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Crocodiles behind chain-link fense.
Captive-bred crocodiles, Prek Toal village, Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia.
© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff

Cambodia Crocodile Conservation Programme: Building Civil Society Capacity to Tackle the Unsustainable Exploitation of Siamese Crocodiles

Grantee Name: Fauna & Flora International

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$34,514
Dates
Feb 2011 – Jun 2013
Keywords
Species Conservation

Promote sustainable management and improved regulation of Cambodia's crocodile farming industry, by facilitating the establishment of a Cambodian Crocodile Farmers Association, supporting it to develop protocols and rules to address key industry issues, and initiating a process to shift industry practice towards a sustainable leather industry. Establish a monitoring program to evaluate project impact on the wild stocks of the Siamese crocodile.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species in Indochina by mitigating major threats

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