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Preventing Poisoning of Cambodia’s Vultures

Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$19,970
Dates
Feb 2011 – Feb 2012
Keywords
Policy/law, Species Conservation, Wildlife management

The project aims at preventing local extinction of vultures by raising awareness of local communities in three provinces of Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Mondulkiri, Cambodia about the threat from pesticides to vultures; maintaining the population size by supplementing food supplies and monitoring adults and nests; and banning the use of some pesticides from entering the vulture food chain.

Strategic Direction :

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

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