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Close-up of person tending to green plant.
Staff of WWF Vietnam with a species of aroid believed to be a preferred food of Saola, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam.
© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff
Safeguarding the Saola within the Species' Priority Landscape in Vietnam
Grantee Name: 
World Wide Fund for Nature
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$242,674
DATES
May 2010
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Aug 2012
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$242,674
DATES
May 2010
-
Aug 2012

Secure core populations of saola, the flagship species of the Indo-Burma Hotspot, by addressing pressing immediate threats and putting in place a solid foundation for the long-term conservation of the species in terms of funding, knowledge and protected area capacity. Understand resource use patterns among local, forest-dependent communities and develop culturally appropriate economic alternatives to hunting within saola core areas.

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