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Consultation with CFi members identifying deep pools.

© Bran Sina / WCS Cambodia

Strengthening Community-led Efforts to Safeguard Giant Freshwater Stingray in Cambodia

Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $40,000
Dates: Jul 2024 – Jul 2025
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Fisheries, Freshwater, Habitat conservation and management, Policy/law, Species Conservation

Restore demographically viable populations of Giant Freshwater Stingrays (Urogymnus polylepis) along the Mekong River by safeguarding deep pools and strengthening joint law enforcement efforts.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by mitigating major threats

Strengthening Community-led Efforts to Safeguard Giant Freshwater Stingray in Cambodia

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