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Estimating Site Occupancy for Four Threatened Mammals In
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by UT Digital Repository The Thesis committee for Andrew Tilker certifies that this is the approved version of the following thesis: Estimating Site Occupancy for Four Threatened Mammals in Southeastern Laos APROVED BY SUPERVISING COMMITTEE: Supervisor: ____________________________ Timothy Keitt ____________________________ Thomas Gray Estimating Site Occupancy for Four Threatened Mammals in Southeastern Laos by Andrew Tilker, B. S. Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School Of the University of Texas at Austin In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts The University of Texas at Austin August 2014 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Tom Gray, and more generally the WWF—CarBi project, for substantial support over the past three years. The camera trapping data used for this thesis was collected under the CarBi project. Bill Robichaud and Barney Long, colleagues in the Saola Working Group, gave me support at times when I needed it most. Tim Keitt, my adviser at the University of Texas, provided guidance during my time in his lab. Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude to my parents, who have given me constant encouragement to forge my own path and follow it no matter where it may take me. iii Estimating Site Occupancy for Four Threatened Mammals in Southeastern Laos by Andrew Tilker, M. A. The University of Texas at Austin, 2014 SUPERVISOR: Timothy Keitt The tropical forests of Indochina harbor a suite of globally threatened tropical mammal species. These species are difficult to detect, and subsequently understudied. -
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Conservation Status and Population Density of Himalayan Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal Achyut Aryal1 Abstract Himalayan Serow ‘Capricornis sumatraensis’ population is isolated in a small patch of the southern part of Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) with a population density of 1.17 individual/km2 and a population sex ratio of 1:1.6(Male: Female). A strong correlation was found between population (y) and pellets density (x) (y=0.011x-0.2619, R2-0.97). The major problems in the Serow habitat were habitat fragmentation & land use change, conflict between predator and villager, livestock grazing and poaching. The study was successful in providing information on the present status of Himalayan Serow in the ACA. cGgk'0f{ ;+/If0f If]qsf] blIf0fL efudf ;fgf] ´'08df ! .!& k|lt ju { ls=ld= hg3gTj / ! :! .^ (k'lnË::qLlnË) sf] cgkftdf' 5l§Psf' ] ;fgf ] o;sf ] hg;Vof+ PSnf?kdf] /xsf] ] 5 . hg;ªVof\ / jsfnfsf{} ] 3gTjlar 3lx/f ] ;DaGw /xsf] ] kfOof] . lxdfnog l;/f]sf] ;/+If0fsf d'Vo ;d:ofx?df jf;:yfg 6'lqmg' / hldgsf] k|of]udf abnfj, ufpFn] ljrsf] åGå, ufO{j:t' rl/r/0f / u}/sfg'gL lzsf/ x'g\ . lxdfnog l;/f] ;+/If0fsf nflu ;+/If0f lzIff, hgtfdf´ o;af/] r]tgf hufpg] sfo{qmd cfjZos b]lvPsf 5g\ . of] cWoogn] cGgk'0f{ If]qdf /xsf] lxdfnog l;/f]sf] cj:yfjf/] hfgsf/L lbg ;kmn ePsf] 5 . Key Words: Population density, Sex ratio, Fragmentation, Conservation, Threats Introduction Himalayan Serow 'Capricornis sumatraensis' (hereafter Serow) is a threatened animal, listed in Appendix I by CITES and class as "Vulnerable" by IUCN Red data (IUCN, 2004). -
2017 Annual Report Direct Protection to Forests and Wildlife
2017 Annual Report Direct protection to forests and wildlife. Photo by Jeremy Holden Cover photo by Jeremy Holden Rainforest Protection 3,548Patrols 143,500Km2 patrolled 151Legal cases filed 21,589Snares removed 302Live animals rescued The Cardamom Rainforest Landscape is a 10,000 km2 reef-to- ridge protected area complex forming a critical part of the Indo- Burma global biodiversity hotspot. The Cardamoms are significant for biodiversity conservation supporting more than 50 IUCN threatened species of vertebrates. The landscape is also the most important watershed for southwest Cambodia, providing ecosystem services as the region’s largest climate regulator and carbon sink. Wildlife Alliance works with the Royal Government of Cambodia to protect the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape through robust on-the-ground law enforcement, patrolling, and judicial follow- up, with a focus on creating high performance law enforcement teams with Zero Tolerance for Corruption. In 2017, Wildlife Alliance employed 92 rangers in 15 teams supervised by 15 Wildlife Alliance law enforcement professionals operating from 7 fully-equiped law enforcement stations and patrolling across 8,347 km2 of the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape. Southern Cardamom Koh Pao Area Patrolled: 970 km2 Rainforest Protection Snares Removed: 6,289 Chainsaws Seized: 7 Animals Rescued: 47 Program Veal Pi Results by Area Patrolled: 975 km2 Ranger Station Snares Removed: 2,562 Chainsaws Seized: 5 Chhay Areang Animals Rescued: 31 Area Patrolled: 628 km2 Snares Removed: 2,740 Chainsaws Seized: -
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals Lead Assessor Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz Technical Reviewer Md. Kamrul Hasan Chief Technical Reviewer Mohammad Ali Reza Khan Technical Assistants Selina Sultana Md. Ahsanul Islam Farzana Islam Tanvir Ahmed Shovon GIS Analyst Sanjoy Roy Technical Coordinator Mohammad Shahad Mahabub Chowdhury IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature Bangladesh Country Office 2015 i The designation of geographical entitles in this book and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature concerning the legal status of any country, territory, administration, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The biodiversity database and views expressed in this publication are not necessarily reflect those of IUCN, Bangladesh Forest Department and The World Bank. This publication has been made possible because of the funding received from The World Bank through Bangladesh Forest Department to implement the subproject entitled ‘Updating Species Red List of Bangladesh’ under the ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection (SRCWP)’ Project. Published by: IUCN Bangladesh Country Office Copyright: © 2015 Bangladesh Forest Department and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorized without prior written permission from the copyright holders, provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission of the copyright holders. Citation: Of this volume IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. -
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Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 160 (2017) 89–138 An initial survey of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from the Cardamom Mountains and adjacent uplands of southwestern Cambodia, with descriptions of four new species Dan A. Polhemus Previous collections of aquatic Heteroptera from Cambodia have been limited, and the biota of the country has remained essentially undocumented until the past several years. Recent surveys of aquatic Heteroptera in the Cardamom Mountains and adjacent Kirirom and Bokor plateaus of southwestern Cambodia, coupled with previous literature records, demonstrate that 11 families, 35 genera, and 68 species of water bugs occur in this area. These collections include 13 genus records and 37 species records newly listed for the country of Cambodia. The following four new species are described based on these recent surveys: Amemboa cambodiana n. sp. (Gerridae); Microvelia penglyi n. sp., Microvelia setifera n. sp. and Microvelia bokor n. sp. (all Veliidae). Based on an updated checklist provided herein, the aquatic Heteroptera biota of Cambodia as currently known consists of 78 species, and has an endemism rate of 7.7%, although these numbers should be considered provisional pending further sampling. Keywords: Heteroptera; Cambodia; water bugs; new species; new records Dan A. Polhemus, Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817 USA. [email protected] Introduction of collections or species records from the country in Aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera, commonly the period preceding World War II. Following that known as water bugs, are a group of worldwide dis- war, the country’s traumatic social and political his- tribution with a well-developed base of taxonomy. -
Case Studies from the Mekong Subregion Jörn Dosch June 2010
Balancing Trade Growth and Environmental Protection in ASEAN: Case studies from the Mekong subregion Jörn Dosch June 2010 1. The environment and trade grown annually by an average of 19 percent in the period of 1994–2006. However, as a share of total trade, in the Mekong region intraregional trade still accounts for only 24 percent due to limited complementarities. iii The Mekong River is the world’s twelfth-largest river and Southeast Asia’s longest waterway. It originates in Tibet At the same time, illegal trade is still a matter of fact. Most and flows through the Chinese province of Yunnan before crucially, the biodiversity within the GMS continues to be continuing southwards, touching the territories of six threatened by rampant and unchecked wildlife and timber countries and ending in the South China Sea. The Greater trade. The region is home to some of the richest and most Mekong Subregion (GMS) is composed of Thailand, Lao biologically diverse habitats in the world. Its forests range PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and two Chinese from evergreen and semi-evergreen, to mixed deciduous, provinces: the Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and deciduous dipterocarp, iv panoramic grasslands, swamp Yunnan Province. i The GMS covers some 2.3 million forests and mangroves. v Four of the six deciduous square kilometres and contains a population of about 245 dipterocarp species in the world are found in this million people. The subregion has been characterized by subregion. vi Approximately 20,000 plant species, 1,200 centrally planned market systems, but is moving into a bird species, 800 reptile and amphibian species, and 430 process of transition towards closer integration with mammal species also inhabit the region, and more are external markets and increasing trade orientation as a being discovered. -
Chapter 6 South-East Asia
Chapter 6 South-East Asia South-East Asia is the least compact among the extremity of North-East Asia. The contiguous ar- regions of the Asian continent. Out of its total eas constituting the continental interior include land surface, estimated at four million sq.km., the the highlands of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and mainland mass has a share of only 40 per cent. northern Vietnam. The relief pattern is that of a The rest is accounted for by several thousand is- longitudinal ridge and furrow in Myanmar and lands of the Indonesian and Philippine archipela- an undulating plateau eastwards. These are re- goes. Thus, it is composed basically of insular lated to their structural difference: the former and continental components. Nevertheless the being a zone of tertiary folds and the latter of orographic features on both these landforms are block-faulted massifs of greater antiquity. interrelated. This is due to the focal location of the region where the two great axes, one of lati- The basin of the Irrawady (Elephant River), tudinal Cretaceo-Tertiary folding and the other forming the heartland of Myanmar, is ringed by of the longitudinal circum-Pacific series, converge. mountains on three sides. The western rampart, This interface has given a distinctive alignment linking Patkai, Chin, and Arakan, has been dealt to the major relief of the region as a whole. In with in the South Asian context. The northern brief, the basic geological structures that deter- ramparts, Kumon, Kachin, and Namkiu of the mine the trend of the mountains are (a) north- Tertiary fold, all trend north-south parallel to the south and north-east in the mainland interior, (b) Hengduan Range and are the highest in South- east-west along the Indonesian islands, and (c) East Asia; and this includes Hkakabo Raz north-south across the Philippines. -
Panthera Pardus) Range Countries
Profiles for Leopard (Panthera pardus) Range Countries Supplemental Document 1 to Jacobson et al. 2016 Profiles for Leopard Range Countries TABLE OF CONTENTS African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)...................................................... 4 North Africa .................................................................................................. 5 West Africa ................................................................................................... 6 Central Africa ............................................................................................. 15 East Africa .................................................................................................. 20 Southern Africa ........................................................................................... 26 Arabian Leopard (P. p. nimr) ......................................................................... 36 Persian Leopard (P. p. saxicolor) ................................................................... 42 Indian Leopard (P. p. fusca) ........................................................................... 53 Sri Lankan Leopard (P. p. kotiya) ................................................................... 58 Indochinese Leopard (P. p. delacouri) .......................................................... 60 North Chinese Leopard (P. p. japonensis) ..................................................... 65 Amur Leopard (P. p. orientalis) ..................................................................... 67 Javan Leopard -
Southern Cardamom Forest Protection Cambodia
Southern Cardamom Forest Protection Koh Kong Province Cambodia Defending one of the last unfragmented rainforests in Southeast Asia The Southern Cardamom project protects a mosaic of habitats from dense evergreen and pine forests to wetlands, flooded grasslands, lakes and coastal mangroves. As well as covering parts of the Southern Cardamom National Park and Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary the project also protects a critical part of the Cardamom Mountains Rainforest Ecoregion – one of the most important locations for biodiversity conservation on the planet. This unique project is home to at least 52 IUCN threatened species of mammals, birds and reptiles: Siamese crocodiles, sunbears, clouded leopards and one of Cambodia’s two populations of Asian elephants. southpole.com/projects Project 302 724 | 1768EN, 04.2020 The Context Thanks to the creation The diverse ecosystems protected by the project are some of the most important of a scholarship fund, biodiversity hotspots on the planet; however, they are also one of the most endangered. children from the local rural Deforestation and forest degradation is driven by illegal logging and clearing forest to communities are able to make way for agricultural land and plantations, as well as fuel collection and charcoal continue their education production. Largely due to a lack of alternative opportunities, many local residents rely on small-scale farming for their livelihood. after primary school The Project Covering over 445,000 ha in western Cambodia, the Southern Cardamom project aims to address these local drivers of deforestation. The project offers training on improved farming techniques so farmers can increase yields on smaller plots of land; and also develops community-based ecotourism, increasing the economic value of keeping the forest standing. -
An Assessment of Wildlife Use by Northern Laos Nationals
animals Article An Assessment of Wildlife Use by Northern Laos Nationals Elizabeth Oneita Davis * and Jenny Anne Glikman San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92026, USA; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 17 March 2020; Accepted: 8 April 2020; Published: 15 April 2020 Simple Summary: Although unsustainable wildlife consumption is a leading threat to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, there is still a notable lack of research around the issue, particularly into which animals may be “on the horizon” of impending conservation concern. Using semistructured interviews, we investigated the consumption of wildlife in northern Laos, with a focus on the use of wildlife for medicinal purposes. Bear bile was the most popular product, but serow bile was second in popularity and used for similar ailments. In light of these results, and considering the vulnerability of both bear and serow populations in the wild, greater concern needs to be taken to reduce demand for these products, before this demand becomes a significant conservation challenge. Abstract: Unsustainable wildlife trade is a well-publicized area of international concern in Laos. Historically rich in both ethnic and biological diversity, Laos has emerged in recent years as a nexus for cross-border trade in floral and faunal wildlife, including endangered and threatened species. However, there has been little sustained research into the scale and scope of consumption of wildlife by Laos nationals themselves. Here, we conducted 100 semistructured interviews to gain a snapshot of consumption of wildlife in northern Laos, where international and in some cases illegal wildlife trade is known to occur. -
Developing Partnerships for Conservation in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
Volume 10: Protected Areas and Sustainable Tourism 53 Developing Partnerships for Conservation in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia P. Dearden1, S. Gauntlet2 and B. Nollen3 1University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada 2Wildlife Alliance, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 3 International Consultancy Europe, Bangkok, Thailand Abstract Protected areas owned and operated by national agencies have long been the mainstay of global conservation planning. However much more needs to be done to conserve the biodiversity of the broader landscape than can be achieved solely within the confines of protected area systems run by national governments. This paper describes an initiative in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, where conservation planning embraces a large number of stakeholders using a variety of approaches to achieve conservation goals. The Cardamom Mountains cover some 880 000 ha of seasonal rainforest in SW Cambodia and are thought to be the largest contiguous extent of this forest formation remaining in mainland SE Asia. Many species, such as elephants, tigers, banteng and dhole that are regionally rare can still be found in the forests. The area is also home to the world’s largest population of Siamese crocodiles and various other critically endangered species, especially turtles. The area is coming under increasing pressure from both legal and illegal activities and conservation groups have been pro- active in designing and implementing a variety of approaches that accept the needs for economic development, but strive to achieve this in a sustainable manner. In the South West Cardamoms Wildlife Alliance, a US-based NGO has partnered with the private sector to access funds that allow such plans to be implemented in a manner consistent with government policy. -
Thailands Beaches and Islands
EYEWITNESS TRAVEL THAILAND’S BEACHES & ISLANDS BEACHES • WATER SPORTS RAINFORESTS • TEMPLES FESTIVALS • WILDLIFE SCUBA DIVING • NATIONAL PARKS MARKETS • RESTAURANTS • HOTELS THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU EYEWITNESS TRAVEL THAILAND’S BEACHES AND ISLANDS EYEWITNESS TRAVEL THAILAND’S BEACHES AND ISLANDS MANAGING EDITOR Aruna Ghose SENIOR EDITORIAL MANAGER Savitha Kumar SENIOR DESIGN MANAGER Priyanka Thakur PROJECT DESIGNER Amisha Gupta EDITORS Smita Khanna Bajaj, Diya Kohli DESIGNER Shruti Bahl SENIOR CARTOGRAPHER Suresh Kumar Longtail tour boats at idyllic Hat CARTOGRAPHER Jasneet Arora Tham Phra Nang, Krabi DTP DESIGNERS Azeem Siddique, Rakesh Pal SENIOR PICTURE RESEARCH COORDINATOR Taiyaba Khatoon PICTURE RESEARCHER Sumita Khatwani CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Forbes, David Henley, Peter Holmshaw CONTENTS PHOTOGRAPHER David Henley HOW TO USE THIS ILLUSTRATORS Surat Kumar Mantoo, Arun Pottirayil GUIDE 6 Reproduced in Singapore by Colourscan Printed and bound by L. Rex Printing Company Limited, China First American Edition, 2010 INTRODUCING 10 11 12 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 THAILAND’S Published in the United States by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., BEACHES AND 375 Hudson Street, New York 10014 ISLANDS Copyright © 2010, Dorling Kindersley Limited, London A Penguin Company DISCOVERING ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN THAILAND’S BEACHES A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, AND ISLANDS 10 ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING OR OTHERWISE WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. PUTTING THAILAND’S A CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION RECORD IS BEACHES AND ISLANDS AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.