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UNDERSTANDING ELEPHANT BEHAVIOR: A NOVEL APPROACH TO MITIGATING HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT IN KANCHANABURI, THAILAND 2. USING ELEPHANT PERSONALITY TO DEVELOP A CONFLICT MITIGATION TOOLKIT This project will support the Kouprey Express and the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team.(WRRT) to reduce threats to Asian elephants and demand for ivory in Cambodia through an approach.that encompasses both wildlife law enforcement and demand reduction. The Kouprey Express.Environmental Education Program empowers youth and communities to make responsible decisions.regarding the sustainable management of natural resources; effect positive change; shifts in attitudes,.behaviors, and actions towards wildlife and their habitat; promote pride and grassroots action to protect.Asian elephants and other wildlife; and reduce consumption of ivory. The WRRT has an essential role in.combating wildlife crime in Cambodia and is responsible for the majority of wildlife crime investigations.in the country. This project will address threats to Asian elephants by: (1) directly combating the illegal.trade in ivory through focused investigations; (2) increasing governmental and institutional capacity; (3).empowering youth and communities to make responsible decisions and shifts in attitudes, behaviors, and.actions regarding the sustainable management of Cambodias wildlife and natural resources; and (4).promote pride and grassroots action to protect Asian elephants by reducing consumption for ivory..Project activities include: (1) build capacities of 750+ teachers and community leaders through three-day.workshops on core environmental concepts; (2) reach 10,500+ Cambodian youth through hands-on.environmental education and elephant conservation lessons, field trips to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue.Center, and school visits; (3) conduct door-to-door outreach and 15+ Community Night Shows in rural.communities to share information about elephants, wildlife laws, and human-elephant conflict (HEC); (4).broadcast two animated public service announcements on television to promote the wildlife rescue hotline.and demand reduction messages; (5) use a targeted social media campaign in Khmer, English, and
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Establishing DNAbased Monitoring of an Asian Elephant population in Kuiburi National Park, Thailand
Understanding Elephant Behavior: A Novel Approach to Mitigating human-elephant conflict in Kanchanaburi, Thailand 1) Develop an ethogram of wild elephant behavior specific to crop-raiding elephants that can be used by other researchers and conservationists when identifying individual elephants or collecting behavioral data. Using the ethogram, night vision equipment, video cameras and voice recorders, collect comprehensive, ethological (observable behavior) data of elephants from five watchtowers in local communities and two protected area watering holes in and around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary over a two-year period
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Monitoring and HumanElephant Conflict.Mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, year 8
Saving the Sumatran Elephant Through Supporting Resort-Based Management in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Indonesia to Reduce Encroachment and Prevent Poaching 1) use of SMART data to identify key elephant areas susceptible to encroachment and human-elephant conflicts; 2) increased patrols in national park areas threatened with active encroachment; 3) support to national park and law enforcement agencies for encroachment prosecutions; and 4) operation of Wildlife Crimes Units to investigate and support government law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute wildlife traders.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Monitoring, and Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, year 6
Piloting Systems of Intelligence-Led Wildlife Crime Prevention in the Southeastern Western Forest Complex Thailand (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.
CONSERVATION OF TIGERS THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, VOLUNTEER NETWORK, AND WILDLIFE STUDENT TRAINING IN THE WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND, YEAR 12 CONSERVATION OF TIGERS THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, VOLUNTEER NETWORK, AND WILDLIFE STUDENT TRAINING IN THE WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND, YEAR 12"
Securing A Future for Tigers in southeastern WEFCOM The purpose of this project is to, (1) develop a tiger specific Strategic Action Plan for southeast Western Forest Complex (sWEFCOM), (2) engage communities in tiger conservation by increasing awareness and assessing occurrence of human-tiger-conflict (HTC), (3) strengthen the capacity of management agencies to protect tigers, prey and habitat in sWEFCOM, and, (4) monitor the presence and distribution of tigers in sWEFCOM.
Establishing DNA-based Monitoring of an Asian Elephant population in Kuiburi National Park, Thailand The purpose of this project is to, (1) Collect fecal-DNA samples and conduct capture-mark-recapture analysis to estimate a baseline Asian elephant population in Kuiburi National Park; Fecal DNA will be analyzed in Nepal; (2) Facilitate the adaptive management of Asian elephant conservation activities within Kuiburi National Park through providing a robust Asian elephant population estimate against which the effectiveness of conservation interventions within, and around, the protected area can be measured; (3) Promote fecal DNA capture-mark-recapture analysis as the primary framework for Asian elephant monitoring in the Dawna Tennaserim Landscape through production and dissemination of a minimum of two conservation resources: a Thai language manual and a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund "The purpose of this proposal is to enable the recovery and protection of tigers and tiger prey in Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary. This will be done by networking with the Department of National Parks and other NGO tiger researchers to develop the capacity in the Salakpra Zoological Society of London (ZSL)/Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) team and relevant rangers to undertake basic tiger surveys; acquiring baseline data on tiger and tiger prey distribution and densities in Salakpra; and supporting the integration of tiger survey findings into the Salakpra patrol system...Specifically, this will include: 1) recruiting a project assistant; 2) providing equipment to the tiger team needed to implement the project; 3) arranging a five day field course on tiger and tiger prey survey techniques in Huai Kha Khaeng for the tiger team and relevant rangers; 4) carrying out a 4 day study trip for the tiger team (about 12 people) to another tiger site (e.g. Thap Lan NP) that uses similar tiger survey techniques to those planned for this project; 5) implementing the camera-trap surveys for tigers; 6) implementing the ungulate surveys to measure ungulate occupancy; 7) logging the data from the camera-traps and foot surveys into the database; 8) analyzing the data on a regular basis so it is available for patrol planning and deployment; 9) providing feedback at Salakpras Protected Area Committee management meetings to ensure that findings of this project are integrated into the Salakpra management and protection system; and 10) organizing a tiger conservation network gathering at the end of the project to share findings with project advisors and their tiger team colleagues in order to discuss future collaborations and what next? ."
Law enforcement monitoring and human-elephant conflict mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand - Year 11 The purpose of this project is to secure the long-term conservation of the wild elephant population and its habitat in Kaeng Krachan National Park by increasing the effectiveness of protection efforts and reducing human-elephant conflict (HEC) in the region. Project activities will include: 1) support of law enforcement monitoring using SMART software by providing training to guard teams, and field equipment, rations, and supplies for foot patrols; 2) reduction of HEC by promoting and monitoring standard HEC mitigation methods in local and extension of the semi-permanent fence in Huai Sad Yai; and 3) expansion of elephant conservation education directed at villagers from four HEC target sites, follow-up activities with three secondary schools, and an education campaign for tourists. This project will lead to more effective patrolling and law enforcement activities in the Park, better provisioned, trained, and motivated staff who are capable of addressing the threat of elephant poaching gangs, and reduced retaliatory elephant deaths.
Securing a Future for Tigers in Southeastern WEFCOM Securing a Future for Tigers in Southeastern WEFCOM
DISPERSAL: A KEY TO REFILING SOUTHEAST ASIA S LARGEST TIGER LANDSCAPE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO (1) UNDERSTAND TIGER DISPERSAL POTENTIAL IN THE WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX (WEFCOM) USING A LANDSCAPE MODEL DEVELOPED TO INTEGRATE DISPERSAL MOVEMENTS, PREDICT TIGER AND PREY OCCUPANCY AND IDENTIFY AREAS FOR MANAGEMENT (2) CREATE A TIGER DATA DATABASE AT KHAO NANG RAM RESEARCH STATION FOR THE PERIOD 2007 TO PRESENT TO ESTABLISH A COMMON IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM LINKING COLLARED TIGER IDS FROM MULTIPLE PROJECTS AND INCORPORATE INTO AN EXISTING WEFCOM SPATIAL DATABASE COMPOSED OF THE PROBABILITY OF HABITAT OCCUPANCY BY TIGERS AND THEIR PRIMARY PREY (3) DEVELOP AND CONDUCT CONSERVATION EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AT NINE KEY KAREN VILLAGES IN THUNG YAI EAST AND WEST TO BUILD A PROGRAM TO INCREASE COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AND REDUCE SUBSISTENCE HUNTING AND (4) DEVELOP AND CONDUCT TWO WORKSHOPS WITH PROTECTED AREA CHIEFS, REGIONAL DNP RESEARCH STAFF, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO EXPAND THE DISTRIBUTION OF TIGER BREEDING HABITAT TO THE 63 OF WEFCOM WHERE TIGERS ARE NOT CURRENTLY BREEDING.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to: maintain the Smart patrol system in Thung Yai West to the current intensity and coverage; to improve awareness of local communities and schools through nature education campaigns on elephant and wildlife conservation in key schools and communities close to Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary as the best elephant site in the Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM).
CONSERVATION OF TIGERS THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREY POPULATION RECOVERY IN DONG PHAYAYEN KHAO YAI FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND 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.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund lnstitutionalizing Support for Wildlife Guardians in Thailand's Forgotten Parks: Lasting Protection for Elephants and their Habitat through Forest RangeiTraining and Comriunity.Support in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Understanding Elephant Behavior: A Novel Approach to Mitigating human-elephant conflict in Kanchanaburi, Thailand Develop an ethogram of wild elephant behavior specific to crop-raiding elephants that can be used by other researchers and conservationists when identifying individual elephants or collecting behavioral data. Using the ethogram, night vision equipment, video cameras and voice recorders, collect comprehensive, ethological (observable behavior) data of elephants from five watchtowers in local communities and two protected area watering holes in and around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary over a two-year period
WCS/GoT collaborative efforts to improve law enforcement, law enforcement monitoring, and human-elephant conflict mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park The purpose of this project is to: 1) Improve protection for elephants and elephant habitat in KKNP and to continue law enforcement monitoring (LEM) work using SMART to help enhance effectiveness of protection work; 2) Reduce humanelephant conflict by promoting standard mitigation methods as well as monitoring the effectiveness of those methods and continuing HEC monitoring to assess the success of the mitigation work; 3) 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.
Lar gibbon protection in the Western Forest Complex, Thailand The purpose of this project is to protect and potentially increase the population of lar gibbon in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary. The main objectives of this project are to maintain the SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) patrol system in Huai Kha Khaeng to the current intensity and coverage, and to establish a baseline population estimate for lar gibbon in HKK. The following activities will be accomplished: (a) conduct close follow-up monitoring with 22 patrol teams (5 rangers/team) in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary by providing technical support, refresher training, necessary equipment, patrol ration costs, and other morale boosting activities, (b) conduct a population estimate by dispatching teams of three observers to selected listening areas that exhibit topographical features known to be of preference to lar gibbon, and carefully selecting listening posts that provide optimal data collection based on surrounding topography, and (c) after five months of data collection there will be a period of data entry and statistical analysis.
Conservation of Tigers and Tiger Prey in Thailands Western Forest Complex through Law Enforcement and Education, Year 7 The purpose of this project is to maintain the Smart patrol system in Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary (TYW) at a high level of intensity and coverage; to improve awareness of local communities and schools through presentation of nature education campaigns on tiger and wildlife conservation in key schools and communities close to Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary (HKK); and to improve capacity of future protected area managers at Kasetsart University to be ready to run protected areas by training them in operation of the Smart patrol system and wildlife population monitoring. This will be done by: (1) supporting operation of 17 patrol teams (5-6 rangers/team) in TYW by providing technical support, equipment including GPSs and digital cameras, patrol ration costs, and other camping supplies; (2) conducting 3 nature education campaigns, using the "Manual of Nature Education for Conservation of Endangered Wildlife Species " for local school teachers, students, and villages near TYW; and (3) training 30 undergraduate wildlife students in the Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University on the Smart patrol system and tiger population monitoring systems in HKK.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Institutionalizing support for wildlife guardians in Thailand's forgotten parks: Lasting protection for tigers and their habitat through forest ranger training and community support in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to, (1) Collect fecal-DNA samples and conduct capture-mark-recapture analysis to estimate a baseline Asian elephant population in Kuiburi National Park; Fecal DNA will be analyzed in Nepal; (2) Facilitate the adaptive management of Asian elephant conservation activities within Kuiburi National Park through providing a robust Asian elephant population estimate against which the effectiveness of conservation interventions within, and around, the protected area can be measured; (3) Promote fecal DNA capture-mark-recapture analysis as the primary framework for Asian elephant monitoring in the Dawna Tennaserim Landscape through production and dissemination of a minimum of two conservation resources: a Thai language manual and a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to improve protection for tigers in the Forest Complex. This will be done by: 1. presenting an intense two-week ranger-led enforcement team leader course using PROTECT training materials to develop skilled enforcement leaders for the PAs; 2. holding a SMART software course for park based mangers (SMART Transitional Training) and mentoring park management and rangers on the use of the data collection techniques and analysis of the data; 3. donating essential field equipment for use by the rangers while on patrol; 4. accompanying rangers on patrols, identifying gaps in the their adoption of new techniques, and providing follow-up support; 5.a) continuing to conduct regular camera trapping and patrol-based monitoring in Thap Lan and Pang Sida to fill existing survey gaps in the complex, b) continuing long-term monitoring in areas with strong tiger presence, and c) providing on-the-job monitoring training to rangers; 6). organizing a 2 day workshop at Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary for 30 teachers from 15 schools adjacent to the complex on the design and implementation of conservation education modules and then tasking the trained teachers with developing and implementing a 1 week module at their home schools on local wildlife and the environment; and 7) sustaining support for community environmental patrols and training patrol members and planners within the community NGO.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Elephant Protection and Education Campaigns in the Western Forest Complex,.Thailand, Year 4
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Tiger Protection and Distribution Monitoring in the Western Forest Complex, Thailand
Law enforcement monitoring and human-elephant conflict mitigation in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, Year 12-14 The purpose of this project is to secure the long-term conservation of the wild Asian elephant population and its habitat in Kaeng Krachan National Park (KKNP) by increasing the effectiveness of protection efforts and reducing human-elephant conflict (HEC) in the region. Project activities will include: 1) refresher training of KKNP staff in law enforcement and monitoring methods, SMART on-the-job training, and law enforcement monitoring data analysis and report writing; 2) reduction of HEC by promoting and monitoring standard HEC mitigation methods in local and a 400m extension of the semi-permanent fence in Huai Sad Yai; and 3) expansion of elephant conservation education directed at villagers from HEC target sites to cover the whole of KKNP, an annual HEC and mitigation workshop in communities, and an education campaign for tourists. This project will lead to more effective patrolling and law enforcement activities in the Park, better provisioned, trained, and motivated staff capable of addressing the threat of elephant poaching gangs, and reduced retaliatory elephant deaths in Thailand.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Female Home range size and large ungulate density in Western Thailand: Key parameters for managing tigers
Conservation of tigers and tiger prey in Thailands Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) through law enforcement and education-Year 8 The purpose of this project is to bring the tiger population back to its natural carrying capacity in the World Heritage Site, including Huai Kha Khaeng (HKK) and Thung Yai (TY) Wildlife Sanctuaries. The project will maintain the SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) patrol system, provide continuous training and necessary equipment, to ensure a strong law enforcement staff to protect tigers, tiger-prey and other wildlife against poaching. Project will also build a conservation volunteer network at Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.
Conservation of tigers and tiger prey in Thailands Western Forest Complex through law enforcement and education The purpose of this project is to bring the population of tigers back to its natural carrying capacity in this World Heritage Site. This will be done by: (1) maintaining the Smart patrol system in TYW by (a) training park rangers, (b) replacing broken GPSs and digital cameras with new ones, (c) supporting ration costs and other important field supplies, (d) examining data collected for errors and quality and enter data into MIST database, (e) arranging monthly meetings with heads of the patrol teams and facilitate the meeting, (f) preparing monthly reports using MIST and make them useful for management improvement, (g) distributing the cost for patrol rations and providing other morale boosting supplies and materials for patrol teams, and (h) measuring progress using functions in MIST software to evaluate patrol efforts and effectiveness in reduction of threats; (2) publishing 1,000 copies of the 2-volume manual titled Nature Education for Conservation of Endangered Wildlife Species; (3) presenting a training workshop on the manuals for school teachers and a second workshop for local NGOs and government; and (4) setting up the International House of Conservation at Kasetsart University to initially work with about 60 students by establishing the following (a) necessary room renovations, (b) 10 stations of visual and sound labs (computer sets and head phones) for self-study of international conservation projects, (c) a small meeting room (10 seats) for small group teaching, seminar, and group discussion among the students, and (d) cabinets for DVDs of conservation and nature programs in WEFCOM and around the world, books, brochures, reports, and papers from international conservation projects including WEFCOM, and reading corners for self-learning.
Reducing threats to pangolins through strengthening law enforcement capacity and developing ecological monitoring protocols this project will develop methodologies for the collection of baseline data on the abundance, distribution and habitat selections of the Sunda Pangolins. This data will be analyzed using SMART and the ecological monitoring plug-in. The analysis of data will be used to create a targeted patrolling effort that will ensure the protection of critical pangolin habitat and monitoring of poaching hotspots. In addition, community survey data on pangolin poaching, consumption, and trade will be collected as part of outreach activities.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund ASEAN legal studies and support program to fight transnational organized wildlife crime against tigers and rhinos
CONSERVATION OF TIGERS THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREY POPULATION RECOVERY IN DONG PHAYAYEN KHAO YAI FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND To bring the population of tigers back to its natural carrying capacity Dong Phayayen Khao Yai Forest Complex