Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

White bird with black head and yellow beak mid-flight. — River Tern (*Sterna aurantia*), Sekong River, Cambodia.

© O. Langrand

Ecology and Conservation of Sandbar-Nesting Birds in Cambodia

Grantee Name: The University of Minnesota

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $18,871
Dates: Feb 2014 – Jun 2015
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Research

Empower communities along the Mekong, Sekong and Sesan rivers of Cambodia to engage in biodiversity conservation through a community-based conservation incentives program that focuses on protection of nest sites for sandbar-nesting birds and includes training for community members in conservation methods. This work will be implemented in partnership with WWF Cambodia and the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

Strategic Direction : 4 Empower local communities to engage in conservation and management of priority key biodiversity areas