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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
Viet Nam
Amount
$242,674
Dates
Apr 2010 – Aug 2012
Keywords
Community-based conservation, Hunting, Species Conservation

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

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