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Bear behind chain-link fence.
Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), Tam Dao rescue center, Vietnam.
© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff
Breaking the Chain: Building a Transnational Partnership Between Civil Society and Governments to Combat Major Wildlife Trade Networks in Lao PDR, Vietnam and China
Grantee Name: 
Wildlife Conservation Society
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
AMOUNT
US$324,550
DATES
Oct 2014
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Sep 2016
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
AMOUNT
US$324,550
DATES
Oct 2014
-
Sep 2016

Increase the effectiveness of the law enforcement response to prevent, detect and suppress wildlife criminals operating along a major transnational trade chain from Lao PDR’s Bolikhamxay Province to China's Guangdong Province by generating and disseminating accurate information and intelligence; increasing political support for effective enforcement; and increasing debate on wildlife crime issues by the media and among local civil society.

Strategic Direction: 2 Demonstrate innovative responses to illegal trafficking and consumption of wildlife