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Project members at the Stoung-Chikreng Bengal Florican Conservation Area
Project members at the Stoung-Chikreng Bengal Florican Conservation Area.
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Ex-situ Management of Bengal Florican in Cambodia

Grantee Name: Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten GmbH

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$40,000
Dates
Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Keywords
Capacity building, Ex situ conservation, Species Conservation
Establish ex-situ management of Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis blandini) in Cambodia by providing a suitable, predator-safe quarantine facility for confiscated Bengal Florican, building staff capacity for daily care and establishing an ex-situ founder generation colony of 20 animals in different stages of development with the long-term goal (20-30 year) of introducing surplus captive hatched individuals within the range of the species.
Strategic Direction : 1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by mitigating major threats

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