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Protected sandbar, Sekong River, Cambodia.
© O. Langrand

Community-Based Protection and Monitoring of Threatened Bird Biodiversity in Sekong River Important Bird Area (Koh Thbeng Island and Surrounding Area)

Grantee Name: Royal University of Phnom Penh

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$19,999
Dates
Apr 2011 – Sep 2012
Keywords
Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Freshwater, Monitoring and evaluation

Strengthen the capacity of local communities along the Sekong to implement the systematic collection of environmental and social data for monitoring the impact of resource management activities, livelihood development, and external threats. Expected outputs are community monitoring protocol and a toolkit for seven indicators, pilot program of community monitoring for at least seven indicators, and an initial six-month monitoring results workshop and monitoring report.

Strategic Direction :

2 Develop innovative, locally led approaches to site-based conservation at 28 key biodiversity areas

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