Home > Grants > Grantee Projects > Developing Conservation Strategies to Eliminate Yew Trade in Mountains of Southwest China
Developing Conservation Strategies to Eliminate Yew Trade in Mountains of Southwest China
Grantee Name: 
TRAFFIC International
HOTSPOT
Mountains of Southwest China
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$60,000
DATES
Sep 2004
-
Dec 2006
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mountains of Southwest China
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$60,000
DATES
Sep 2004
-
Dec 2006

Explore strategies for sustainable utilization of biodiversity resources in regards to the devastating trade of Himalayan yew as a major consumer of the bark’s extract, known as taxol, in the Mountains of Southwest China Hotspot. This project focuses on enhancing law enforcement, awareness building, and monitoring.

Strategic Direction: 2 Support site-related projects led by civil society to mitigate key threats to natural areas and species populations