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Building Sustainability for the Mekong Turtle Conservation Project in Kratie, Cambodia
Grantee Name: 
Conservation International
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$7,798
DATES
Jun 2016
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May 2017
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$7,798
DATES
Jun 2016
-
May 2017

Strengthen community-based conservation in the Mekong mainstream, upstream of Kratie, with a particular focus on the population and habitat of the Endangered Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii). The project will increase cooperation between the Fisheries Administration and local communities; promote financial sustainability for community-based protection through ecotourism; and strengthen the capacity of a community fishery to include turtle and fish conservation in its management activities.

Strategic Direction: 4 Empower local communities to engage in conservation and management of priority key biodiversity areas