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Strengthening Community-led Efforts to Safeguard Giant Freshwater Stingray in Cambodia
Grantee Name: 
Wildlife Conservation Society
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
Cambodia
AMOUNT
US$40,000
DATES
Jul 2024
-
Jun 2025
KEYWORDS
Awareness
Capacity building
Community-based conservation
Fisheries
Freshwater
Habitat conservation and management
Policy/law
Species Conservation
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
Cambodia
AMOUNT
US$40,000
DATES
Jul 2024
-
Jun 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

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