROTECTION TO ASIA S LAST INTACT ELEPHANT CORRIDOR. In partnership with the Ministry of Environment, the Cardamom Rainforest Protection Program (CRPP) provides direct forest protection to the Southwest Elephant Corridor, Southern Cardamom National Park, Cambodia. The goals of the CRPP are to: (1) protect wild Asian elephants from snaring and prevent poaching of elephants; and (2) conserve elephant habitat and preserve continuous forest cover for elephant movement by preventing encroachment and fragmentation. This project will: (1) support four six-person ranger teams based at the Stung Proat and Chhay Areng ranger stations by funding salaries, training, equipment (such as field boots, backpacks, hammocks, and uniforms), operations, and transportation costs of each station whose rangers will conduct 47,600 km of daily forest and river patrols; (2) strengthen good governance by building strong cases, following-up with the courts on active cases, and providing legal support to the Ministry of Environment rangers responsible for law enforcement; (3) regularly liaise and provide technical guidance to central and provincial government officials regarding development and deforestation activities in the protected area; and (4) use community outreach to strengthen linkages between local communities and the ranger stations to address encroachment and provide rapid response to incidents of human-elephant conflict.
Establishing gibbon monitoring in Bokor National Park through supporting Cambodias future..conservation professionals The purpose of this proposal is to initiate a pileated gibbon monitoring program by conducting repeat surveys at 10 sites in Bokur NP. This will be done by: 1) developing a pileated gibbon monitoring protocol for Bokor NP; 2) identifying areas of high gibbon density within Bokor NP and their preferred habitat; 3) determining the feasibility of undertaking a joint approach to long term gibbon monitoring and conservation in the park with the parks major concession holder Thansur Bokor Mountain Resort and the national parks management; and 4) improving national capacity to undertake gibbon conservation.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to identify Asian elephant hotspots within the south-eastern Cardamom Mountains Landscape to inform future monitoring programs and management response, and support communities to mitigate human-elephant conflict (HEC). Grantee will, 1) Conduct fecal concentration surveys within the eastern and southern Cardamom Mountains Landscape to identify elephant hotspots, by end 2014; 2) Reduce human-elephant conflict through strengthening local management of human-elephant conflict at key sites.
Elephant conservation and capacity-building in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia: Year 9 The goal of this project is to improve the protection and conservation status of Asian elephants in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia. The main objectives of this project are to improve anti-snare capacity through applied research and a collection incentive scheme; protect elephants and habitat through targeted law enforcement and anti-snare patrols; and reduce human-elephant conflict (HEC) through implementation of a community-funded insurance scheme. Project activities include: 1) conduct anti-snare efficacy research to identify maximum return-on-investment strategies; 2) improve and re-implement snare collection incentives for anti-snare teams; 3) use remote sensing to detect forest loss and encroachment into high-priority elephant areas and inform patrol planning; 4) conduct law enforcement patrols in high priority areas; 5) review, compile, and collect data to inform design of insurance scheme; 6) conduct feasibility assessment of community-funded insurance scheme in Andong Kralong village; and 7) build capacity of Andong Kralong community to implement insurance scheme.
Northern Plains of Cambodia Pileated Gibbon Conservation Project: Phase 4 The purpose of this project is to ensure the protection of the most important gibbon sites in this landscape. This will be done by: 1) training law enforcement staff from across the Northern Plains landscape and supplying them with basic equipment; 2) training patrol staff and community monitoring rangers in SMART monitoring techniques and implementation of SMART monitoring; 3) targeting patrols to reduce threats to pileated gibbons and their habitats; 4) improving liaison with provincial and national government to improve institutional support for conservation of gibbon habitat; and 5) undertaking consultations regarding the proposed zonation of Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary and preparing the draft maps for Ministerial discussion.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to: 1) Protect elephants and resolve conflict situations, providing ranger protection to any conflict animals and guidance to local villagers; 2) Provide on-the-job training to rangers to improve anti-poaching patrols; 3) Provide wildlife law enforcement. Seize snares, traps, guns, vehicles and chainsaws. Bring perpetrators to court; 4) Increase number of cases prosecuted in court; 5) Maintain signs and demarcation posts which delineate community land and State forest to show people exactly where boundaries are located; 6) Monitor elephant habitat through daily patrols to avoid forest fires and stop encroachment on forestland.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Asian Elephants Conservation Education Through the Kouprey Express
Operation Laser Increasing cross-border cooperation to decrease the illegal trade of rhinos and tigers throughout the Mekong Region "The purpose of this project is to decrease the illegal trade of tiger and rhino horn specimens throughout the Mekong region of Southeast Asia. This will be done by: (1) increasing information sharing between the governments of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and China with regards to rhino horn and tiger trade routes, suspect profiles, and specific smuggling methods at specific border.crossings; and (2) improving performance of Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao PDR and Chinese law enforcement officers in identifying and arresting high-level tiger and rhino horn traffickers...Specifically this will be done by: (1) facilitating bilateral and multilateral Special Investigation Group meetings that enable information sharing, joint training and planning among key rhino and tiger source, transit and consumer countries in the Mekong region; (2) training and equipping investigators to pursue cases and develop regional enforcement capacity; (3) providing on-the-ground training, mentoring and tip-off support, where requested, to government investigators (only in Thailand, not in Vietnam, China, Cambodia or Lao PDR); and (4) following major cases until their successful conclusion.."
Wildife Without Borders-Critically Endangered Animals This project will attempt to double the wild population of Siamese crocodiles by 2017 and to leverage the species as a flagship for conserving threatened rivers and wetlands in Cambodia. Specific activities include: (1) enhancing the viability of wild populations through restocking at least one additional wetland under the National Crocodile Re-Introduction and Reinforcement Strategy and Action Plan by 2015; (2) strengthening community management of crocodile sanctuaries established under precious CEACF support, and developing management plans for at least two new sanctuaries; (3) increasing awareness so that at least 10% of Cambodians are aware that the Siamese crocodile is indigenous, rare, and protected by law, to be accomplished through surveys of the public, an enhanced education program at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre aimed at reaching 50,000 people per year, and frequent features on crocodiles and this project in various forms of media; (4) monitoring the crocodile population and disseminating project methods, results, and impacts to benefit further conservation planning in Cambodia and throughout the species range.
DIRECT PROTECTION TO ASIA S LAST INTACT ELEPHANT CORRIDOR. In partnership with the Ministry of Environment, the Cardamom Rainforest Protection.Program (CRPP) provides direct forest protection to the Southwest Elephant Corridor, Southern.Cardamom National Park, Cambodia. The goals of the CRPP are to: (1) protect wild Asian elephants.from snaring and prevent poaching of elephants; and (2) conserve elephant habitat and preserve.continuous forest cover for elephant movement by preventing encroachment and fragmentation. This.project will: (1) support four six-person ranger teams based at the Stung Proat and Chhay Areng ranger.stations by funding salaries, training, equipment (such as field boots, backpacks, hammocks, and.uniforms), operations, and transportation costs of each station whose rangers will conduct 47,600 km of.daily forest and river patrols; (2) strengthen good governance by building strong cases, following-up with.the courts on active cases, and providing legal support to the Ministry of Environment rangers responsible.for law enforcement; (3) regularly liaise and provide technical guidance to central and provincial.government officials regarding development and deforestation activities in the protected area; and (4) use.community outreach to strengthen linkages between local communities and the ranger stations to address.encroachment and provide rapid response to incidents of human-elephant conflict.
Wildlife Without Borders-Eurasia "The purpose of this project is to decrease the illegal trade of tiger and rhino horn specimens throughout the Mekong region of Southeast Asia. This will be done by: (1) increasing information sharing between the governments of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and China with regards to rhino horn and tiger trade routes, suspect profiles, and specific smuggling methods at specific border.crossings; and (2) improving performance of Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao PDR and Chinese law enforcement officers in identifying and arresting high-level tiger and rhino horn traffickers...Specifically this will be done by: (1) facilitating bilateral and multilateral Special Investigation Group meetings that enable information sharing, joint training and planning among key rhino and tiger source, transit and consumer countries in the Mekong region; (2) training and equipping investigators to pursue cases and develop regional enforcement capacity; (3) providing on-the-ground training, mentoring and tip-off support, where requested, to government investigators (only in Thailand, not in Vietnam, China, Cambodia or Lao PDR); and (4) following major cases until their successful conclusion.."
Wildife Without Borders - Critically Endangered Animals Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Programme: Saving the critically endangered Siamese crocodile.
Protecting habitats for Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) threatened by..deforestation in Southern Mondulkiri, Cambodia The purpose of this project is to continue a focused enforcement program combined with law enforcement monitoring using state of the art tools to secure the long term conservation of the worlds largest known population of yellow-cheeked crested gibbons. This will be done by: (1) continuing operation of six ranger teams assigned one each to six ranger stations throughout the Protected Forest plus one additional mobile intervention squad based out of the Keo Seima base camp; (2) monitoring changes in forest cover and land use change through visual comparison of recent Landsat 7 imagery; and (3) improving the capacity of protection staff to implement law enforcement through presentation of two back to back 10-day training courses each involving two Forestry Administration patrol leaders and 12 law enforcement team members.