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Three sarus cranes depicted on frieze.
Sarus crane depicted on Angkorian frieze, Cambodia.
© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff
Establishing Sustainable Management at Key Wetlands for Sarus Crane in the Cambodian Lower Mekong
Grantee Name: 
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$228,917
DATES
Oct 2010
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Jul 2013
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$228,917
DATES
Oct 2010
-
Jul 2013

Fully establish and conserve Boeung Prek Lapouv and Kampong Trach: two key protected areas for Sarus Crane, representative of the lower Mekong floodplain wetlands. Contribute to their long-term sustainable management by developing and revising site management plans, training and supporting local conservation groups, piloting long-term financing mechanisms, and generating increased support among local people for site conservation.

Strategic Direction: 1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species in Indochina by mitigating major threats