Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Cambodia Vulture Conservation Project

Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $19,730
Dates: Mar 2009 – Mar 2010
Keywords: Monitoring and evaluation, Policy/law, Species Conservation, Wildlife management

Protect and monitor the largest Indochinese populations of three Critically Endangered vulture species in north and northeastern Cambodia by providing uncontaminated food, protecting nests, and working to ban veterinary use of diclofenac (a drug toxic to vultures, which has caused enormous declines elsewhere in their range).

Strategic Direction :

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