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First Meeting of the Pangolin Range States This grant provides funding for the Humane Society of the United States / Humane Society International (HSUS/HSI) to plan, organize, and manage a workshop in collaboration with the Government of Vietnam in order to facilitate international cooperation on pangolin conservation. This workshop will provide a venue for pangolin range countries and governmental wildlife and enforcement agencies, non-governmental organizations and pangolin experts to present and discuss the latest pangolin population and international trade information in order to respond to CITES-prescribed calls for information and action. In addition, the workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to develop a unified action plan to protect pangolin species against over-exploitation as a result of international trade. The Government of Vietnam has offered to collaborate on organization of the workshop, and therefore the workshop will be held in Vietnam. Participation of the Asian and African Range countries and species experts is critically needed to meet the workshop objectives to ensure international cooperation from all stakeholders working for pangolin conservation. This project will be conducted as described in the HSUS/HSI grant proposal. The project consists of a series of activities that will occur over the course of approximately 3.5 months and that can be divided into three periods: pre-meeting, during the meeting, and post-meeting..Pre-meeting: During the nine-week period before the meeting HSUS/HSI will: facilitate regular meetings between the governments of Viet Nam and the United States of America, act as a liaison between the two countries on all matters related to the workshop, prepare materials for consideration and approval by both governments, launch and maintain an online registration site for participants, arrange for French and Vietnamese translation of relevant materials, receive and evaluate information and materials from the conference organizing company appointed
Rhino horn demand reduction in Viet Nam The purpose of this proposal is to engage university students, school children and the Vietnam Womens Association (VMU) in demand reduction campaigns in Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Nha Trang and Can Tho. This would be done by: (1) delivering two-hour rhino conservation presentations to a minimum of 250 students at five universities in each municipality and accompanying those presentations with distribution of rhino conservation education materials; (2) inviting students to submit their rhino horn demand reduction campaign ideas to the CITES Management Authority of Viet Nam (CMAVN), having the CMA VN and HSI judge those ideas and award prizes and support for implementation of the best idea; (3) visiting (that is HSI and the CMA VN) at least five primary schools, reaching a minimum of 3,000 children, with their demand reduction campaign message in each municipality and distributing rhino conservation educational materials; (4) working with the teachers in the schools to have the parents complete a survey about the impact of the rhino school visits on people in each childs circle of family and friends; (5) inviting some of the teachers and students to participate in the second and third national stakeholder workshops in 2014 and 2015 respectively to explain what they learned about rhinos through the campaign; (6) holding rhino conservation awareness workshops with a minimum of fifty representatives from the local womens associations (VMU) in each municipality; (7) ensuring presentations to the VMU groups are accompanied by distribution of rhino conservation education materials; and (9) engaging the Viet Nam and international press at relevant times during this work in order to spread the campaign message as widely as possible.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Extending ASEAN wildlife forensics capacity to Viet Nam
Building Local, National and International Knowledge & Cooperation to Support Ongoing Conservation of the Critically Endangered Western Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor) in Vietnam The project goals are to improve transboundary cooperation for gibbon conservation, support the operationalizing of the conservation action plan in Vietnam, which includes filling gaps in existing knowledge of the N. concolor ecology, and replicate the sustainable finance mechanism already developed with support from USFWS to additional sites within this landscape.
Community-based habitat preservation for the Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon within Vietnam's Bu Gia Map National Park The purpose of this project is to maintain the habitats of the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon within the Bu Gia Map National Park by changing local peoples attitudes regarding wildfire prevention and suppression. This will be done by: 1. continuing to improve the relationships between communities and forest rangers as a way to prevent wildfire in Bu Gia Map National Park; 2. training at least 50% of local people to effectively manage fire inside the parks forests; 3. training at least eighty percent of the households residing near the parks forests to understand the risk of wildfire and how to suppress fires; 4. regularly monitoring the most flammable sites in the park to prevent wildfire during the dry season; 5. and equipping the most flammable areas in the park with signboards to help local people prevent wildfires.
Great Apes Conservation Fund "The purpose of this proposal is to reduce anthropogenic resource extraction from the Muong La Watershed Area and Mu Cang Chai Species Habitat Conservation Area to halt habitat loss and stabilize the western black crested gibbon population..This will be done by strengthening community-based protection of the gibbons and their habitat; strengthening enforcement of the national firearm decree to curtail illegal hunting; and constructing a forest conservation station to allow more strategic patrolling. Specifically this project will include: 1) scaling up patrolling coverage by recruiting additional community members for the Muong La Community Conservation Teams; 2) providing equipment for Community Conservation Teams; 3) hosting SMART conservation software refresher training; 4) establishing a bimonthly SMART meeting to improve CCT patrol efficacy; 5) adapting the MAC (Management Advisory Committee) funding model from Mu Cang Chai to fund a MAC in Muong La; 6) hosting a firearm confiscation drive as called for in the Muong La Species Conservation Action Plan (village meetings and firearm confiscation drives will be funded in ten key villages); and 7) constructing a field station in Mu Cang Chai to enable strategic patrolling from the core zone of the Species Habitat Conservation Area. ."
COMMUNITY BASED MARINE TURTLE NESTING BEACH CONSERVATION AND BYCATCH REDUCTION IN VIET NAM (2021-2026) The purpose of this project is to conduct community-based sea turtle conservation programs along select coastal provinces and communities where nesting still occurs and to work with communities and fisherman to reduce bycatch. The intention of this project is to protect nests and nesting females from poaching. Activities include: 1. conducting community-based surveys to protect nests along 70 km of nesting beaches in six provinces as well as working with fishermen to safely release sea turtles accidently captured in coastal fisheries; 2. recruiting, training, and fielding approximately 25 volunteers to support rangers at Con Dao National Park to patrol remote beaches and protect approximately 1,000 green turtle nests and 250 nesting females; 3. work with Vietnamese government to facilitate implementation of the National Conservation Action Plan for marine turtles and; 4. conducting outreach and education activities with communities, fisherman and more broadly the Vietnamese public.
Strengthening consrevation of Yellow-cheeked crested gibbon and other endangered wildlife in the Southern Annamites Western Slopes landscape This grant will: (a) identify key trade routes for wildlife, timber and other forest products flowing from Seima and the wider landscape in Vietnam towards Vietnamese markets; (b) identify key sites with remaining populations of yellow-cheeked crested gibbon and other endangered wildlife in the southern Annamites western slopes landscape in Vietnam; (c) create accurate, up-to-date land cover maps of the southern Annamites western slopes landscape; and (d) assess wildlife protection and crime prevention capacity in the southern Annamites western slopes landscape.....Specifically, the Recipient will: (1) produce, through GIS analysis, the first accurate map of land cover, land management units, transport infrastructure for areas adjacent to Seima Protected Forest and Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary; (2) carry out biological field surveys to identify key sites across the Southern Annamites Western Slopes landscape for Yellow-cheeked Gibbons and other key species (i.e. tiger prey, elephant, doucs); (3) assess enforcement capacity and effectiveness in Binh Phuoc and Dak Nong province including a training needs assessment, a review of inter-agency cooperation, a collation of provincial legislation on wildlife conservation/wildlife crimes, and a review of enforcement effort in key enforcement agencies; and (4) carry out interview surveys with local people and government staff to identify key trade routes for wildlife, timber and other forest products flowing from Cambodia into Vietnam.
Building Local, National and International Knowledge & Cooperation to Support Ongoing Conservation of the Critically Endangered Western Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor) in Vietnam (1) Expand Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) finance model for community-based conservation into new villages, with a focus on Muong La Nature Reserve (MLNR), (2) Further improve community-based gibbon monitoring capacity, with the specific intention of furthering knowledge on gibbon feeding ecology, habitat and occupancy, (3) Build an effective and active transboundary coalition of practitioners to share data, lessons and best practices, to measurably improve gibbon conservation outcomes, and, (4) Begin implementation of the Species Action Plan in Vietnam..
Taking Action to Combat the Illegal Trade of Marine Turtles in Viet Nam The project proposed herein is aimed at supporting capacity building and implementation efforts from within the government and connecting the supporting NGOs more directly at the outset of the action plan.
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Building political support and enforcement capacity towards eliminating the trade in.Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbons and other endangered species in South Vietnam
Building political support and enforcement capacity towards eliminating the trade in..Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbons and other endangered species in South Vietnam This grant will build political will and institutional capacity for the successful implementation of enforcement campaigns aimed at eliminating the illegal trade in yellow-cheeked crested gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae) and other endangered species in Southern Vietnam. The Recipient will do this by: (a) increasing the capacity of the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department and Environmental Police in response, strategic enforcement operations and case investigations relating to the illegal wildlife trade; (b) improving methods and formalizing systems for the ongoing monitoring of illegal consumption of wildlife in retail establishments; (c) supporting the development of a local volunteer group Action for Wildlife Organization; and (d) building political will in the HCMC metropolitan area for wildlife crime enforcement operations, resulting prosecutions and placement of confiscated wildlife, through collaboration on a high-level political communication campaign.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Strengthening consrevation of Yellow-cheeked crested gibbon and other endangered wildlife in the Southern Annamites Western Slopes landscape
Conservation of the Critically Endangered eastern black crested (Cao Vit) gibbon at Trung Khanh, North Vietnam The project will accomplish the following objectives to help conserve endangered Cao Vit gibbons: (1) Minimize human impacts on Cao Vit gibbon habitat through community engagement and empowerment, with 50% of local community members expected to be engaged with Cao Vit gibbon habitat conservation by the end of the project period; (2) Enhance law enforcement capacity of protected area, with 100% of protected area managers and Community Conservation Team members having improved knowledge with which to address illegal activities in Cao Vit gibbon habitat; and, (3) By the end of the project period the current and potential habitat of the Cao Vit gibbon is known, mapped, and capacity is in place to maintain data for future use.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Assessment of conservation status and strengthening conservation of Yellow-cheeked crested gibbon and other primates in Southeastern Slopes of the Da Lat Plateau, Vietnam.
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to better protect the habitats of the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon within the Bu Gia Map National Park by limiting the impacts of local people on the core zone of the park and by increasing the incomes of these people by creating benefit sharing mechanisms within the park. This will be done by: 1) conducting focus groups involving local people to identify target species that are normally collected by local people as non-timber forest products; 2) creating a map of the areas that can be harvested without disturbing the gibbons or damaging their habitats; 3) conducting line transect surveys of the harvestable species; 4) preparing permanent plots for use in estimating the growth rates of target harvestable species within the selected areas so the park mangers can then determine the amount of non-timber forest products that can be harvested by the people to ensure sustainability; 5) formalizing agreements on access to park areas by local people for the purpose of benefit sharing; 6) creating non-timber forest management councils that will cooperate with park mangers to control and monitor local peoples activities within the park; and 7) using sign boards to create borders between the preferred habitats of the gibbons and harvestable areas.
COMBATING THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE IN TORTOISES AND FRESHWATER TURTLES IN VIETNAM Funds under this award are to be used for 1) undertaking a needs assessment and review of illegal TFT confiscations in Vietnam;.(2) developing clear guidelines on rescue of confiscated animals, placement and release options for native and non-native TFT.species in the wildlife trade in Vietnam; (3) improving enforcement capacity of wildlife protection agencies in Vietnam through.training and resource development; (4) augmenting the DNA database of endangered turtles in Vietnam with good locality data;.(5) developing a protocol (using DNA barcoding) to identify turtles in the illegal trade and their geographic origins to aid in.enforcement, monitoring of farms, and releases of confiscated animals.
Wildife Without Borders-Critically Endangered Animals This project will reduce poaching and illegal habitat destruction of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (TSNM) by focusing on improving forest management by local authorities and communities. Specific activities include: (1) providing direct protection from hunting and trade of the resident population of the TSNM through a gun confiscation program, an assessment of wildlife traders and trade routes, and support of community-based patrolling in Quan Ba; (2) reducing anthropogenic pressure on the TSNM population and their habitat by identifying hotspots of habitat conversion through remote sensing, mapping the extent of Lysimachia and cardamom cultivation, and developing an action plan for reduced impact Lysimachia and cardamom cultivation.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Analyzing trade dynamics and raising political awareness and commitment to eliminate the illegal trade in Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor) and other endangered species in Southern Vietnam
Great Apes Conservation Fund Building political support and enforcement capacity towards eliminating the trade in.Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbons and other endangered species in South Vietnam
COMBATING THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE IN TORTOISES AND FRESHWATER TURTLES IN VIETNAM Freshwater turtles and tortoises (TFTs) are highly traded, contributing to serious declines: of the 356 species of TFTs and marine turtles recognized globally, 61% are threatened with extinction. Despite establishing legal protections for 30 native species of turtles, TFT trafficking in Vietnam remains a serious threat to the survival of these species. The purpose of this project is to improve the protection of highly threatened TFT species in Vietnam through increasing the effectiveness in identifying origins and legal status of individual animals. Specific activities of this two-year grant include: (1) undertaking a needs assessment and review of illegal TFT confiscations in Vietnam; (2) developing clear guidelines on rescue of confiscated animals, placement and release options for native and non-native TFT species in the wildlife trade in Vietnam; (3) improving enforcement capacity of wildlife protection agencies in Vietnam through training and resource development; (4) augmenting the DNA database of endangered turtles in Vietnam with good locality data; (5) developing a protocol (using DNA barcoding) to identify turtles in the illegal trade and their geographic origins to aid in enforcement, monitoring of farms, and releases of confiscated animals.
CONSERVATION OF PRIORITY TORTOISE AND FRESHWATER TURTLE SPECIES IN VIETNAM THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO HELP CONSERVE SEVEN OF THE WORLD S MOST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES, ONE OF WHICH IS SWINHOE S SOFTSHELL TURTLE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) SECURING A BREEDING GROUP FOR THE SWINHOE S SOFTSHELL TURTLE WITH ONLY THREE KNOWN LIVING ANIMALS, TWO IN THE WILD AND ONE IN A ZOO IN CHINA (2) PROMOTING CONSERVATION OF THE INDOCHINESE BOX TURTLE IN PUMAT NATIONAL PARK (3) BOLSTERING A POPULATION OF BOURRET S BOX TURTLE THROUGH REINTRODUCTION (4) INITIATING STEPS TO CREATE AN EXPANDED PROTECTED AREA FOR THE SOUTHERN VIETNAMESE BOX TURTLE (5) WORKING TO REESTABLISH A WILD POPULATION OF THE ENDEMIC VIETNAMESE POND TURTLE (6) DETERMINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ZHOU S BOX TURTLE IN NORTHERN VIETNAM, WHICH IS ONLY KNOWN FROM ONE CAPTIVE SPECIMEN (7) IDENTIFYING NESTING SITES FOR THE ASIAN GIANT SOFTSHELL TURTLE IN SEKONG RIVER BASIN, LAO PDR.
Using mobile smartphones to monitor gibbons (Hylobatidae) and poaching in Vietnam In this project, the aim is to use mobile smartphones to monitor gunshots and gibbon populations in several protected areas (PA) of Vietnam. Project objectives are as follows: (1) To apply mobile smartphones to survey and monitor gibbon populations; (2) To apply mobile smartphones to monitor hunting activities in selected PAs; and (3) To train the protected area staff and rangers to use mobile smartphones in monitoring wildlife populations and hunting activities.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Strengthening Community-based Protection and Species Monitoring to conserve the Western Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor) in Northern Vietnam
Addressing supply-side trade and habitat degradation to conserve the Critically endangered Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey in Quan Ba, Vietnam This project will reduce poaching and illegal habitat destruction of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (TSNM) by focusing on improving forest management by local authorities and communities. Specific activities include: (1) providing direct protection from hunting and trade of the resident population of the TSNM through a gun confiscation program, an assessment of wildlife traders and trade routes, and support of community-based patrolling in Quan Ba; (2) reducing anthropogenic pressure on the TSNM population and their habitat by identifying hotspots of habitat conversion through remote sensing, mapping the extent of Lysimachia and cardamom cultivation, and developing an action plan for reduced impact Lysimachia and cardamom cultivation.
Decreasing anthropogenic disturbance in the Cao Vit Gibbon Conservation Area The purpose of this project is to assure the survival of the last remaining population of Cao Vit gibbons by reducing anthropogenic disturbance within the Cao Vit Gibbon Conservation Area. This will be done by: 1) replacing 9 wooden water wheels with steel water wheels in the 3 communes around the CVGCA; 2) presenting a training course on the sustainable harvesting of fuel wood for the 3 communes around the protected area; 3) conducting a village training course on cultivation of elephant grass and providing seedlings and fertilizer to introduce the plant to all three communes around the protected area; 4) conducting a goat buy-back scheme; 5) erecting 10 new and repairing 10 old protected area boundary markers; 6) constructing livestock exclusion fences on the protected area boundary at the most commonly used access points; 7) repairing 3 existing gibbon information boards and erecting 3 new ones in local villages; and 8) producing and distributing to local communes 1000 calendars using photographs of the Cao Vit gibbon and project activities.
Strengthening enforcement capacity and regulations towards eliminating the trade in Yellowcheeked..Crested Gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae) and other endangered species in Southern..Vietnam "The purpose of this proposal is to disrupt and dismantle the networks trading yellow-cheeked crested gibbons and other endangered species in the Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area. This will be done by: 1) strengthening enforcement on wildlife crimes in the Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area (i.e. increased number of crimes/violations detected, people arrested and prosecuted, and increased revenue from fines); 2) strengthening regulation and management of private zoos and living collections of endangered wildlife in Vietnam; 3) generating intelligence and information for monitoring key wildlife networks, individuals and scale of their operation in the Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area; and 4) strengthening capacity of frontline enforcement officers (forest protection department, police, border security and customs) in the detection and prevention of wildlife crimes...Specifically, this will be done by: 1) enhancing and upgrading the web-based www.giamdinhloai.vn platform to provide increased specimen identification, legal support and public reports to frontline enforcement officers; 2) collaborating with the CITES MA to develop plans on strengthening management and regulation of private zoos and living collections of wildlife in Vietnam (including hosting a meeting of local government agencies, zoos and collectors to develop suggestions for improvement of policies and regulations to be shared with relevant ministries); and 3) refining, focusing and formalizing successful survey methodologies on illegal consumption of wildlife to create a monitoring system for wildlife consumption and law enforcement..."
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Strengthening Community-based Protection and Species Monitoring to conserve the Western Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor) in Northern Vietnam
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Strengthening consrevation of Yellow-cheeked crested gibbon and other endangered wildlife in the Southern Annamites Western Slopes landscape
Great Apes Conservation Fund Decreasing anthropogenic disturbance in the Cao Vit Gibbon Conservation Area
Tackling the Illegal Trade of Marine Turtles in Vietnam (1) conducting rapid assessment of 100-125 fishing port facilities; (2) carrying out follow- up field investigations based on rapid assessments; (3) expanding a consumer crime reduction campaign including addressing crimes reported by the public via ENVs Wildlife Crime Hotline; (4) collaborating with government officials to strengthen legislation protecting turtles; (5) implementing anti-trafficking measures within the National Marine Turtle Action Plan; and (6) developing awareness campaigns to reduce green turtle egg harvesting on Con Dao Island.