WILDLIFE ALLIANCE INC
1441 BROADWAY FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10018 www.wildlifealliance.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: WILDLIFE ALLIANCE IS THE LEADER IN DIRECT PROTECTION TO FORESTS AND WILDLIFE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN TROPICAL BELT. OUR MISSION IS TO COMBAT DEFORESTATION, WILDLIFE EXTINCTION, CLIMATE CHANGE AND POVERTY BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS. (SEE SCH. O)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

SOUTHERN CARDAMOM FOREST PROTECTION PROGRAM: THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOM FOREST PROTECTION PROGRAM (SCFPP) PROVIDES ON-THE-GROUND PROTECTION TO ONE OF ASIA'S LAST REMAINING ELEPHANT CORRIDORS. THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS RAINFOREST IS HOME TO OVER 55 IUCN THREATENED WILDLIFE SPECIES AND IS A 200 GLOBAL ECOREGION AND THEREFORE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONSERVATION PLACES ON THE PLANET. . LOCATED IN THE INDO-BURMESE PENINSULA, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAIN RANGE IS THE REGION'S MOST IMPORTANT WATERSHED AND CARBON SINK. SCFPP PROVIDES DIRECT PROTECTION TO OVER 830,000 HECTARES OF TROPICAL FOREST AND ADDRESSES THE LOCAL DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION THROUGH (1) ZONING AND DEMARCATION OF PROTECTED FORESTLAND; (2) ADVOCACY AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO CANCEL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL AND MINING LAND CONCESSIONS; (3) DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS IN AGRICULTURE, ECOTOURISM, AND REFORESTATION FOR POOR LANDLESS FARMERS PRACTICING DESTRUCTIVE FOREST SLASH-AND-BURN; (4) RANGER PATROL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP WILDLIFE POACHING, ILLEGAL LOGGING AND FORESTLAND CLEARINGS. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE, FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION AND THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO IMPLEMENT THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE'S OVER TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT SHOWS THAT A THREAT-BASED METHODOLOGY IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY WITH MEASURABLE RESULTS. THAT IS WHY DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IS NOT ENOUGH. RAMPANT WILDLIFE POACHING, ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ENCROACHMENT ON FORESTLAND - WHICH ARE OFTEN CONDUCTED BY WELL-ORGANIZED, WELL-FUNDED INDIVIDUALS AND NETWORKS FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA - CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE GROUND. THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOMS HAVE BEEN UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE SINCE 2002, WHEN A TRANS-BOUNDARY FREEWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE TROPICAL FOREST, OPENING VAST TRACKS OF WILDERNESS TO REAL ESTATE SPECULATORS AND COMMERCIAL HUNTERS. IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, HUNDREDS OF HECTARES OF STATE FORESTLAND WERE SOLD IN ILLEGAL TRANSACTIONS AND 37 ASIAN ELEPHANTS WERE KILLED. TO BRING THE SITUATION BACK UNDER CONTROL, CAMBODIA'S FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION CALLED WILDLIFE ALLIANCE FOR ASSISTANCE. PATROL UNITS WERE RECRUITED, TRAINED AND EQUIPPED, THREE SMALL RANGER STATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED, AND SYSTEMATIC PATROLLING WAS IMPLEMENTED. A PROVINCE-WIDE CAMPAIGN WAS CONDUCTED, INFORMING ALL VILLAGERS THAT THE NEW FORESTRY LAW 2002 WOULD DELIVER STRICT PROSECUTIONS FOR ANY FURTHER ELEPHANT KILLINGS. AS A RESULT OF THE PATROLLING AND THE CAMPAIGN, ELEPHANT DEATHS WERE REDUCED BY 98%, TIGER DEATHS WERE REDUCED BY 50% AND FOREST FIRES WERE REDUCED BY 80%. ONLY 4 ELEPHANTS WERE REPORTED KILLED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS 2003-2012. AT THE SAME TIME, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE AND THE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SELLING STATE FORESTS UNDER THE TABLE BY CONDUCTING A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND ZONING AND DEMARCATION OPERATION THAT INVOLVED PROVINCIAL, DISTRICT AND COMMUNE AUTHORITIES AS WELL AS 3 MINISTRIES FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. AS A RESULT, 401 CASES OF FORESTLAND ENCROACHMENT AND OVER 500 LAND TITLE CLAIMS WERE CANCELLED IN JUST THE FIRST 9 MONTHS OF OPERATIONS (APRIL TO DECEMBER 2002). ZONING OF FREEWAY NO. 48 WAS OFFICIALLY FINALIZED AND SIGNED IN NOVEMBER 2003. PRECISE UTM BOUNDARIES FOR EACH COMMUNE AND EACH STRICTLY PROTECTED FOREST SEGMENT ARE STILL IN EFFECT TODAY.RANGER PATROLSTODAY, THERE ARE 7 RANGER STATIONS WITH AN AVERAGE OF PATROLLING OVER 120,000 KM EACH YEAR. SCFPP PATROLS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY ENSURED RESPECT FOR DEMARCATION BOUNDARIES SINCE 2003 AND SYSTEMATICALLY ENFORCED THE LAW BY TAKING TO COURT ALL CASES OF FOREST CLEARING AND LAND ENCROACHMENT. WHENEVER MILITARY, HIGH LEVEL OFFICIALS OR POWERFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO GRAB FORESTLAND, FAST REPORTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO A SPECIAL INTER-MINISTERIAL LAND USE COMMITTEE FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION. TODAY, SCFPP PATROL UNITS ARE SAFEGUARDING THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN CARDAMOMS, 127 KM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND 121 KM FROM EAST TO WEST. CONSTANT VIGILANCE IS THE COST OF KEEPING THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOM FOREST SAFE AND MAINTAINING ITS HIGH LEVEL OF BIODIVERSITY. WITHOUT WILDLIFE ALLIANCE'S CONTINUED SUPPORT, THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOM TROPICAL RAINFOREST IS AT RISK OF BEING CLEARED FOR CONVERSION TO AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND REAL ESTATE SALES. TAKING CASES TO COURT WILDLIFE ALLIANCE MONITORS THE PROCESS OF TAKING OFFENDERS TO COURT AND ENSURING FOLLOW-UP ON ALL COURT CASES, BY CONSISTENTLY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT OFFICERS AND REINFORCING GOOD GOVERNANCE. WHEN OFFENDERS ARE CAUGHT, THE RANGERS FILL OUT THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND BRING THE OFFENDERS TO THE PROVINCIAL CANTONMENT FORESTRY OFFICE, SECURE THE TRANSFER LETTER TO ATTACH TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS, TRANSPORT THE OFFENDER TO THE COURT AND COLLECT THE COURT HANDOVER DOCUMENT. THE RANGERS ACCOMPANY THE OFFENDERS THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS, ASSURING THAT APPROPRIATE LEGAL PROCEDURES ARE APPLIED. REPORTING MONTHLY REPORTS ARE AN INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT TO MAINTAINING GOAL ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE (A) THEY ENABLE MANAGEMENT TO MONITOR ACTIVITIES BASED ON TRENDS OVER TIME AND (B) BUILD CAPACITY OF THE STATION RANGERS IN UNDERSTANDING THREATS AND CURRENT ISSUES AND HOW TO MODIFY/IMPROVE NEXT MONTH'S PATROLLING TECHNIQUES TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES. REPORTS SYSTEMATICALLY TRACK ALL ACTIVITIES WITH METRICS. THESE INCLUDE: 1. PATROL ITINERARIES ARE TRACKED BY GPS AND MAPPED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH GIS; 2. ALL FOREST CRIME CASES ARE DOCUMENTED, POACHING, LOGGING, LAND ENCROACHMENT, WITH PRECISE GPS LOCATIONS, PHOTOS OF EVIDENCE AND OFFENDERS, SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REQUIRED FOLLOW-UP ACTION WITH DATES;3. ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE COPIED;4. ALL WILDLIFE SIGNS ENCOUNTERED DAILY DURING PATROLS ARE DOCUMENTED WITH PRECISE GPS LOCATIONS AND PHOTOS.

WILDLIFE REHABILITATION:WILDLIFE ALLIANCE'S WILDLIFE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO REHABILITATE ANIMALS VICTIMIZED BY THE WILDLIFE TRADE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORT AND CARE NECESSARY TO READY THEM FOR RELEASE BACK INTO THE WILD. CARE FOR RESCUED WILDLIFE - THE THOUSANDS OF LIVE ANIMALS RESCUED EVERY YEAR NEED FIRST AID INTERVENTION ON THE ROAD TO REDUCE MORTALITY AND PROFESSIONAL CARE ONCE THEY ARRIVE AT THE WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER. IN RESPONSE, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CREATED ITS CARE FOR RESCUED WILDLIFE PROGRAM (CRW) THAT PROVIDES VETERINARIANS, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SPECIALIST, PROPER FOOD DIETS, AND SPACIOUS ENCLOSURES. THE CRW PROGRAM HAS RETROFITTED THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT'S RESCUE CENTER IN PHNOM TAMAO WHICH WAS CONSIDERED BEFORE 2001 "A PLACE WHERE ANIMALS CAME TO DIE". TODAY, THANKS TO A NEW WATER SYSTEM, A BABY CLINIC, A REBUILT QUARANTINE, AND DOZENS OF NEW ENCLOSURES, ALONG WITH TRAINED KEEPERS, VETERINARIAN SUPPLIES AND STRICT DIET PROTOCOLS FOR EACH SPECIES, THE WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER HAS BECOME ONE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA'S PREMIER INSTITUTION IN CARING FOR ANIMALS VICTIMIZED BY THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE, GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE, AND ONE OF THE REGION'S FOREMOST WILDLIFE RESCUE FACILITIES. 1,200 INDIVIDUALS FROM 102 SPECIES LIVE THERE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF 5,000 ACRES OF RE-GROWING FOREST.WITH NEARLY 300,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY, PTWRC IS A SHOWPIECE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN CAMBODIA. EDUCATION HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS AT THE CENTER, AND WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS TO PHNOM TAMAO FOR CAMBODIAN STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS. THESE TRIPS GIVE STUDENTS DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE ANIMALS, AND HELP SHAPE THE CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE OF TOMORROW. WILDLIFE REHABILITATION STATIONRESCUED ANIMALS WHICH ARE SICK, INJURED, HABITUATED TO HUMANS, OR PREMATURELY ORPHANED ARE PROVIDED CARE AND VETERINARY TREATMENT AT PHNOM TAMAO FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ANIMALS FIT TO RETURN TO THE WILD, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CREATED THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION STATION WHERE ANIMALS CAN BE READIED FOR RELEASE IN A SAFE AND PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT. SITUATED IN THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOM RAINFOREST, THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION STATION FOCUSES ON 'SOFT' RELEASE PROJECTS THAT ALLOW ANIMALS TO BECOME ACCLIMATED TO THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT BEFORE RELEASE. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ACCLIMATIZATION, PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD AND POST-RELEASE MONITORING INCREASES SURVIVAL RATES DRAMATICALLY. THIS METHODOLOGY HAS LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL RELEASE OF MANY ANIMALS, INCLUDING BINTURONGS, PILEATED GIBBONS, AND PANGOLINS. BY RETURNING SPECIES TO THE FOREST, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE IS HELPING TO RESTORE A DEPLETED ECOSYSTEM, REPOPULATING A ONCE BARREN FOREST WHERE ANIMALS AND NATURE CAN THRIVE.IN 2013, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE UNDERTOOK A NEW ENDEAVOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAMBODIAN FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION AND THE APSARA AUTHORITY TO REINTRODUCE ENDANGERED PILEATED GIBBONS AND OTHER WILDLIFE IN THE DESOLATE FOREST SURROUNDING THE ANGKOR TEMPLE COMPLEX, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND CAMBODIA'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE REINTRODUCED PILEATED GIBBON, GERMAIN'S SILVERED LANGUR, CIVETS, AND MUNTJAC AFFECTED BY THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE. OUR GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT IS THAT OFFSPRING OF THE REINTRODUCED WILDLIFE WILL FIND THEIR OWN MATES AND FORM WILD POPULATIONS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY NOT HAVE TO BE MANAGED.

COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING: WILDLIFE ALLIANCE'S COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN THAT THEY DO NOT ADDRESS JUST ONE ASPECT OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE-CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE SHIPMENTS, CONFISCATING LIVE ANIMALS, BUSH MEAT AND VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CARE AND REHABILITATION FOR THE ANIMALS BUT WE COVER EVERY ASPECT OF THE ILLEGAL TRADE AS THOROUGHLY AS POSSIBLE. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE HAS DEVELOPED SUCCESSFUL RELEASE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE RAINFORESTS, LAKES AND WETLANDS OF CAMBODIA WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SOUTHERN CARDAMOM MOUNTAIN RANGE WHICH IS THE BEST PROTECTED WILDERNESS OF THE REGION. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE CHOSE CAMBODIA AS A FOCUS OF ITS CONSERVATION WORK BECAUSE OF THE RAMPANT ILLEGAL TRADE TO CHINA THAT IS DECIMATING ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE POPULATION AND BECAUSE CAMBODIA IS EMERGING AS A TRANSIT HUB AND FINAL DESTINATION FOR TRAFFICKED IVORY AND RHINO HORN FROM AFRICA. THE ILLEGAL TRADE IS THE MOST PRESSING THREAT TO WILDLIFE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. WILDLIFE RAPID RESCUE TEAMIN 2001, WILDLIFE ALLIANCE PARTNERED WITH THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT AN URBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM, KNOWN AS THE WILDLIFE RAPID RESCUE TEAM (WRRT) THAT CRACKS DOWN 24/7 ON THE RAMPANT WILDLIFE TRADE ON CAMBODIA'S BORDERS AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE ONGOING PRESENCE OF THE WRRT HAS DISRUPTED THE WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING BY UP TO 75% IN CAMBODIA AND ENSURED THAT WILDLIFE IS NO LONGER EATEN AT 90% OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. THE WRRT IS COMPRISED OF ROYAL GENDARMERIE (MILITARY POLICE) AND FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, OVERSEEN BY WILDLIFE ALLIANCE PROJECT MANAGERS. WILDLIFE ALLIANCE PROVIDES TRAINING, SUPERVISION, LOGISTICAL FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE TEAM. THE WRRT CONDUCTS OPERATIONS ACTING ON INFORMATION FROM A VAST INFORMANT NETWORK AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE TEAM MAINTAINS A KNOWN AND STERN PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE WRRT'S SUCCESS WAS RECOGNIZED IN 2011, WHEN THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT INVITED US TO SERVE AS CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (ASEAN-WEN). FOUNDED IN 2005, ASEAN-WEN IS A NETWORK COMPOSED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF 10 MEMBER NATIONS (BRUNEI, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM AND THAILAND) THAT FACILITATES CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE. ASEAN-WEN COORDINATES REGIONAL RESPONSE TO ILLEGAL TRADE IN PROTECTED SPECIES, WHILE EACH MEMBER NATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE/COORDINATION UNIT TO SHARE INFORMATION CRITICAL TO INTERRUPTING CROSS-BORDER WILDLIFE TRADING. CAMBODIA'S WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK WAS OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED IN 2010 BY THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT'S FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES. CAMBODIA-WEN OVERSEES ALL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COUNTRY WHILE THE WRRT'S TEAM MEMBERS REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AT INTERNATIONAL WEN MEETINGS. WRRT OPERATIONS ARE RECORDED IN A NATIONAL DATABASE TRACKING OFFENDERS, PENALTIES, COURT CASES, SPECIES OF WILDLIFE SEIZED, TONS OF BUSH MEAT AND BODY PARTS. THIS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM HAS RESCUED MORE THAN 74,000 LIVE ANIMALS FROM TRADERS, SEIZED 19 METRIC TONS OF BUSH MEAT, AND ARRESTED OVER 3,500 OFFENDERS.

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