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Rapid Nesting and Threats Assessments for the Recovery of Hawksbill Nesting in the Gulf of Thailand The purpose of this project is to identify remnant hawksbill nesting population along 500 km of Thailand coast in which to establish community based conservation programs. The intent of this project is to protect hawksbill nests and nesting females from poaching. Activities include: Year 1; (1) Synthesize all reported hawksbill nesting within past 5 years; (2) visit communities where nesting has been reported to confirm recent or current nesting and threats through interviews and conducting night time surveys; (3) during community visits document presence and sale of hawksbill shell and other sea turtle products; and (4) support 4 Thai representatives to participate in regional training workshop in Cambodia on sea turtle biology and conservation methods. Year 2: (1) conduct capacity building and training workshop for 16 participants from four Thai Provinces and additional representatives from Thai Navy and Dept. of Marine and Coastal Resources that are or will be involved in on ground nesting beach conservation projects.
REPLACEMENT AWARDS FOR FY2019 - LAR GIBBON PROTECTION IN THAILAND'S WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX The purpose of this project is to protect and potentially increase the population of lar gibbon in the.Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary (HKK). The improved patrol system in Thailand is called.Smart Patrols and refers to a system of patrols that have the following characteristics: they are well-equipped with proper uniforms, high-quality field gear and good rations; they are well trained in.physical fitness, ways to handle arrests and other encounters in the field and Thai law around ranger.patrols; they collect data on threats, patrol routes and wildlife in a systematic fashion (using software.such as MIST and its successor SMART-Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) and use this.information in an adaptive management framework; patrolling happens at a high density over time.and geographic space to ensure both deterrence, detection and capacity to respond to threats. Project.objects are to, (1) maintain the Smart patrol system in Huai Kha Khaeng to the current intensity and.coverage, and (2) implement a gibbon monitoring system in HKK where threats have been recorded.
Extending a multifaceted tiger conservation approach from Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary to Thung Yai East Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand The purpose of this project is to combine management, monitoring and applied research activities developed in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary (HKK) to a portion of the Thung Yai East Wildlife Sanctuary (TYE), in order to increase the number and distribution of tigers in TYE in areas where tigers and tiger prey density is below carrying capacity due to human activities. Increased patrolling, camera trapping, radio collaring of female tigers and subadult young, and local participation in patrolling will be part of a coordinated effort to better understand why tigers and prey abundance are low in areas where they should occur at higher densities.
Wildlife Without Borders-Eurasia The purpose of this project is to promote police-led cross-border intelligence sharing between governments on wildlife trafficking particularly tigers and rhinos and thereby increasing successful arrests of high-level traders. This will be done by supporting initiation of a dedicated law enforcement and intelligence analysis unit the LEEO (Law Enforcement Extension Office) and providing essential equipment, hiring an intelligence analyst to work with a seconded, dedicated Royal Thai Police (RTP) officer; having that RTP officer collect, analyze, develop and distribute information/intelligence as needed among the ASEAN WEN countries; providing expert guidance to those countries; and developing streamlined and effective training and networking events.
Understanding Elephant Behavior: A Novel Approach to Mitigating Human/Elephant Conflict in Kanchanaburi, Thailand This two-year project undertakes a novel study that will identify individual differences in wild Asian elephant behavior and construct a personality profile for crop-raiding elephants in Salakapra Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Comparative elephant behavioral will be collected from watchtowers on the border of the protected area (PA) and adjacent crop fields, and at watering holes as elephants prepare to raid crops, are raiding or human-elephant conflict (HEC), or are safely inside the PA. Food-rewarding puzzle boxes will be installed at watering holes in the PA to observe how differences in elephant behavior and personality are exhibited in a task requiring innovation and problem-solving. These behavioral data will inform the development of a behavioral/personality profile of crop-raiding elephants. If dominance, aggression, affiliation, innovation, problem-solving, emotional state, and risk aversion can be correlated with propensity to crop-raid new non-fear-based HEC mitigation strategies can be developed. This work has important implications for understanding why certain elephants crop raid, and how mitigation strategies can account for elephant needs and behavior and change their decision-making. Ultimately, this project will work to prevent HEC before it begins ensuring that mitigation strategies are long-term rather than temporary fixes to a growing problem.
Piloting Systems of Intelligence-Led Wildlife Crime Prevention in the Southeastern Western Forest Complex Thailand Piloting Systems of Intelligence-Led Wildlife Crime Prevention in the Southeastern Western Forest Complex Thailand
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Elephant Protection and Distribution Monitoring in the Western Forest Complex, Thailand
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Sustaining Wildlife Guardians in Thailands Forgotten Park
Activating a Permanent Law Enforcement Extension Office for the ASEAN-WEN The purpose of this project is to promote police-led cross-border intelligence sharing between governments on wildlife trafficking particularly tigers and rhinos and thereby increasing successful arrests of high-level traders. This will be done by supporting initiation of a dedicated law enforcement and intelligence analysis unit the LEEO (Law Enforcement Extension Office) and providing essential equipment, hiring an intelligence analyst to work with a seconded, dedicated Royal Thai Police (RTP) officer; having that RTP officer collect, analyze, develop and distribute information/intelligence as needed among the ASEAN WEN countries; providing expert guidance to those countries; and developing streamlined and effective training and networking events.
Protecting Asian elephants through the integration of ecological research and conflict mitigation in the Salakpra Conservation Landscape, Thailand Protecting Asian elephants through the integration of ecological research and conflict mitigation in the Salakpra Conservation Landscape, Thailand
Asian Elephant Postal Grant-Species Conservation Grant The Effect of Habitat Fragmentation on the Genetic Variation and Gene Flow among Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Populations along the Tenasserim Range
Elephant conservation and education campaigns in the Western Forest Complex and capacity Strengthening of future protected area managers, Thailand, Year 8-10 The purpose of this project is to maintain the Smart patrol system in Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary (TYW) at its current intensity and coverage, to build a volunteer network in Huai Kha Khaeng (HKK) from existing volunteer groups and conservation clubs, and train undergraduate wildlife students from Kasetsart University on SMART patrol and wildlife monitoring techniques in HKK. Project activities will include: 1) conduct follow-up monitoring with 18 patrol teams in TYW by providing technical support, refresher training, equipment, and patrol rations; 2) entry, review, and analysis of patrol data into the SMART database; 3) prepare and distribute monthly SMART reports; and 4) build a volunteer network by selecting a group of 40 volunteers, including local school teachers, NGOs, and Thai university students to participate in a 5-day wildlife conservation workshop at HKK; 5) train 30 undergraduate students to receive 20 days of SMART patrol and monitoring techniques in HKK. This project will contribute to the protection and increase of the wild population of Asian elephants in Thailands Western Forest Complex, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site. ..This award is provisionally approved for three phases or years funding, with each phase or year's funding dependent upon performance and financial management of the previous phase or year, meeting technical and financial reporting requirements, and availability of ASECF funds.
REDUCING DEMAND FOR PANGOLINS THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL MARKETING THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING FROM PANGOLIN RANGE STATES IN AFRICA AND ASIA TO CHINA, BY LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR REDUCING CONSUMER DEMAND FOR PANGOLIN IN THREE CHINESE PROVINCES IDENTIFIED AS BEING MAJOR HUBS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ILLEGALLY TRADED WILDLIFE. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE ALL EIGHT SPECIES OF PANGOLIN BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER DEMAND IN CHINA WHICH DRIVES POACHING AND TRAFFICKING IN PANGOLIN RANGE STATES. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 SELECTING PRECISE BEHAVIOURS TO CHANGE 2 IDENTIFYING BARRIERS AND BENEFITS TO DESIRED BEHAVIOURS 3 DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO CHANGE BEHAVIOURS 4 PILOTING THE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE STRATEGIES AND 5 BROAD-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION.THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS CHANGED TO SHIFT PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FROM CHINA TO THAILAND IN SPRING 2020. THE SHIFT TO THAILAND WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE RECIPIENT BEING UNABLE TO REGISTER TO LEGALLY OPERATE IN CHINA DUE TO NEW LAWS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE AFTER THE GRANT WASAWARDED. THE RECIPIENT WILL CARRY OUT THE ORIGINAL ACTIVITIES IN THAILAND WITH A CONTINUED FOCUS ON THE SAME TARGET POPULATION CONSUMERS OF PANGOLIN PRODUCTS . CARRYING OUT THIS WORK IN THAILAND IS PART OF THE RECIPIENT S EXISTING PROGRAM STRATEGY IN THAILAND AND THE RECIPIENT IS ALREADY CARRYING OUT SIMILAR, ONGOING ACTIVITIES.
Forward together - Developing a network of wildlife guardians in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Thailand Forward together - Developing a network of wildlife guardians in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Thailand
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Tiger Protection and Population Monitoring in the Kaeng Krachan National Park, Tenasserim Western Forest Complex, Thailand
Elephant conservation and education campaigns and capacity strengthening of future protected area managers in the Western Forest Complex, Thailand - Year 7 The purpose of this project is to maintain the SMART patrol system in Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary (TYW) at its current intensity and coverage and to build a volunteer network in Huai Kha Khaeng (HKK) from existing volunteer groups and university conservation clubs. Project activities will include: 1) conduct follow-up monitoring with 17 patrol teams in TYW by providing technical support, refresher training, equipment, and patrol rations; 2) entry, review, and analysis of patrol data into the SMART database; 3) prepare and distribute monthly SMART reports; and 4) build a volunteer network by selecting a group of 40 volunteers, including local school teachers, NGOs, and Thai university students to participate in a 5-day wildlife conservation workshop at HKK. This project will contribute to the protection and increase of the wild population of Asian elephants in Thailands Western Forest Complex, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.
REPLACEMENT AWARDS FOR FY2019 - LAR GIBBON PROTECTION IN THAILAND'S WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX The purpose of this project is to protect and potentially increase the population of lar gibbon in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary (HKK).
RECOVERING OF TIGERS THROUGH SMART PATROL, CONSERVATION EDUCATION, AND LONG-TERM POPULATION MONITORING IN THE WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND: SAVING THE TIGERS YEAR 13-15 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO: (1) STRENGTHEN THE SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL (SMART) PATROL SYSTEM IN THUNG YAI WEST WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (TYW) THROUGH TRAINING, MORALE BOOSTING SUPPORT, AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE (2) STRENGTHEN THE CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN LOCAL SCHOOLS (3) MONITOR TIGERS AND THEIR PREY IN TYW AS INDICATORS OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESS AND (4) TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE WILDLIFE STUDENTS FROM KASETSART UNIVERSITY ON SMART PATROL AND WILDLIFE MONITORING TECHNIQUES.
Conserving the critical Asian elephant population of Thailands Kaeng Krachan National Park through improved law enforcement and improved human-elephant conflict mitigation Objective 1) To strengthen site-based intelligence investigation unit for KKNP by strengthening the use of SMART PROFILE 2) To maintain protection for elephants and elephant habitats in KKNP by maintain law enforcement monitoring (LEM) work using SMART to help enhance effectiveness of the park protection, 3) To reduce humanelephant conflict by promoting standard mitigation methods with monitoring the effectiveness of those methods and continuing HEC monitoring to examine temporal and spatial changes in elephant crop-raiding behavior, 4) To expand elephant conservation education in the area and to promote the HEC mitigation scheme in order to improve cooperation among park staff, local communities and other stakeholders.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Developing a Human-Elephant Co-Existence (HECx) Training Programme for Thailand based on ZOO-Indias Getting along with Elephants Model
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Tiger Protection and Population Monitoring in the Kaeng Krachan National Park, Tenasserim Western Forest Complex, Thailand
Conserving the Critical Asian Elephant Population of Thailands Kaeng Krachan National Park through Improved Law Enforcement and Improved Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation 1) monitor an intelligence-investigation unit in KKNP by providing technical support, training, equipment, and travel costs; 2) provide refresher training and support for ground-based patrolling inside KKNP, including technical help with patrol planning, and SMART data analysis; 3) reduce HEC by promoting standard mitigation methods, monitoring effectiveness, and monitoring temporal and spatial changes in elephant crop-raiding behavior; and 4) conduct outreach activities in local communities to raise awareness of wildlife conservation issues.
THE COMEBACK OF THE INDOCHINESE TIGER IN THAILAND'S DONG PHAYAYEN FOREST COMPLEX AND BEYOND, SAFEGUARDING A RECOVERY POPULATION OF INDOCHINESE TIGERS AND REESTABLISHING ITS WIDER HISTORICAL RANGE The purpose of this project is to solidify the recovery of tigers in Thailand's Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) Forest Complex.and secure the dispersal to connected environs including Bantaey Chhmar Protected Landscape (BCPL) in Cambodia. Project.objectives are as follows: (1) Improve strategic enforcement in DPKY and BCPL; (2) Expand monitoring to increase.understanding of tiger population dynamics and dispersal to connected habitat; and (3) Expand wider support for the conservation.of tigers, prey and biodiversity in DPKY, BCPL and the Dangrak ecological corridor.
Elephant conservation and education campaigns in the Western Forest Complex and capacity Strengthening of future protected area managers, Thailand, Year 8-10 Elephant conservation and education campaigns in the Western Forest Complex and capacity Strengthening of future protected area managers, Thailand Year 8-10
Understanding Elephant Behavior: A Novel Approach to Mitigating Human/Elephant Conflict in Kanchanaburi, Thailand To better understand individual differences in elephant behavior and personality within and across elephant groups and its impact on crop-raiding behavior in and around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi.
RECOVERING OF TIGERS THROUGH SMART PATROL, CONSERVATION EDUCATION, AND LONG-TERM POPULATION MONITORING IN THE WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND: SAVING THE TIGERS YEAR 13-15 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO (1) STRENGTHEN THE SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL (SMART) PATROL SYSTEM IN THUNG YAI WEST WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (TYW) THROUGH TRAINING, MORALE BOOSTING SUPPORT, AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE (2) STRENGTHEN THE CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN LOCAL SCHOOLS (3) MONITOR TIGERS AND THEIR PREY IN TYW AS INDICATORS OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESS AND (4) TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE WILDLIFE STUDENTS FROM KASETSART UNIVERSITY ON SMART PATROL AND WILDLIFE MONITORING TECHNIQUES.
CONSERVING THE CRITICAL ASIAN ELEPHANT POPULATIONS OF HUAI KHA KHAENG AND KAENG KRACHAN WORLD HERITAGE SITES THROUGH IMPROVED SMART PATROL AND HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT MITIGATION, YEAR 16-18. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO RECOVER ASIAN ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND S WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX LANDSCAPE THROUGH EFFECTIVE PROTECTION AND COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) MITIGATION IN WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF HUAI KHA KHAENG NATIONAL PARK (HKK) AND KAENG KRACHAN NATIONAL PARK (KKNP). PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO: (1) STRENGTHEN THE SMART (SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL) PATROL SYSTEM IN HKK AND KKNP THROUGH TRAINING, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE (2) REDUCE HEC BY PROMOTING STANDARD MITIGATION METHODS ALONG WITH MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE METHODS TO EXAMINE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES IN ELEPHANT CROP-RAIDING BEHAVIOR (3) ESTIMATE ELEPHANT POPULATION SIZE IN HKK AND KKNP AND (4) EXPAND CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE ELEPHANT CONSERVATION AND HEC MITIGATION SCHEMES TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND IMPROVE COOPERATION AMONG PARK STAFF, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES ARE TO: (1) CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP MONITORING WITH 43 PATROL TEAMS (5-6 RANGERS TEAM) PER YEAR IN HKK AND KKNP AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT, REFRESHER TRAINING, NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, AND ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT MORALE (2) TRAIN 65 PARK RANGERS PER YEAR (3) SETUP A NEW SMART PATROL CENTER IN A NEW BUILDING AT KKNP TO IMPROVE ITS CAPACITY AND OPERATION (4) MAINTAIN AN EXISTING SEM
Securing the Future of Tigers: Improving Law Enforcement Capacity in the Southeastern Western.Forest Complex, Thailand The purpose of this project is to, (1) Prevent, detect and control threats to wildlife and habitats through an active intelligence network, (2) Catalyze and facilitate voluntary relocation of forest-interior communities using existing government funds, and, (3) Identify priority sites for strategic purchase of forest-interior enclaves.
PILOTING SYSTEMS OF INTELLIGENCE-LED WILDLIFE CRIME PREVENTION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX THAILAND Forests across Southeast Asia are slowly being emptied of mammals, reptiles, and birds to fuel demand for status symbols, traditional medicine, and exotic pets. The purpose of this project is to trial systems and processes that better equip enforcement rangers and protected area staff to counter wildlife trafficking in three of five protected areas (PAs) in the southeastern section of the Western Forest Complex (sWEFCOM) in Thailand. This project is intended to conserve threatened species including the Indochinese tiger, Asian elephant, and Sunda pangolin by increasing the Department of National Parks (DNP) and local law enforcement agencies capacity to disrupt wildlife poaching and trafficking. Specific activities of this two-year grant include: (1) building capacity and systems to better aggregate, manage, and analyze multiple information streams on illegal wildlife trade through the use of a single intelligence platform across sWEFCOM; (2) formalizing sWEFCOM action plans for combating wildlife crime within each PA and build cross-PA relationships necessary to carry out targeted LE interventions; and (3) promoting additional information-sharing outside of the PA network and facilitate collaboration between other national law enforcement agencies to develop trusted relationships and ongoing cooperation in combating wildlife crime.
Determining the Population Status and Threats to Tiger Population Stability in Southern WEFCOM The purpose of this project is to ensure the viability of the tiger population in the Salakpra Conservation Landscape (SCL) by understanding distribution and dispersal patterns, as well as to reduce the threats to both tigers and ungulate species through improved conservation management practices, enhanced law enforcement and the facilitation of collaborations between all stakeholders. The project objectives are as follows: (1) Determine ecological baselines for tiger populations, and distribution and abundance of ungulate species within Erawan National Park (ENP) and Western Sri Nakarin National Park (SNNP); (2) Reduce threats to tigers, ungulate species and their habitat in the western SCL by 20% in 2017, by conducting a comprehensive threat assessment for the western sector of the SCL, establishing a standardized law enforcement system in the western SCL, training protected area (PA) rangers to collect threat and wildlife sighting on patrol using Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART) model, training PA staff in the use of SMART software, tactical planning, setting up standardized queries and reports and structures, creating a SMART database for individual PA and the entire SCL, and operationalizing SMART across the SCL.
Asian Elephant Postal Fund The Effect of Habitat Fragmentation on the Genetic Variation and Gene Flow among Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Populations along the Tenasserim Range
Law enforcement monitoring and human-elephant conflict mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, Year 12-14 Law enforcement monitoring and human-elephant conflict mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, Year 12-14
CONSERVING THE CRITICAL ASIAN ELEPHANT POPULATIONS OF HUAI KHA KHAENG AND KAENG KRACHAN WORLD HERITAGE SITES THROUGH IMPROVED SMART PATROL AND HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT MITIGATION, YEAR 16-18. The goal of this project is to recover Asian elephants in Thailands Western Forest Complex landscape through effective protection and collaborative human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation in World Heritage Sites of Huai Kha Khaeng National Park (HKK) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (KKNP). Project objectives are to: (1) strengthen the SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) Patrol System in HKK and KKNP through training, technical support, and monitoring performance; (2) reduce HEC by promoting standard mitigation methods along with monitoring the effectiveness of those methods to examine temporal and spatial changes in elephant crop-raiding behavior; (3) estimate elephant population size in HKK and KKNP; and (4) expand conservation education programs to promote elephant conservation and HEC mitigation schemes to local communities, and improve cooperation among park staff, local communities, and other stakeholders. Project activities are to: (1) conduct follow-up monitoring with 43 patrol teams (5-6 rangers/team) per year in HKK and KKNP and provide technical support, refresher training, necessary equipment, and activities to support morale; (2) train 65 park rangers per year; (3) setup a new SMART Patrol Center in a new building at KKNP to improve its capacity and operation; (4) maintain an existing semi.permanent HEC mitigation fence; (5) monitor HEC effectiveness at HKK and KKNP; (6) develop and promote a real-time HEC warning system to support night response teams; (7) provide necessary equipment, fuel, and ration costs for three HEC night.response teams; (8) use DISTANCE program sampling and dung counts in HKK and KKNP to determine elephant population sizes; (9) conduct nature education campaigns for 15 schools reaching 600 students; and (10) improve and operate the Elephant Conservation Information Center providing updated facilities and information to all visitors and stakeholders.