Wildlife Alliance Inc

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CARDAMOM FOREST PROTECTION PROGRAM: THE CARDAMOM FOREST PROTECTION PROGRAM (CFPP) PROVIDES ON-THE-GROUND PROTECTION TO ONE OF ASIA'S LAST REMAINING ELEPHANT CORRIDORS. THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS RAINFOREST IS HOME TO OVER 55 IUCN THREATENED WILDLIFE SPECIES AND IS A 200 GLOBAL ECOREGION AND THEREFORE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONSERVATION PLACES ON THE PLANET. LOCATED IN THE INDO-BURMESE PENINSULA, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAIN RANGE IS THE REGION'S MOST IMPORTANT WATERSHED AND CARBON SINK. CFPP PROVIDES DIRECT PROTECTION TO OVER 830,000 HECTARES OF TROPICAL FOREST AND ADDRESSES THE LOCAL DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION THROUGH (1) ZONING AND DEMARCATION OF PROTECTED FORESTLAND; (2) ADVOCACY AT ALL LEVELS (SEE SCHEDULE O)

WILDLIFE REHABILITATION:WILDLIFE ALLIANCE'S WILDLIFE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO REHABILITATE ANIMALS VICTIMIZED BY THE WILDLIFE TRADE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORT AND CARE NECESSARY TO READY THEM FOR RELEASE BACK INTO THE WILD. CARE FOR RESCUED WILDLIFE THE THOUSANDS OF LIVE ANIMALS RESCUED EVERY YEAR NEED FIRST AID INTERVENTION ON THE ROAD TO REDUCE MORTALITY AND PROFESSIONAL CARE ONCE THEY ARRIVE AT THE WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER. IN RESPONSE, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CREATED ITS CARE FOR RESCUED WILDLIFE PROGRAM (CRW) THAT PROVIDES VETERINARIANS, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SPECIALIST, (SEE SCHEDULE O)PROPER FOOD DIETS, AND SPACIOUS ENCLOSURES. THE CRW PROGRAM HAS RETROFITTED THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT'S RESCUE CENTER IN PHNOM TAMAO WHICH WAS CONSIDERED BEFORE 2001 "A PLACE WHERE ANIMALS CAME TO DIE". TODAY, THANKS TO A NEW WATER SYSTEM, A BABY CLINIC, A REBUILT QUARANTINE, AND DOZENS OF NEW ENCLOSURES, ALONG WITH TRAINED KEEPERS, VETERINARIAN SUPPLIES AND STRICT DIET PROTOCOLS FOR EACH SPECIES, THE WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER HAS BECOME ONE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA'S PREMIER INSTITUTION IN CARING FOR ANIMALS VICTIMIZED BY THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE, GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE, AND ONE OF THE REGION'S FOREMOST WILDLIFE RESCUE FACILITIES. 1,200 INDIVIDUALS FROM 102 SPECIES LIVE THERE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF 5,000 ACRES OF RE-GROWING FOREST.WITH NEARLY 300,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY, PTWRC IS A SHOWPIECE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN CAMBODIA. EDUCATION HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS AT THE CENTER, AND WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS TO PHNOM TAMAO FOR CAMBODIAN STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS. THESE TRIPS GIVE STUDENTS DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE ANIMALS, AND HELP SHAPE THE CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE OF TOMORROW. WILDLIFE REHABILITATION STATIONRESCUED ANIMALS WHICH ARE SICK, INJURED, HABITUATED TO HUMANS, OR PREMATURELY ORPHANED ARE PROVIDED CARE AND VETERINARY TREATMENT AT PHNOM TAMAO FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ANIMALS FIT TO RETURN TO THE WILD, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CREATED THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION STATION WHERE ANIMALS CAN BE READIED FOR RELEASE IN A SAFE AND PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT. SITUATED IN THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOM RAINFOREST, THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION STATION FOCUSES ON 'SOFT' RELEASE PROJECTS THAT ALLOW ANIMALS TO BECOME ACCLIMATED TO THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT BEFORE RELEASE. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ACCLIMATIZATION, PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD AND POST-RELEASE MONITORING INCREASES SURVIVAL RATES DRAMATICALLY. THIS METHODOLOGY HAS LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL RELEASE OF MANY ANIMALS, INCLUDING BINTURONGS, PILEATED GIBBONS, AND PANGOLINS. BY RETURNING SPECIES TO THE FOREST, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE IS HELPING TO RESTORE A DEPLETED ECOSYSTEM, REPOPULATING A ONCE BARREN FOREST WHERE ANIMALS AND NATURE CAN THRIVE.IN 2013, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE UNDERTOOK A NEW ENDEAVOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAMBODIAN FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION AND THE APSARA AUTHORITY TO REINTRODUCE ENDANGERED PILEATED GIBBONS AND OTHER WILDLIFE IN THE DESOLATE FOREST SURROUNDING THE ANGKOR TEMPLE COMPLEX, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND CAMBODIA'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE REINTRODUCED PILEATED GIBBON, GERMAIN'S SILVERED LANGUR, CIVETS, AND MUNTJAC AFFECTED BY THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE. OUR GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT IS THAT OFFSPRING OF THE REINTRODUCED WILDLIFE WILL FIND THEIR OWN MATES AND FORM WILD POPULATIONS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY NOT HAVE TO BE MANAGED. COMMUNITY CONSERVATION SUPPORTWILDLIFE ALLIANCE'S NEW COMMUNITY CONSERVATION SUPPORT PROGRAM (CCS) PROVIDES LOCAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO PROTECT THEIR LOCAL FOREST AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS WITH TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SUSTAIN THEIR EFFORTS. THIS HELP TAKES DIFFERENT FORMS, INCLUDING PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, THE PROVISION OF PER DIEMS FOR PATROLS, INTERCEDING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON THEIR BEHALF OR RAISING THE PROFILE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SPREAD THE WORD.IN PRAMBEI MOM COMMUNITY FOREST IN KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE 2 NEW POOLS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WATER FOR ENDANGERED BANTENG, MAKING THEM LESS DEPENDENT ON ENTERING THE SURROUNDING PLANTATIONS FOR WATER. WE ARE CONDUCTING CAMERA TRAP SURVEYS IN THIS FOREST TO ASSESS THE NUMBER AND GENERAL HEALTH OF THE BANTENG AND RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SNARES BEING PUT DOWN BY HUNTERS. AT LEAST, 6 BANTENG WERE CAPTURED ON CAMERA WITH SNARES ATTACHED TO THEIR LEGS. THESE ANIMALS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE DEAD BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE AND TREAT THEM UNTIL THEY ARE TOO WEAK TO SURVIVE.A TOTAL OF 718 SNARES WERE REMOVED BY OUR COMMUNITY RANGERS IN BRAMBEI MOM IN 2021. WE BUILT A POOL IN METTA TOMACHIERT FOREST, ALSO CALLED SRAI BOH FOREST, IN KAMPONG SPEU TO PROVIDE WATER FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES HERE, WHICH INCLUDES SILVERED LANGURS, GIBBONS AND BEARS. MANY SNARES ARE ALSO BEING REMOVED FROM METTA TOMACHIERT FOREST.A SINGLE MALE PILEATED GIBBON LIVES IN THIS FOREST AND AT THE REQUEST OF MONK, PROM SOCHIERT, WE TRANSPORTED A SUITABLE FEMALE FROM PTWRC WHO WE HOPED WOULD PAIR UP WITH THE MALE. THE FEMALE, NAMED KARUNA, WAS RELEASED IN MAY AND THE PAIR NOW TRAVEL THROUGH THE FOREST TOGETHER, MAKING THIS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL RELEASE OF A CAPTIVE GIBBON TO PAIR WITH A WILD ANIMAL TO BE CONDUCTED IN CAMBODIA.EQUIPMENT WAS PROVIDED TO BUN SALUTH FOR HIS PATROL TEAMS IN RUKAVORN FOREST IN ODOR MEANCHEY AND ALSO TO THE RANGERS IN PRAMBEI MOM. EQUIPMENT INCLUDED MOTORBIKES, UNIFORMS, ICOMS, GPS UNITS, BOOTS, HAMMOCKS, TENTS AND OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR PATROLS.

ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT: WILDLIFE ALLIANCE WORKS WITH THE MOST DISADVANTAGED, LANDLESS POOR IN SOUTHWEST CAMBODIA TO BUILD TECHNICAL, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS. COMMUNITIES ARE EMPOWERED TO TRANSFORM THEIR OWN LIVES - YIELDING A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING FOR INDIVIDUALS, EFFECTIVE LOCAL MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND INCREASED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE PROVIDES ACCESS TO INCREASED INCOME, LAND, MARKETS, AND FOOD SECURITY; AND PROVIDES CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND SKILL BUILDING IN AGRICULTURE, ECOTOURISM AND REFORESTATION; SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SURROUNDING HABITAT. SUPPORT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT ENSURES VILLAGERS FEEL (SEE SCHEDULE O)