Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Teenagers smiling, one holding peace sign, carrying trash bags — Volunteers helping to eradicate an invasive cordgrass Spartina alterniflora and removing rubbish on the mudflat in Leizhou, Guangdong, China, where Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper winters.

© Ye Zhi-ying

Empowerment of Local Communities to Address Problem of Illegal Hunting in South China

Grantee Name: The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: China
Amount: $39,998
Dates: Mar 2016 – Sep 2017
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Hunting, Migratory species, Monitoring and evaluation, Networks

Strengthen networking among local civil society organizations — and between them and government agencies — to reduce illegal hunting of waterbirds at key intertidal wetlands in China’s Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces. Monitor illegal bird trapping and waterbird numbers, and promptly provide that information to local authorities. Conduct awareness raising and advocacy on illegal trapping among targeted local communities and government authorities.

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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Empowerment of Local Communities to Address Problem of Illegal Hunting in South China

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