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Former poachers protect rare water birds [1]

A wildlife conservation scheme in Cambodia staffed by poachers-turned-gamekeepers has led to a dramatic recovery of the endangered bird population on Tonle Sap lake. Seven species of water birds - the spot-billed pelican, milky stork, painted stork, lesser adjutant, greater adjutant, black-headed ibis and Oriental darter - increased up to 20-fold at Prek Toal at the edge of the lake, the region's largest freshwater reservoir which holds the largest - in some cases only - breeding populations of the large water birds.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2008
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Endangered Species [3], Birds [4], Wildlife Management [5], Poaching [6], Cambodia [7]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/former-poachers-protect-rare-water-birds
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-management
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cambodia