Population monitoring and community outreach for the conservation of the Banggai Crow

Species Conservation Fund
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© Filip Verbelen

Project aims

- Obtain updated information on the crow's distribution on Peleng Island, as well as population estimates
- Continue to engage with local communities, to help strengthen the community conservation areas.

Results

- 50 line transects were completed and population estimates produced
- Early indications that the population on Peleng Island has increased, and that there is a local range extension
- Community outreach was completed in nine villages, one of which issued an anti-hunting regulation, in support of the crow's conservation

Reports

 

AT A GLANCE

 

Organisation: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Institute for Sustainable Earth and Resources – Universitas Indonesia

Country: Indonesia

Year project started: 2021

Species: Banggai Crow

Fund: ASAP Species Conservation Fund

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