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Teenagers smiling, one holding peace sign, carrying trash bags
Volunteers helping to eradicate an invasive cordgrass Spartina alterniflora and removing rubbish on the mudflat in Leizhou, Guangdong, China, where Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper winters.
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Empowerment of Local Communities to Address Problem of Illegal Hunting in South China
Grantee Name: 
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$39,998
DATES
Apr 2016
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Sep 2017
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$39,998
DATES
Apr 2016
-
Sep 2017

Strengthen networking among local civil society organizations — and between them and government agencies — to reduce illegal hunting of waterbirds at key intertidal wetlands in China’s Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces. Monitor illegal bird trapping and waterbird numbers, and promptly provide that information to local authorities. Conduct awareness raising and advocacy on illegal trapping among targeted local communities and government authorities.

Strategic Direction: 8 Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels

Close-up of spoon-billed sandpiper walking through marsh.
Critically Endangered spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea).
© Ken/Flickr Creative Commons