https://cambodia.wcs.org RSS feeds for WCS Cambodia 60 https://cambodia.wcs.org/about-us/latest-features/id/15936/what-is-a-community-management-committee.aspx#Comments 0 https://cambodia.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=8535&ModuleID=46005&ArticleID=15936 https://cambodia.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=15936&PortalID=133&TabID=8535 https://cambodia.wcs.org/about-us/latest-features/id/15936/what-is-a-community-management-committee.aspx Community Management Committees (CMCs) are community groups that have been established to become the caretakers of Integrated Farming & Biodiversity Areas (BFCAs). Four committees have been formed, with six members in each committee, representing between one and three villages. The villages represented are villages that are considered main user villages of the BFCAs, with members elected from each of the villages in question.The CMCs have several responsibilities. The CMCs work closely with the Executive Secretariat (essentially the IFBA project team, supported by WCS) who are currently involved in daily management of the BFCAs, and who report to a commission group composed of representatives from relevant government offices (currently at provincial level). In the future it is the hope that district level commissions can be set up and the CMCs will coordinate with them directly.The CMCs monitor the situation in the BFCAs, work towards reducing illegal activities through collaboration with local authorities, conduct awareness-raising activities among their community, facilitate relations between the community and project and government stakeholders, and will soon be involved in preparing a management plan for the BFCAs.We are also working towards making the CMCs financially sustainable. We have initiated an ecotourism initiative, together with the Sam Veasna Center (SVC), who are specialized in arranging birdwatching tours. Under this initiative, SVC uses members from the CMCs as local guides, so that they can generate income, both for themselves and for the CMC's operating budget. SVC pays a $10 contribution per tourist to a community fund whenever tourists see the Bengal Florican during their visits to the BFCAs. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:15936 https://cambodia.wcs.org/about-us/latest-features/id/15956/satellite-tracking-bengal-floricans.aspx#Comments 0 https://cambodia.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=8535&ModuleID=46005&ArticleID=15956 https://cambodia.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=15956&PortalID=133&TabID=8535 https://cambodia.wcs.org/about-us/latest-features/id/15956/satellite-tracking-bengal-floricans.aspx Very little information is known about seasonal habitat use and movements of Bengal Floricans, making it difficult to target conservation efforts effectively across their range. Researchers from the University of East Anglia, led by graduate student Charlotte Packman, are seeking to increase our understanding of Bengal Floricans movements by deploying radio and satellite transmitters on individual birds to record their movements.These transmitters, deployed on males, females and subadults, will provide key information on wet season movements, including the timing of movements between dry and wet season sites, the location of non-breeding areas and the links between breeding and non-breeding sites.This work began in 2008, and so far 19 transmitters have been deployed at three different sites. This fieldwork was funded by a Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund grant, with transmitters awarded by the National Avian Research Centre, North Star Science and Technology and the Ford Motor Company. Radio tracking equipment was purchased with a Chester Zoo grant. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:21:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:15956