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Building Awareness and Capacity to Reduce the Illegal Cross-Border Trade of Wildlife From Vietnam to China

Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Viet Nam
Amount
$106,719
Dates
Aug 2009 – Aug 2012
Keywords
Research, Wildlife trade

Achieve a demonstrable reduction in the illegal cross-border trade of wildlife from Vietnam to China by implementing a targeted program of training, outreach and awareness raising in a key border province aimed at strengthening capacity and building political will. The project will directly target the main driver of overexploitation in the hotspot and build a constituency for conservation among civil society.

Strategic Direction :

3 Engage key actors in reconciling biodiversity conservation and development objectives, with a particular emphasis on the Northern Limestone Highlands and Mekong River and its major tributaries

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