SOUTH-CAUCASUS COUNTRIES NEED 250,00 EURO TO ORGANIZE JOINT GUARD OF FRONT-ASIAN LEOPARD
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2007-08-30 13:21:00
ArmInfo. The German Office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) applied to
the donor organizations to finance the programme of joint measures to
guard the front- Asian (Caucasian) leopard in the territory of South
Caucasus countries. Earlier, the programme for saving and recovery
of leopard’s population was carried out only in Armenia.
As Head of WWF’s Armenian Office Karen Manvelyan told ArmInfo, the
WWF’s German Office intends to receive 250,000 Euro to implement
a more large-scale programme. Armenia spent $95,000 over 5 years
of implementation of the programme on protection of the Caucasian
leopard habitation territories. Financing of the programme completed
in June. Having lost financing, the WWF tries to find new sources for
the project financing, as specialists say, absence of means deprived
the rangers, who had been fighting against poaching in the territory
of Zangezour crest on the west of Armenia over several years,
of earnings. Collection of beneficent means has been temporarily
organized in the Yerevan Marriott-Armenia hotel, where a special
box will be placed during a month for voluntary donations with the
purpose of saving the leopard. The whole proceeds will be used to
acquire equipment, uniform, binoculars, communication means and fuel
for anti-poaching groups.