EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
BASIC INFORMATION
(Updated 14.02.2013)
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COUNTRY/COUNTRIES
Cambodia
PROJECT TITLE
Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Program (CCCP):
Ensuring the future of the Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile in the wild
LEAD CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS LIFEWEB EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Name and contact information (to be consulted on content and revisions)
Name: Jackson Frechette
Email: Jackson.frechette@fauna-flora.org
Phone: +855 (0)97 544 8298
Organisation: Fauna and Flora International
IMPLEMENTING INSTITUTION(S)
Please list the implementing institution(s) for this project
Fauna and Flora International
ABSTRACT
Please briefly describe the project in two to three sentences and explain why it is important to conserving
biodiversity, addressing climate change, securing livelihoods and contributing toward the achievement of areabased Aichi Targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
This project sets out to re-establish viable, breeding populations of Siamese crocodiles in Southwest
Cambodia, by using both reintroduction (releasing crocodiles into areas from which the species has been
completely wiped out) and reinforcement (adding crocodiles to existing, severely depleted colonies). It also
aims to strengthen the protection of existing breeding populations in Southwest Cambodia. By establishing
crocodile sanctuaries we are securing watersheds which helps secure livelihoods maintain and protecting
fisheries. Water security is also an important climate change mitigation. Our program protects and increases
the world’s largest wild population of Siamese crocodiles, which falls directly in-line with Aichi Target 12.
Our project enhances protection on the national and community level (Aichi 2,12,14, 15, 18), increases
education and awareness on a local and national scale (Aichi 1), and provides data on the ecology and
population status of the species (Aichi 17, 19). This project builds on over a decade of work by Fauna & Flora
International’s Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Project.
GEOGRAPHIC SCALE
Please select one of the following.
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Multinational
National
Sub-national
LINKS WITH THE WORLD DATABASE ON PROTECTED AREAS
If this project’s scope involves protected areas registered in the World Database on Protected Areas, please
include the URL links where the sites appear on http://www. protectedplanet.net of all the areas involved in this
project. If the area(s) are not registered in the WDPA, please indicate the complete name(s).
http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Central_Cardamom_Mountains_Protected_Forest
MAPS
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may be made available for download on the LifeWeb website and may be used in CBD and LifeWeb
communication materials
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Description
Crocodile sanctuary.png A map our project focal areas in the Cardamom Mountain
landscape.
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process of submission, to the manager of the World Database on Protected Area to ensure the areas are
represented correctly on the global protected areas map as noted in CBD COP IX/18, para 11.
IMAGES
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also be used for other CBD LifeWeb communication materials. Please note that at least one image is required.
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Siamese Crocling.jpg
One of the newborn Siamese crocodiles in our captive breeding
program
Female Siamese Croc.jpg A female Siamese crocodile
http://www.faunaOur webpage detailing some more information about crocodiles and
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
LOCAL CONTEXT AND PROBLEMS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE PROJECT
Please describe the context and challenges (including threats to biodiversity) in the area. You are welcome to
attach supporting documents.
After many decades of habitat loss, hunting and collection for crocodile farms, the Siamese
crocodile, Crocodylus siamensis, is at very high risk of extinction in the wild throughout Asia and is
listed as Critically Endangered and on Appendix I of CITES. Cambodia still holds the biggest
known wild population (up to 250 adults), and has made good progress to strengthen the protection
of this species in the wild. Community-based initiatives have proved to especially effective.
However, Cambodia’s crocodile population is severely fragmented and still faces many pressures,
including accidental drowning in fishing nets and loss of critical habitat to hydropower dams. Fewer
than five nests are recorded in the wild every year, which is not enough to ensure the survival and
recovery of Cambodia’s famous crocodiles. Our program seeks to conserve the Siamese crocodile
through captive breeding to reinforce existing populations, and enhanced protection of key breeding
sites.
Please provide a brief description of each objective and, if possible, estimate of funding required for each, as well
as the overall expected results. Please add or delete rows for objectives, as needed.
OBJECTIVES
MEASURABLE RESULTS
FUNDING
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NEEDED*
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Enhance the viability of wild populations through
restocking wild populations with animals reared in our
captive breeding program
Get national-level protection status for crocodile
sanctuaries (6 total), strengthen community
management of the sanctuaries and develop
management plans for them
Increase awareness so that at least 10% of Cambodians
are aware that the Siamese crocodile is indigenous,
rare, and protected by law
Monitor the crocodile populations and disseminate
project methods, results, and impacts to benefit further
conservation planning
TOTAL FUNDING NEEDED
Number of crocodiles in
sanctuaries is increased, and
breeding is increased
Sanctuaries are approved for
protected status by the
government; community
patrols are monitored and
illegal activity within the
sanctuaries is reduced;
management plans are
approved at the community
and state level.
Number of guests to the
Phnom Tamao Breeding
Facility; number of outreach
materials produced (tv, social
media etc.), surveys to indicate
the public perception of
crocodiles
Number of individuals are
assessed; Information is
published
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US$ 402,077
*Please provide amounts in USD or Euros and specify the currency.
TIMEFRAME
Please indicate the estimated number of years required to implement the project, ranging from 1 to 5 years.
The objectives here cover a 2-year project period
ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL PLANNING1
Consistent with decision X/31, please indicate the relevance between this submission and the following national
planning processes. Please be specific and attach supporting documents in Section 5.
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and action plans for implementing the CBD
Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
We are addressing a number of actions in Cambodia’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action
Plan, in which the Siamese crocodile was identified as a priority Endangered Species. These include
“systematic monitoring”, “development and implementation of recovery programs”, and “measures
ensuring the protection of critical habitats”. This project hits several targets and indicators under this
plan (Targets: 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, and 20). This project also fulfils several actions to support
Cambodia’s Action Plans for PoWPAs through its combination of supporting community
protection and management of sanctuary areas, improving national protected status of crocodile
habitats, and monitoring wild crocodile populations (Key PoWPA actions: 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 3.2, 3.5,
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National-scale submissions must be endorsed in writing by the Ministry of Environment’s authority responsible for
coordinating international cooperation. We also encourage all Expressions of Interest to be endorsed by national
authorities for coordinating international cooperation, as appropriate.
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4.2, 4.3, 4.4).
Other national planning strategies (e.g. Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs), National Climate Change
Strategies, REDD+ strategies, National Adaptation Plans of Action (NAPAs), economic and sustainable
development plans, national resource mobilization strategy, infrastructure plans, land use plans, strategies for
achieving the Millennium Development Goals, etc.)
One major aspect of our program is the development of the National Crocodile Conservation
Action Plan. We hope that it will be finished and approved by the government by the end of 2014,
or early 2015.
ECOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION
Please indicate the extent to which the area(s) is/are ecological priority(s) for the national protected area system,
based on contribution to ecological representation, connectivity, viability and/or irreplaceability within the
protected area system. If available, please refer to the national ecological gap analysis or other geographic
prioritisation exercises.
Our target sites represent the largest breeding populations of Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia, and
in the world. Our target sites were selected specifically because they are also unique in having
ideal crocodile habitat with low population pressure. Therefore, the combination of intact
crocodile populations in remote sites means that these sites are not only irreplaceable within
Cambodia, but globally as well.
CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change mitigation
Please indicate information about carbon sequestration and/or storage benefits from this project. If specific
figures are currently available, please include them here.
Our plan is to secure a total of 80,000 ha of forested land conserved and protected as Crocodile
sanctuaries.
Climate change adaptation
Please indicate information about climate change adaptation benefits from this project, such as storm barriers,
flood control, protection against sea level rise, enabling specific mobility in the face of climate change, etc.
Our crocodile sanctuaries will protect the watersheds of the rivers from deforestation and
conversion to agriculture. This will provide flood and erosion control.
OTHER ECOSYSTEM GOODS, SERVICES AND LIVELIHOODS
Please provide a brief description of benefits of this project to providing the following ecosystem goods and
services applicable to this project.
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Freshwater security (e.g. water provision for household consumption, industrial production, grazing and
agriculture, avoiding desertification, etc.)
The formation of crocodile sanctuaries will protect the watersheds of the 6 designated areas. This
will help prevent the conversion of the surrounding forests to agriculture and reduce the impact
that grazing animals have on water quality. The conservation of those forests will help maintain
clean water for households.
Food security (e.g. mitigating spread of invasive alien species, increasing fish stocks, increasing variety of local
foods, conserving crop wild relatives etc.)
The protection of the crocodile sanctuaries will include patrolling to prevent unsustainable fishing
methods such as fishing using electric currents.
Human health and wellbeing (e.g. regulating the emergence and spread of disease, increasing physical activity,
providing sources of traditional knowledge, medicines, biomedical research opportunities, etc.)
Income generation (e.g. tourism-related activities, harvesting of non-forest timber products, fishing, etc.)
This project will employ community wardens to guard the crocodile areas. We will also support the
development and preservation of non-timber forest product (e.g. cardamom) collection within the
crocodile sanctuaries and surrounding forests. The protected areas will also help to maintain fish
stocks by preventing illegal and unsustainable fishing practices.
Cultural and spiritual enrichment (e.g. protection of natural sacred sites, sanctuary for culturally important
species, preservation of pilgrimage routes, etc.)
Crocodiles are a culturally important species, they are considered sacred by local ethnic minority
groups.
Optional: Please indicate any additional information and attach supporting documents.
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
Please indicate the partners to be involved in this project and their roles.
PARTNER NAME
ROLE IN THIS PROJECT
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Cambodian Forestry
Administration (FA)
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Fisheries Administration (FiA)
3.
Ministry of Environment (MoE)
FA has been a key partner in this project from its
inception. Much of the work here is areas under FA
jurisdiction with FA staff, including our Phnom Tamao
captive breeding site. FA is a key partner is the facilitation
of the Action Plan being approved at the national level.
FiA will be key in helping to acquire pure-bred Siamese
crocodiles from farms for the captive breeding program
and release. They will be key participants in the release
and monitoring of captive bred crocodiles.
We will work together with MoE in the development of
the national species biodiversity database. They will also
be important partners in conducting surveys for crocodiles
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in places outside our focal areas.
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COUNTERPART FUNDING
CATEGORIES
TOTAL PROJECT COST
COUNTERPART
FUNDING
SECURED
Domestic
funding
secured
GEF allocations
International
funding
secured
ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED
INSTRUCTIONS
SOURCE(S)
Please indicate the total budget and currency required for this
project.
Please indicate domestic funding committed,
including government budgets, private
foundations and NGOs, as well as in-country
financing mechanisms such as trust funds, park
entry fees, water funds, airport fees,
development fees, etc.
Please indicate your countries’ GEF allocation
that has been used towards these protected
area activities. Please see here for information
about national GEF allocations:
http://www.gefonline.org/Country/CountryProfi
le.cfm
IUCN Save
Our Species
(2014)
People’s
Trust for
Please indicate any funding that has been
Endangered
committed from international sources, including
Species
multilateral and bilateral donors, international
(2014-15)
foundations and international NGOs.
Assoc. of
Zoos and
Aquariums
Private
Donors
This amount should be equivalent to total project cost minus
counterpart funding secured.
AMOUNT
28111
12948
30704
21817
308,497
LINKS TO THE CBD PROGRAMME OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS
The following section is to be filled in only if the project is aligned with the CBD Programme of Work on Protected
Areas. Please attach supporting documents and list them in Section VI.
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
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Please indicate institutional commitments and/or sustainable financing mechanisms that will contribute to the
project’s sustainability.
FFI and FA are fully committed to the long-term conservation of the Siamese crocodile. The CCCP
has been already operating for 14 years and both institutions are dedicated to ensuring that the
program continues well into the future. FA has demonstrated their commitment to conservation with
ongoing agreements with FFI. Also, the expected government approval of the National Action Plan
for Crocodile Conservation will cement state level commitment for crocodile conservation.
PARTICIPATION AND EQUITY
Please indicate how this project will (ensure) the full and effective participation of indigenous and local
communities and the equitable sharing of costs and benefits with indigenous and/or local communities.
In establishment of our crocodile sanctuaries we are going through rigorous free, prior, and
informed consent protocols. This involves meeting with community members, establishing and
addressing their concerns, and also monitoring the effect of our activities on community members.
GOVERNANCE TYPES
If applicable, please explain how this project will contribute to a greater diversity of governance types in the
national protected area system.
N/A
LINK WITH THE 2011-2020 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BIODIVERSITY
AND THE AICHI TARGETS
LifeWeb facilitates financing that contribute toward the achievement of the area-based Aichi Targets in the
2011-2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. Please indicate below how the proposed project contributes toward
these targets. Please be specific and attach supporting documentation as necessary in Section V.
AICHI TARGET 5
“By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought
close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 5
EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 5 (if applicable)
Our project aims to secure and protect critical crocodile habitat and 80,000 ha of catchment across
the sites.
AICHI TARGET 9
“By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or
eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.”
(CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 9 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 9 (if applicable)
NA
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AICHI TARGET 10
“By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by
climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning.” (CBD
Quick Guide to Aichi Target 10 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 10 (if applicable)
NA
AICHI TARGET 11
“By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas,
especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through
effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas
and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes.”
(CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 11 EN, ES)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 11 (if applicable)
Our crocodile sanctuaries are part of the greater protected area landscape in the Cardamom
mountains and provide further protection for the sites within protected areas, and creates new
protected areas outside formally protected forests.
AICHI TARGET 12
“By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status,
particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 12
EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 12 (if applicable)
This project directly protects the largest wild breeding populations of the critically endangered
Siamese crocodile. We will also stabilize and increase the wild population through reintroduction
and reinforcement from captive bred stock.
AICHI TARGET 13
“By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives,
including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been
developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.” (CBD Quick
Guide to Aichi Target 13 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 13 (if applicable)
NA
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AICHI TARGET 14
“By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to
health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women,
indigenous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 14 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 14 (if applicable)
The establishment of crocodile sanctuaries protects the watersheds for several indigenous
communities.
AICHI TARGET 15
“By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through
conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby
contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification.” (CBD Quick Guide
to Aichi Target 15 EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 15 (if applicable)
We helping in the protection of both biodiversity and tracts of intact forest. We are also restoring
the ecosystem by increasing the population or reintroducing the top predator.
Contribution to any other Aichi Targets
Please describe contributions to any other Aichi Target (if applicable)
In establishing our crocodile sanctuaries at the national level, establishing a management plan, and
facilitating and strengthening community management of the sanctuaries, our project also
contributes to Aichi Targets 2, 15, 14 and 18. We will also engage in broad education and
awareness campaigns, Aichi Target 1. Additionally, we will collect and disseminate ecological and
population data on the Siamese crocodile (Aichi 17 and 19).
ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please indicate any additional information not captured elsewhere in this Expression of Interest
KEYWORDS
Please check the following keywords that apply to this project.
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Threats addressed:
Encroachment and development
Global climate change
Inappropriate resource management policies
Infrastructure for energy and transportation
Invasive alien species
Over-harvesting
Unregulated tourism and recreation
Other threat addressed
Habitat Types:
Arctic
Coastal
Coral reefs
Deep seas
Dry and sub-humid lands
Forests
Grasslands
Inland waters (lakes and rivers inland of oceans)
Islands
Mangroves
Mountains
Other habitat type
Other keywords:
REDD-plus
Climate change adaptation and/or mitigation
Conflict prevention and resolution
Trade
Business
Renewable energy
Restoration
Wildlife protection
Endangered species
Reduce deforestation
Traditional knowledge
Capacity building
Transboundary conservation
Cross-cutting issues:
Access and benefit sharing
Children and youth
Communication and awareness building
Indigenous peoples
Local community management
Monitoring, indicators and assessments
Sustainable use
Other cross-cutting issue
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ATTACHMENTS
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SIGNATURE: ____________________________
July 20, 2014
DATE: ____________________________
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