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Capacity Building of Local Conservation Groups in Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces to Address Illegal Shorebird Trapping Problem

Grantee Name: The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
China
Amount
$84,453
Dates
May 2014 – Apr 2016
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Hunting, Migratory species, Monitoring and evaluation, Networks

Develop a civil society network for bird conservation in coastal southern China;training at least five local groups in awareness-raising, monitoring and advocacy to government. Support local groups to put this training into practice, thereby leading to changed attitudes and behavior among local communities and increased action by government agencies to tackle illegal trapping and trading of wild birds.

Strategic Direction :

8 Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels

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