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Group of 10 men and women, wearing white hard hats and matching green jackets.
Kadu Village gibbon patrol group.
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Piloting Community-based Initiatives for Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon in the Indawgyi Watershed
Grantee Name: 
The Northern Green Lights
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$35,841
DATES
Feb 2017
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Dec 2018
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$35,841
DATES
Feb 2017
-
Dec 2018

Empower communities in the Indawgyi Watershed by equipping them with specific knowledge and skills necessary for hoolock gibbon conservation (habitat management, monitoring, patrolling, etc.). Protect gibbon populations in community forests through community patrolling and community-based biodiversity conservation. Build support for community-led biodiversity conservation among legislatures and authorities in Kachin State, Myanmar.

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