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Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to, (1) monitor elephant population distribution, densities and conservation status in Kinabatangan, (2) ensure policies based on scientific knowledge are formulated and agreed on by stakeholders for long-term elephant conservation in Sabah, and the Elephant State Action Plan is implemented, (3) reduce level of conflicts between human activities and elephants, reduce the levels of degradation and fragmentation of elephant habitat through improved land use management in human-wildlife conflict hotspots, control illegal logging, poaching and other illicit activities, reduce crop raiding by elephants in industrial plantations and community areas, (4) enhance human resource capacity and commitment to manage and conserve elephant populations in Sabah, enhance local capabilities among Malaysian conservation professionals and provide trainings to increase local knowledge about elephants, and implement environmental awareness campaigns that target elephant conservation.
Conserving Bornean Orangutans and Habitat In and Around Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and the surrounding landscape contain one of the last viable populations of Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii). In the last year, there has been a dramatic increase in orangutan usage of degraded habitats and incursions into village forests, resulting in an increased threat to orangutans from disease, hunting and orangutan-human conflict. This may be due to increased spread of a fast-reproducing invasive plant species. Additionally, orangutans using these degraded habitats may be at increased disease risk from contact with humans. The project will: (1) Assess the causes of orangutan incursions into secondary forests, degraded habitats and village forests; (2) Develop and implement the use of electronic drones as a cost effective and low-impact tool for assessing orangutan populations; (3) Assess population viability and health status of orangutans across the GPNP landscape; and, (4) Legally protect 1,600 hectares of orangutan habitat in the GPNP buffer zone under the Customary Forest Initiative working with local communities.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Orangutan Nest Count Surveys at the Proposed Extension Areas of Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary and Batang Ai National Park
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The Recipient will help develop a laboratory facility in Indonesia that employs DNA based technologies to estimate populations, sex ratios and genetic diversity information for the key elephant populations in Sumatra.
Support of the Asian Elephant Range States Meeting and the Workshop to update the Indonesian Elephant Conservation Strategy and Action Plan Support of the Asian Elephant Range States Meeting and the Workshop to update the Indonesian Elephant Conservation Strategy and Action Plan
SUMATRAN RHINO PROTECTION IN THE CORE AREA OF THE WESTERN LEUSER ECOSYSTEM The primary goal of this project is to maintain a zero-poaching rate and a sustained increase in the population of Sumatran rhinos.in the western Leuser Ecosystem. The project objectives and activities are as follows: (1) Wildlife Protection Teams (WPT) and.post patrol teams equipped with basic gear, such as field clothing, tents, GPS units, and cameras, and providing Spatial.Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) patrol training; (2) Four Wildlife Protection Teams mobilized and reporting on data.including rhino signs, report violations to police, produce reports on all WPT patrols; (3) Four patrol posts planned, approved and.constructed; and (4) Four post patrols activated and reporting on data.
PROTECTING APE HABITAT IN TWO CRITICAL RAINFOREST LANDSCAPES IN SOUTHERN BORNEO Project objectives include, (1) Landscape governance strengthened through enhanced local stakeholder coordination and improved local capacity, to successfully deliver ape conservation goals; (2) Local communities achieve greater autonomy to effectively manage forests and develop increasingly sustainable livelihoods, developing a more pro-conservation local society; (3) Implement effective conservation actions to reduce and reverse deforestation in the target landscapes; and (4) Monitor ape populations and threats throughout each landscape, introducing innovative technologies and building local capacity.
CONSERVATION OF THE TIGERS OF GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAL PARK THROUGH IMPROVED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND REDUCED HUMAN-TIGER CONFLICT The long term goal is to bring tigers back to their natural carrying capacity in GLNP and to bring the tiger population of GLNP to a level that is both capable of sustained breeding and compatible with the human activities legally permitted within GLNP. This is to be done through improving and strengthening law enforcement and human-tiger conflict mitigation in the GLNP landscape.
CONSERVATION OF THE TIGERS OF GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAL PARK THROUGH IMPROVED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND REDUCED HUMAN-TIGER CONFLICT CONSERVATION OF THE TIGERS OF GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAL PARK THROUGH IMPROVED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND REDUCED HUMAN-TIGER CONFLICT"
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Monitoring of Javan Rhinoceros in Ujung Kulon National Park Using Camera and Video Traps
SAVING THE SUMATRAN ELEPHANT IN BUKIT BARISAN SELATAN NATIONAL PARK, INDONESIA. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ASSIST INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES IN IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF BUKIT BARISAN SELATAN NATIONAL PARK TO MAINTAIN FOREST HABITAT FOR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SUMATRAN ELEPHANTS AND OTHER THREATENED WILDLIFE. THE PROJECT S OBJECTIVES FOCUS ON PREVENTING THREATS AND PROTECTING HABITATS AND ELEPHANTS BY: (1) STRENGTHENING NATIONAL PARK MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF SMART (SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL) INTO RESORT BASED MANAGEMENT (RBM) TO REDUCE FOREST ENCROACHMENT, POACHING, AND OTHER THREATS IN KEY ELEPHANT AREAS AND (2) MANAGING HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) BY STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND INCREASING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. PROJECT ACTIVITIES ARE TO: (1) PROVIDE ADVANCED TRAINING TO RANGER TEAMS IN ENHANCED SMART PATROL METHODS (2) PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SEVEN RANGER FOREST PATROL TEAMS (3) CONDUCT SMART-RBM STRATEGY EVALUATIONS TO ASSESS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM AND RANGER PATROL EFFECTIVENESS AND STRATEGICALLY PLAN PATROLS TO TARGET HIGH-RISK AREAS (4) MITIGATE HEC WITH A RAPID-RESPONSE WILDLIFE RESPONSE UNIT (5) ESTABLISH AND STRENGTHEN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED HEC MITIGATION TEAMS (6) ENABLE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN HEC MITIGATION INTERVENTIONS AND (7) EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEC INTERVENTION
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Using healthcare incentives to protect Gunung Palung National Park and its population of wild orangutans. Year Five: Reforesting a key corridor, initating low-cost restoration, and engaging communities in reforestation
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Living with elephants: expanding models to sustain community guarding in human-elephant conflict hotspots in Aceh Timur & Aceh Selatan conflict hotspots in Aceh Timur & Aceh Selatan
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Javan rhino protection units in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia
CONTINUING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEPHANT AND OTHER WILDLIFE VETERINARY TEACHING, TRAINING AND RESEARCH CAPACITIES, AND AN ELEPHANT AND WILDLIFE AMBULANCE AT THE VETERINARY FACULTY OF THE KYIAH KUALA UNI THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGULAR, HIGH QUALITY ELEPHANT AND WILDLIFE VETERINARY TEACHING AND TRAINING AT SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY AND TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED VETERINARY SERVICES FOR ALL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO (1) CONTINUE WILDLIFE SPECIFIC VETERINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING AT THE CENTER FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES AND ITS PROGRAM FOR WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION MEDICINE AT THE VETERINARY FACULTY OF SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY BANDA ACEH IN COLLABORATION WITH EXPERIENCED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE VETERINARIANS AND (2) CONTINUE THE WILDLIFE AMBULANCE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES VETERINARY EXPERTISE AND SERVICES NEEDED FOR ELEPHANT AND OTHER WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND WELFARE PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY GOVERNMENTAL AND NON GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS IN SUMATRA. SPECIFIC PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) WEEKLY CLASSES AND LECTURES DELIVERED TO 200 STUDENTS ANNUALLY (2) ONE TO EIGHT WEEK COURSES, SEMINARS, AND HANDS ON FIELD TRAININGS FOR STUDENTS (3) OPERATION OF A WILDLIFE AMBULANCE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES AND RESCUE OF INJURED WILD ELEPHANTS (4) DELIVERY OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR CERTIFIED WILDLIFE VETERINARIANS (5) UNDERTAKING VETERINARY RESEARCH BY FACULTY AND SCIENTIFIC ST
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SUMATRAN AND JAVAN RHINOCEROS BY INDONESIAN RESEARCHERS II THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT A BROAD SAMPLING FOR DUNG SAMPLES FOR BOTH SPECIES, AND TO DEVELOP NOVEL METHODS TO IMPROVE DNA PRESERVATION FROM DUNG, BETTER IDENTIFY DISTINCT MATERNAL LINEAGES, AND IDENTIFY SIRE LINEAGES. GRANTEE WILL INITIATE A PROJECT TO STORE AND GROW CELLS, TO ALLOW FOR EXTRACTION OF HIGH-QUALITY DNA AND TO ENABLE IN VITRO AND GENOMIC STUDIES ON A LONGER-TERM BASIS. THE PROJECT EXPECTS FOR EACH SPECIES 1 WIDESPREAD SAMPLING OF DUNG FROM WILD RHINOS 2 DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED DUNG COLLECTION METHODS 3 HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING HTS TO BE USED ON DNA FROM DUNG SAMPLES 4 MATERNAL LINEAGES IDENTIFIED MORE ACCURATELY AND PRECISELY BY EXTRACTING FULL MITOGENOMES FROM HTS THE HTS READS WILL ALSO IDENTIFY DIET AND PATHOGENS AND 5 NOVEL Y-CHROMOSOME HAPLOTYPE MARKERS DEVELOPED AND USED TO IDENTIFY PATERNAL LINEAGES. THE NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCES FROM DUNG SAMPLES WILL PERMIT RHINOCEROS DIET AND INTESTINAL PARASITES TO BE EXAMINED. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A GROWING BODY OF GENOMIC REFERENCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN FLORA, WHICH WILL BE SHARED WITH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCHERS AND PROVIDE VITAL INFORMATION TO HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS LOCALLY.
Protecting the Sumatran Elephant Population in Beutong Region, The Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh Province, Indonesia. This award supports a comprehensive program to protect the Critically Endangered Sumatran elephant in the Beutong region in the northwest Leuser ecosystem, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, by significantly reducing human-elephant conflict (HEC), monitoring wild elephant populations, anti-poaching patrols, and community outreach. Project activities include: 1) recruit and train two wildlife project teams, with each team including a forest police officer; 2) equip teams with rations, fuel, and basic patrol gear such as tents, GPS units, cameras, and uniforms; 3) mobilization of patrol teams with each team patrolling for a minimum of 15 days per month; 4) reporting all wildlife crimes and violations to District police; and 5) regular SMART patrol data entry and report synthesis with SMART reports submitted to the Aceh government and forest authorities. This project is an important first step in protecting the Beuton subpopulation of Sumatran elephants by reducing poaching and electrocution and poisoning deaths of elephants, and increased community awareness of elephant conservation issues in the Leuser ecosystem of Aceh, Indonesia.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Assessment of lesser known rhinoceros habitats and corridor development for effective meta-population management in Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra Indonesia
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to focus on the prevention and protection of the habitat through patrol and direct monitoring in the field, specifically by the reduction of encroachment and other threats in areas with key elephant populations, and an improved understanding of deforestation predictions in areas under threats of deforestation. This will be accomplished by: 1) SMART patrolling areas with active encroachment; 2) Support to national park and legal agencies for prosecutions; 3) Assisting with national park boundary issues; 4) Working with stakeholders to understand land-use conflicts; 5) Continuous modeling of encroachment to predict likely encroachment hotspots in the future; 6) Identifying key elephant areas which are susceptible to encroachment; 7) Assisting national park authorities and UNESCO by providing data for World Heritage Site recovery Plans.
Mobile Village Tiger Patrols VI: An integrated approach to tiger protection through education, conflict mitigation, improved livelihoods and law enforcement This grant will work to bring tigers back to their natural carrying capacity in Bukit Baresan Selatan National Park and bring the tiger population of Bukit Balai Rejang forest to a level that is both capable of sustained breeding and compatible with the human activities legally permitted within BBR. This will be done by decreasing human-tiger conflict, decreasing poaching of tigers, and decreasing killing of tiger prey. Specifically, the Recipient will: (1) conduct human-wildlife conflict patrols; (2) conduct wildlife crimes investigations; (3) provide legal aid in wildlife crimes cases; and (4) conduct educational events to raise awareness about tiger conservation.
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN (PONGO ABELII) REINTRODUCTION, POPULATION RESEARCH AND ENHANCING COMMUNITY CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP ACEH, INDONESIA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS, BY THE END OF 2024, TO RELEASE AT LEAST 160 INDIVIDUAL ORANGUTANS IN JANTHO NATURE RESERVE (24 ORANGUTANS RELEASED DURING THE PROJECT PERIOD) AND TO PROTECT AND REDUCE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN JANTHO NATURE RESERVE. PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (1) REHABILITATED SUMATRAN ORANGUTANS ARE RELEASED AND MONITORED IN JANTHO NATURE RESERVE (2) JANTHO NATURE RESERVE (16,000 HA) IS PROTECTED BY THE ADDITION OF A SECOND PATROL TEAM, AND RANGER CAPACITIES ARE ENHANCED, BY ENSURING MONTHLY PATROL MISSIONS TAKE PLACE, COMMUNITY RANGER TRAINING TAKES PLACE, AT LEAST 2 EVENTS PER YEAR COVERING SUBJECTS INCLUDING REPTILE MAMMAL SURVEYING METHODS, SMART (SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL) DATASHEET FORMATS, GPS TRAINING, SINGLE ROPE CLIMBING, AND FIRST AID AND (3) THE SIX PROJECT COMMUNITIES ARE INFORMED AND ENGAGED IN ACTIONS TO PROTECT LOCAL FOREST BIODIVERSITY, INCLUDING SUMATRAN ORANGUTANS.
Conservation and monitoring of Sumatran elephants in Bukit Tigapuluh, Indonesia The purpose of this project is to support and supervise Community-Based Conflict Mitigation (CBCM) in order to decrease both loss and damages to farmers and retaliatory actions towards Critically Endangered Sumatran elephants and to monitor movements of and threats to the resident elephant population of Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra. Project activities will include: 1) in-house training of Elephant Conservation and Conflict Mitigation Unit teams; 2) monitoring and tracking GPS-collared elephants and their family groups to safeguard them from poaching and poisoning; 3) the re-capture of collared elephants to replace non-active collars; 4) monitoring and assessment of damages from human-elephant conflict (HEC) incidents; and 5) strengthening the existing early-warning HEC system by working closely with village leaders and authorities to provide emergency hotline accessibility and quick response of ranger teams. This project will contribute to the peaceful coexistence of people and Sumatran elephants in one of the largest remaining lowland forests in Sumatra.
Securing an orangutan release sancutuary in the Bukit Tigapuluh Landscape in Sumatra, Indonesia. SECURING AN ORANGUTAN RELEASE SANCTUARY IN THE BUKIT TIGAPUL
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Protection and Conservation of Sumatran tiger in Kerinci Seblat National Park
Saving the Sumatran Elephant through Encroachment Reduction and Preventing Future Deforestation The purpose of this project is to focus on the prevention of encroachment and protection of the habitat through patrol and direct monitoring in the field, specifically, (1) the reduction of encroachment and other threats in areas with key elephant populations, and (2) an improved understanding of deforestation predictions in areas under threats of deforestation. The study area focuses on Bukit Barisan Selatan and Gunung Leuser National Parks which form part of the Barisan mountain range, a series of volcanoes up to 3,800m which lie along the entire western edge of the island of Sumatra.
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to support successful reintroduction of rescued orangutans into well-protected natural forest in synergy with local community engagement and support, thus creating a long-lasting legacy for nature conservation and poverty eradication. This will be done by: 1) undertaking daily post-release monitoring of released orangutans and providing on-site veterinary support; 2) undertaking weekly project socialization visits to people staying or working in the release area and monthly socializations in the target villages; 3) developing, socializing and ratifying a human-orangutan conflict mitigation plan; 4) developing an environmental education program for school children in the target villages; 5) assisting the villages to implement their community development plan; and 6) developing and implementing a regular conservation patrol plan in partnership with local government.
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund The recipient will assess hawksbill population size and distribution in the Derawan Archipelago through interviews and field studies, conduct an awareness campaign focused on domestic tourists, and work with souvenir shops to stop the sale of turtle shell products.
CONSERVING BORNEAN ORANGUTANS IN PRIMARY, DISTURBED AND CUSTOMARY FORESTS IN GUNUNG PALUNG NATIONAL PARK, INDONESIA, AND THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE The purpose of this project is to (1) apply the use of drone technology, including newly available thermal.drones, to assess orangutan populations, locate individual animals and assess canopy temperature, and.build a photographic database of orangutan nests from a drones perspective; pilot the use of thermal.equipped drones as a method for locating orangutans; implement the use of thermal-equipped drones to.rapidly assess orangutan presence in protected Customary Forest areas; and assess canopy temperature.using thermal-equipped drones as a measure of degradation and fire risk; (2) Determine and monitor.levels of biodiversity and anthropogenic disturbance in primary, degraded and customary forest habitats;.investigate differences in biodiversity and orangutan behavior between forest habitats through camera.trapping; expand bio-acoustic monitoring in degraded and primary habitats; investigate differences in.phenology of trees and lianas in primary, disturbed and Customary Forests; determine differences in.rainfall, temperature, humidity and solar radiation across primary and disturbed forests as a measure of.anthropogenic disturbance and an indicator of forest fire risk; (3) Understand the impact of human.disturbance, activity and proximity on orangutan behavior, diet, and health in different forest types.present in the Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) landscape; determine individual identity of.orangutans utilizing primary, degraded and customary forest habitats; establish a semi-permanent camp at.the Rangkong Research Site; determine differences in orangutan range use and behavior in degraded vs..primary forest types; determine differences in orangutan diet in primary, degraded and customary forests;.measure health and parasite load of orangutans found in the Rangkong and Cabang Panti sites; (4) assist.the Tanjung Gunung community decrease their dependence on environmentally destructive activities,.switching to more sustainable livelihoods and becoming environ
Developing elephant and other wildlife veterinary teaching, training, and research capacities and an elephant and wildlife ambulance at the Veterinary faculty of the Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of a wildlife veterinary education program and wildlife veterinary ambulance services at the Center for Wildlife Studies, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Sumatra. Specific activities will include: 1) conducting lectures, courses, and workshops on wildlife veterinary medicine for veterinary students and veterinarians; 2) establishing and operating a wildlife ambulance to provide veterinary services for conservation programs; and 3) identifying, developing, and establishing wildlife research projects. By ensuring the existence of elephant and wildlife veterinary expertise, this project will lead to the improved conservation of the Critically Endangered Sumatran elephant, captive Sumatran elephants working as patrols on conservation response units, and other wildlife in Sumatra, Indonesia.
A timely reassessment of conservation status and population baseline for the sumatran rhinoceros in the Ulu Masen Landscape, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The purpose of this project is to provide the Government of Indonesia and relevant partners with the most recent status of Sumatran rhinoceros in Ulu Masen as a baseline for a long-term exclusive strategy to secure it in this landscape. This will be done by: (1) conducting a partner meeting and compiling and verifying data to model the most suitable habitats for Sumatran rhino in Ulu Masen; (2) conducting a desktop analysis to produce a predictive map of rhino occurrence; (3) developing a rhino survey protocol and conducting technical training in the implementation of the protocol; (4) carrying out a detection/non-detection rhino field survey; (5) analyzing the field data (using PRESENCE) to obtain unbiased estimates of the factors that influence Sumatran rhino occupancy within the predicted best suitable habitats in the Ulu Masen landscape; and (6) conducting a strategic meeting to formulate future direction of Sumatran rhino conservation the Leuser-Ulu Masen mega landscape.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Mobile Village Tiger Patrols VI: An integrated approach to tiger protection through education, conflict mitigation, improved livelihoods and law enforcement
Living with elephants: expanding models to sustain community guarding in human-elephant conflict hotspots in Aceh Timur & Aceh Selatan conflict hotspots in Aceh Timur & Aceh Selatan The purpose of this project is to apply human-elephant conflict mitigation techniques, that have been successful in southern Sumatra, in two HEC prone districts of Aceh Province in northern Sumatra. The project aims to develop and initiate demonstration sites for the implementation of low-cost conflict mitigation by local communities, facilitate a collaborative community-led guarding team for mitigating HEC, and introduce other income-generating initiatives by promoting effective microfinance programmes and institutions to encourage investment that will support the HEC mitigation and provide an alternative livelihood.
Understanding and mitigating the impacts of peat forest fires on orangutans and gibbons in Sabangau, Indonesian Borneo The project will accomplish the following objectives to help conserve endangered orangutans and gibbons in western Kalimantan: (1) Understand the impacts of 2015 fire damage on orangutans and gibbons in Sabangau, by comparing pre- and post-fire data; (2) Support local fire teams to reduce short- to medium-term fire incidence; and, (3) Reduce longer-term fire risk through outreach and capacity development activities by increasing local understanding of fire impacts and causes, increasing conservation support, and training local staff and students to conduct research, conservation and activities into the future.