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Slender-billed and red-headed vultures. © Rising Phoenix / photo by Jonathan C. Eames.
Slender-billed (Gyps tenuirostris) and red-headed vultures (Sarcogyps calvus).
© Rising Phoenix / photo by Jonathan C. Eames

Conserving Vultures and Ibises in Their Last Cambodian Stronghold

Grantee Name: Rising Phoenix Co. Ltd.

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$235,000
Dates
Jun 2021 – Jun 2024
Keywords
Habitat conservation and management, Livestock, Restoration, Species Conservation, Wildlife management

Stabilize and then increase populations of five Critically Endangered vulture and ibis species at Cambodia’s Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary by increasing the availability of food at vulture “restaurants” to provide a safe, supplementary food source; providing artificial nesting platforms for vultures and monitoring their use; and establishing a feral water buffalo herd that can be used to create suitable conditions for ibis at seasonal wetlands.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by mitigating major threats

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