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Development of Conservation Strategy for a Newly Discovered Lion-tailed Macaque Population in Sirsi-Honnavara, Western Ghats: Understanding of the Impact of Non-Timber Forest Product Collection on Lion-tailed Macaques
Grantee Name: 
Honnavalli N. Kumara
HOTSPOT
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$13,550
DATES
Aug 2009
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Apr 2011
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$13,550
DATES
Aug 2009
-
Apr 2011

Study the impact of non-timber forest product collection on the feeding ecology of a newly discovered population of the Endangered lion-tailed macaque, an endemic primate restricted in its distribution to certain forest pockets in the Western Ghats. Help formulate a conservation action plan for this newly discovered and, possibly, largest population, which is confined to unprotected forests under intense pressure.

Strategic Direction: 2 Improve the conservation of globally threatened species through systematic conservation planning and action