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Pygmy Hog Conservation Program

Grantee Name: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Hotspot
Himalaya
Location
India
Amount
$80,000
Dates
Sep 2008 – Dec 2010
Keywords
Habitat conservation and management, Research, Species Conservation, Wildlife management

Contribute to enhancing key habitat areas necessary for the conservation of the Critically Endangered pygmy hog (Sus salvanius) as an extension of an ongoing program for pygmy hog recovery through captive breeding. This new phase seeks to establish new populations and to help enhance the capacity of park staff for improving the management of grasslands; monitor and protect pygmy hog; and raise awareness regarding conservation of this species.

Strategic Direction :

1 Build on existing landscape conservation initiatives to maintain and restore connectivity and to protect wide-ranging threatened species in priority corridors with a particular emphasis on the Bhutan Biological Conservat

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