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Protection and Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) at Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range, Myanmar This project will focus efforts to protect wild Asian elephants and better understand the status of their wild populations at Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range (RYER), Myanmar. Specific activities will include: 1) Elephant Protection Units (EPUs) will be increased from two to six units and their patrol operations expanded to include parts of the reserve that are thought to support elephant populations but have not received patrol efforts in recent years; 2) two ranger substations will be upgraded and provided boats; 3) continued implementation of the SMART approach to protected area management will be effected through the training of EPUs and administrative staff who will manage the law enforcement monitoring database; 4) mapping of elephant distribution and threats; and 5) analysis of satellite imagery to respond to forest encroachment and points of access for poachers. The recipient will work closely with the RYER Warden to help him interpret information generated through the SMART tool so that management decisions may be based upon information coming in from field enforcement teams. Collectively these activities will allow compliance with CITES provisions, improve elephant and site management, and build relevant conservation capacities in Myanmar.
Educating local people to save Myanmar's conflict elephants The purpose of this project is to create an efficient, state of the art educational campaign, making use of national radio, television, local newspapers, and specifically trained outreach teams to elicit behavior change and consequently reduce loss and damages to property, and human and elephant fatalities in Myanmar. Project activities will include: 1) analysis of Smithsonian Institutions data from surveys of farmer-elephant conflict; 2) research of education content and interviews with specialists; 3) field production of a short film; 4) studio production of a TV campaign; 5) postproduction of the film; 6) creation of support materials; 7) launch of the TV, radio, and print media campaign; and 8) free provision of all project materials to non-governmental organizations and the Government of Myanmar. This project hopes to provide farmers and other stakeholders with a set of skills and knowledge about elephant behavior that they will use to reduce the danger to themselves, their crops, their homes and to the elephants.
Managing human-elephant conflict in Myanmar - Year 2 Tepozteco National Park and Chichinautzin
Rhino & Tiger Postal Fund "The purpose of this project is to empower local community representatives in monitoring tigers, their prey and their habitats and in establishing baseline information on other wildlife and habitats; and establishing a collaborative wildlife protection system between local communities, the Forest Department (FD) and the Karen National Union (KNU) and to support the establishment of a protected area...This will be done by: 1) providing training on camera trapping to the local ethnic communities (Karen, Dawei and Mon); 2) conducting a camera trap survey in Myinmoletkhat Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) with these communities; 3) analyzing the data and presenting it to these communities; 4) providing training on threat monitoring and data recording on standardized forms to the local communities, the FD and KNU; 5) establishing collaborative mechanisms between the local communities, FD and KNU to take actions on illegal activities in Myinmoletkhat KBA; 6) supporting the proposed establishment by KNU and FD of a comanaged protected area in Myinmoletkhat KBA; and 7) applying SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) to assess the spatial distribution of threats in Myinmoletkhat KBA.."
Conserving a Hoolock Gibbon Stronghold in Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar The purpose of this project is to provide financial and technical support for protection and research activities to protect the gibbons and other key species in MWS, monitor gibbon distribution and abundance, and changes in forest cover through field surveys and satellite-based forest cover change analysis, promote positive interactions among local authorities, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division (NWCD) staff, and local communities through education and outreach, and support Forest Department/NWCD decision to complete the steps needed to notify MWS.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Conservation of wild elephants and elephant habitat in the Hukaung Valley, Burma:.Year 5
Long-term protection and monitoring of the Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range, Myanmar This three-year project aims to maintain and enhance the protection of wild Asian elephants in the Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range (RYER) in Myanmar through continued engagement with Elephant Protection Units (EPU), provision of training and support, and patrol gear to improve patrol performance and morale. Project activities include: 1) increase the operational effectiveness of existing EPUs and expand coverage by hiring additional captive Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) elephants; 2) upgrade ranger substations and provisions of boats; 3) increase effectiveness of patrols through adaptive SMART patrol methodology; 4) identify elephant distribution and hotspots; and 5) regular analysis of satellite imagery to monitor and respond to forest encroachment and shifting cultivation within RYER. This project will maintain and enhance the protection of wild elephants and other wildlife of the RYER through the use of SMART-managed patrolling and development of staff capacity to allow government and local staff to carry out their duties. ..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...You and your organization are not representatives of the United States Government or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. You should not hold yourself or your organization out to be representatives of the United States Government or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. You are not to engage in any kind of intelligence gathering activities or do work or activities in a law enforcement capacity. Prohibited intelligence gathering or law enforcement activities include, but are not limited to, buying or purchasing of intelligence, evidence, or information; engaging a person to be an informant and/or paying an informant; gathering information by persons who conceal their true ide
Protection and Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) at Key Sites in Burma - Year 3 The purpose of this three-year project is to maintain and strengthen MIKE (Monitoring Illegal Killing of Elephants) in Southeast Asia and provide Myanmar with a standardized system of field data collection and statistically robust methods of analysis in a long-term, sustainable basis to allow compliance with CITES provisions concerning MIKE, improve Asian elephant and site management in Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park and Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range, and build relevant capacities. This award supports Year 3 of this project. The project has three primary objectives: 1) provide protection for elephant populations through creation of Elephant Protection Units (EPUs); 2) implement law enforcement monitoring using SMART conservation tools; 3) map the distribution of elephants and threats to populations. Project activities will include: 1) redeployment of for Myanmar Timber Enterprise elephants to form new EPUs; 2) upgrade of ranger substations and provision of 2-way radio; 3) set up SMART patrols at Rakhine Yoma; 4) establishment of a framework to review SMART data; 5) setup a site-based law enforcement database for analysis and reporting; 6) identify elephant distribution and hotspots; and 7) analysis of satellite imagery to respond to forest encroachment. This project will contribute to the improved protection of Asian elephants at MIKE sites and determine the factors that influence their conservation status.
Wildife Without Borders - Critically Endangered Animals Conservation of the Burmese Roofed Turtle, Batagur trivittata, on the Upper Chindwin River,.Myanmar
Protection and Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) at key sites in Myanmar. The purpose of this project is to: 1) Provide ranger teams with resources to conduct patrolling year round, focusing on elephant hotspots identified through a survey that will be conducted during October December 2013; 2) Implement the new SMART conservation software as a law enforcement tool, allowing managers to use evidencebased approaches for adaptively managing enforcement operations at the MIKE sites; 3) Map the distribution of elephants and threats to elephant populations, especially from changes in forest area and configuration Map the distribution of elephants and threats to elephant populations, especially from changesin forest area and configuration.
Phase III: Building Capacity for the Assessment and Conservation of Myanmar Marine Turtle Populations 1) organize the annual meeting of the Marine Turtle Working Group of government, NGOs, university and private sea turtle stakeholders; 2) conduct training workshops for sea turtle surveyors in three regional locations of the coast; 3) implement monitoring and nest protection programs at six key nesting sites; 4) develop education and awareness materials about protected status of sea turtles, threats and safe release of accidentally captured sea turtles in fishing gear and distribute to fisherman, traders and at schools; 5) continue to assess hatchery management practices, and implement best management practices; and 6) facilitate development and implementation of National Action Plan with all key stakeholders..
Great Apes Conservation Fund "The purpose of this proposal is to strengthen community forest management at three priority sites in Karen State, specifically targeted at protecting globally significant populations of Eastern Hoolock Gibbon. This will be done:. .(1) At the Ker Shor Ter Community Forest Area by: a) strengthening established community-led gibbon monitoring and conservation protocols; b) carrying out a species conservation action plan for gibbon conservation at the site; c)supporting assisted habitat regeneration in gibbon habitat corridors; and d) carrying out a systematic gibbon population inventory at the site...(2) At the Leh Kee Community Forest Area by: (a) developing a participatory action plan to address threats to gibbons and local conservation values; (b) continuing with community-led gibbon conservation monitoring; (c) building local institutional capacities for sustainable gibbon conservation; (d) carrying out a systematic gibbon population inventory at the site...(3) At the Klerlweehtoo Community Forest Area by: (a) developing a participatory action plan to address threats to gibbons and local conservation values; (b) continuing with community-led gibbon conservation monitoring; (c) building local institutional capacities for sustainable gibbon conservation; and (d) carrying out systematic gibbon population inventory at the site.."
Protection and Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) at Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range, Myanmar establish a robust baseline for the number of
Managing human-elephant conflict in Myanmar - Year 2 This project will lead to next steps in enhancing the conservation of wild Asian elephant populations in Myanmar. Project objectives include: 1) human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation implementation and assessment; 2) establishment of wild elephant monitoring teams; and 3) conducting surveys on indirect effects of HEC. Specific project activities will include: 1) dissemination of Conservation Conflict Intervention Plans in local villages, documenting the use of potentially dangerous and counterproductive methods, and training villagers in new mitigation techniques; 2) non-invasive collection of DNA samples to determine elephant population size and distribution, identify conflict elephants, monitor populations, and detect poaching through traps and carcasses; and 3) developing and administering a novel interview survey designed to assess indirect impact on community members of HEC. The outcomes of this project will be shared with the Government of Myanmar and intends to support them in making better policy decisions regarding people, elephants, and their management in Myanmar.
Phase II: Building Capacity for the Assessment and Conservation of Myanmar Marine Turtle Populations The purpose of this project is to support a partnership of government, university, NGO, private entities and communities to develop a sea turtle conservation program in Myanmar to recover depleted but historically important regional populations of olive ridley, green and hawksbill sea turtles. The intent is to support a newly formed sea turtle working group of these aforementioned partners to develop a national and grassroots conservation program to address the threats of poaching of eggs and turtles and threats of bycatch from artisanal and industrial fisheries. Activities include: 1) organize the annual meeting of the Marine Turtle Working Group of government, NGOs, university and private sea turtle stakeholders; 2) conduct training workshops for sea turtle surveyors in three regional locations of the coast; 3) implement monitoring and nest protection programs at six key nesting sites; 4) develop education and awareness materials about protected status of sea turtles, threats and safe release of accidentally captured sea turtles in fishing gear and distribute to fisherman, traders and at schools; 5) continue to assess hatchery management practices, and implement best management practices; and 6) facilitate drafting of National Action Plan with all key stakeholders.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to implement the following: (1) to continue law enforcement activities using Elephant Patrol Units, (2) to enhance the forest departments capacity for monitoring domestic elephants and integrate this system with the existing HVWSs monitoring system, and (3) to upgrade the current patrol system to use Smart patrol protocols especially the integration of Management Information SysTems (MIST) and CITES Monitoring Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) monitoring systems. Smart is a term used to refer to the full suite of ranger patrolling techniques used by the rangers of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand, which will be applied in Burma. These techniques include the physical training, the high quality of ranger patrol equipment, the high geographic and temporal intensity of field patrols, the use of the MIST system for data management, and a willingness to respond to threats in a robust adaptive management approach.
Community-based tiger conservation in southern Myanmar 1) Undertake systematic, community-based SMART patrolling and monitoring; 2) Provide livelihoods support for communities collaborating in conservation; and 3) Continue and improve cross-border collaborations on tiger landscape management with Thailand.
Understanding the Intersection of Human-elephant Conflict and Poaching in Myanmar Funds under this award are to be used to provide information to the Myanmar government to help develop more effective human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation, anti-poaching, and elephant conservation policies.
PHASE III: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION OF MYANMAR MARINE TURTLE POPULATIONS Funds under this award are to be used to support a partnership of government, university, NGO, private entities and communities to develop a sea turtle conservation program in Myanmar to recover depleted but historically important regional populations of olive ridley, green and hawksbill sea turtles. The intent is to support a newly formed sea turtle working group of these aforementioned partners to develop a national and grassroots conservation program to address the threats of poaching of eggs and turtles and threats of bycatch from artisanal and industrial fisheries. Activities include: 1) organize the annual meeting of the Marine Turtle Working Group of government, NGOs, university and private sea turtle stakeholders; 2) conduct training workshops for sea turtle surveyors in three regional locations of the coast; 3) implement monitoring and nest protection programs at six key nesting sites; 4) develop education and awareness materials about protected status of sea turtles, threats and safe release of accidentally captured sea turtles in fishing gear and distribute to fisherman, traders and at schools; 5) continue to assess hatchery management practices, and implement best management practices; and 6) facilitate development and implementation of National Action Plan with all key stakeholders.
Empowering local ethnic communities to conserve tigers and their habitats in Myinmoletkhat Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) - Year 2 The purpose of this project is to promote a community-based conservation approach to establishing a protected area in the Myinmoletkhat KBA that contributes to national protected area expansion targets in Myanmar. Project will continue empowering local community representatives in monitoring tigers, tiger-prey and their habitats, and establish baseline information on wildlife and habitats. Project will also continue facilitating a collaborative wildlife protection system between local communities, the Forest Department and Karen National Union, and support the establishment of a protected area.
Setting conservation priorities for tigers, their prey and other threatened mammals in the proposed Tanintharyi and Lenya National Parks and surrounding forests, Myanmar The purpose of this project is to ensure the survival and increase the population and habitat of tigers in Myanmar by establishing the Tanintharyi National Park, Lenya National Park and connecting forests that in combination cover 8,338 sq. km of key tiger habitat in Myanmar. Project will assess the conservation status of tigers, tiger-prey and other large mammal species, raise tiger conservation awareness, and set tiger conservation priorities for future protection of the proposed Tanintharyi National Park.
Securing the gateway: reducing wildlife trafficking between Myanmar and China The purpose of this project is to combat wildlife trafficking between two high priority Asian countries, Myanmar and China. This project is intended to conserve a wide range of species that have been recorded as being trafficked into China. This is expected to include in particular freshwater turtles and tortoises (with 19 globally threatened species recorded in the trade, of which 8 are endemic to Myanmar), Sunda and Chinese pangolins, Asian and African elephant, tiger and other cat species, bears, and also potentially marine species such as sharks and rays, and the giant clam. Specific activities include: (1) supporting law enforcement agencies in identifying criminal networks and trafficking dynamics along the Mandalay trade route to the Muse-Ruili border and into China; (2) strengthening law enforcement processes along the trafficking route by building the capacity of law enforcement agencies to identify and prosecute wildlife crimes, as well as handle evidence and confiscated animals; (3) enhancing international cooperation at national and regional levels through facilitation and support for inter-agency coordination, bilateral dialogues between Burma and China, and coordination with the UNODC-supported Border Liaison Office in Muse City.
Community-led conservation of Asian elephants in Myinmoletkhat Key Biodiversity Area, Myanmar members; 2) provide hands-on training to El
H.EL.P. (HUMAN ELEPHANT PEACE) IS AN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH STRATEGY FOCUSED ON HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) MITIGATION THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN MYANMAR, REACH Funds under this award are to be used to adapt the H.EL.P. educational strategy to train villagers and Forest Department officers on how to safely implement and maintain seasonal electric fencing to exclude wild elephants from actively cultivated crop fields and remove them after the harvest season. This three-year project will create and train an education and monitoring team to demonstrate and implement seasonal fencing techniques with villagers and help authorities develop management, education, and monitoring mechanisms for their long-term sustainability. Audiovisual and print content will be created for broadcast on national television and used in community workshops. This project will develop the administrative and logistical framework necessary to transfer this promising HEC mitigation technique regionally.
Securing the gateway: reducing wildlife trafficking between Myanmar and China The purpose of this project is to combat wildlife trafficking between two high priority Asian countries, Myanmar and China. This project is intended to conserve a wide range of species that have been recorded as being trafficked into China. This is expected to include in particular freshwater turtles and
H.EL.P. Human Elephant Peace: Training Communities in the Safe Use of Seasonal Electric Fences to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict in Myanmar adapt the H.EL.P. educational strategy to train villagers and Forest Department officers on how to safely implement and maintain seasonal electric fencing to exclude wild elephants from actively cultivated crop fields and remove them after the harvest season. This three-year project will create and train an education and monitoring team to demonstrate and implement seasonal fencing techniques with villagers and help authorities develop management, education, and monitoring mechanisms for their long-term sustainability. Audiovisual and print content will be created for broadcast on national television and used in community workshops. This project will develop the administrative and logistical framework necessary to transfer this promising HEC mitigation technique regionally.
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Community Based Conservation of Eastern Hoolock Gibbon and its habitat in Karen State
Developing an Elephant Conservation Strategy for Myanmar The purpose of this project is to gather up to date information about the distribution of wild elephants in Myanmar recognizing that much of the species range in the country is poorly known and this hinders effective conservation planning, and develop an elephant conservation strategy for Myanmar based on up to date information on the distribution of elephants, the threats to their existence, and their conservation needs. Applicant will convene an initial workshop with participation of all relevant stakeholders; conduct nationwide interview based occupancy surveys; compile all available secondary information, departmental reports, technical reports and references from all key stakeholders; synthesize and analyze all available information; develop a draft Action Plan; review and comment on the draft Action Plan by all key stakeholders; convene review meeting with key stakeholders; finalize and publish the Action Plan.
Empowering local ethnic communities to conserve tigers and their habitats in Myinmoletkhat Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) - Year 3 The purpose of this project is to promote a community-based conservation approach to conserve tigers and their habitats in Myinmoletkhat Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). Project objectives include the following: (1) Empower local community representatives in monitoring tigers, their prey and their habitats, and establish baseline information on wildlife and habitats; and (2) Establish collaborative threat monitoring system between local communities, Forest Department (FD) and Karen National Union (KNU) and support the establishment of a protected area.