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Viewing cable 06RANGOON1686, CI TO PROTECT BURMESE TURTLES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06RANGOON1686 2006-11-15 10:02 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Rangoon
VZCZCXRO9291
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHGO #1686/01 3191002
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151002Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY RANGOON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5421
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 1247
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0024
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 4393
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1872
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 3616
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 7122
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 0562
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 4732
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA 0978
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU 0982
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 RANGOON 001686 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, OES/ENV/ETC; BANGKOK FOR REO 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV ECON PGOV BM
SUBJECT: CI TO PROTECT BURMESE TURTLES 
 
 
RANGOON 00001686  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Despite Burma's unpredictable environment 
for NGO activities, Conservation International (CI) recently 
received provisional GOB approval for two major projects to 
address threats to a number of animal species in Burma, 
including the critically endangered Burmese Star Tortoise and 
Arakan Forest turtle.  Before signing formal MOUs, GOB 
officials asked CI to conduct three limited projects: a 
training course on tortoises and turtles, a rapid assessment 
of species endemic to Indawgyi Lake area of Kachin state, and 
an assessment of turtle breeding areas in Chindwin River 
tributaries.  CI plans to begin its work in Burma in 2007. 
End summary. 
 
2. (SBU) On November 7, Conservation International's (CI) 
Director for Indo-Burma, Jake Brunner, updated Econoff on two 
proposed projects funded by grants from Blue Moon Fund and 
KNCF, a corporate Japanese Fund.  CI plans to collaborate with 
Burmese universities on the conservation of endemic turtles 
and tortoises, and pilot conservation incentive agreements 
with Chin hunters living near the Rakhine Yoma Elephant 
Sanctuary (RYES).  CI received a license from Treasury/OFAC 
for this work in January 2006. 
 
3. (SBU) Despite an environment where NGOs face increasingly 
tight controls and scrutiny, Brunner and Burma project 
coordinator Myint Aung expressed optimism that CI would gain 
all necessary approvals.  Brunner said that all levels of 
ministry officials had reviewed the proposals, and had sent 
them on to the highest levels for final approval.  Myint Aung 
said that the Forestry Minster has already committed to 
supporting the project and is writing a recommendation to the 
Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank to allow CI to open an account that 
is exempt from the standard 10% tax on foreign exchange 
transactions.  Brunner expects to sign Memoranda of 
Understanding with the Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Education 
within the next few months. 
 
4. (SBU) At a meeting on November 6, the Director General of 
Fisheries asked CI to implement three smaller projects before 
signing an MOU.  Brunner agreed, and said CI now plans to 
bring in foreign experts to offer a training session on 
tortoises and turtles for University of Mandalay students in 
January, and to conduct a rapid assessment of endemic species 
in the Indawgyi Lake area of Kachin State in March.  The third 
project will investigate breeding grounds of an endangered 
turtle in tributaries of the Chindwin River, where the GOB 
plans to build a dam.  The DG offered the support of his staff 
in all of these locations. 
 
5. (SBU) Once CI completes these smaller projects and signs 
the MOUs, work on the two primary projects can begin.  In the 
first project, CI staff will work with Mandalay University, 
Yadanabon Zoo, and Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS) in 
Mandalay Division to protect the world's largest wild 
population of critically endangered Burmese Star Tortoises. 
The project will support captive breeding facilities at the 
zoo and MWS; tortoise release and radio tracking; student-led 
research; and community outreach and education.  According to 
Brunner, the Sanctuary warden was keen to cooperate, since he 
was demoted recently because his sanctuary lost 39 Star 
Tortoises to poachers over the past year. 
 
6. (SBU) The second project will focus on ethnic Chin living 
in Rakhine State. Over the past 100 years, a number of Chin 
hunting groups have migrated south into Rakhine State to hunt 
gaur, a large wild buffalo-like mammal, using dogs and spears. 
They now pose a threat to the 175,000-hectare Rahkine Yoma 
Elephant Sanctuary, created in 1999 to protect one of Burma's 
largest wild elephant populations.  Largely covered with 
bamboo, the Sanctuary is also home to the critically 
endangered Arakan Forest Turtle, as well as important 
populations of wild cats, otters, and bears. 
 
7. (SBU) According to Brunner and Myint Aung, the Chin are 
interested in negotiating agreements that would link 
development support to no-hunting contracts.  They are proud 
of their forest skills, Brunner reports, and could make 
excellent wildlife monitors.  The Sanctuary has only ten staff 
 
RANGOON 00001686  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
and needs further logistical support.  Brunner said CI project 
members will teach them community forestry, livestock farming 
and agriculture skills, and offer them positions as wildlife 
monitors in exchange for their commitment to cease hunting. 
 
8. (SBU) Comment: CI has done its homework and possesses many 
of the attributes needed to run a successful NGO project in 
Burma: a detailed assessment of the current situation (CI's 
study took two years); identification of well-qualified and 
well-connected staff members; and full compliance with the 
Treasury/OFAC vetting process.  They have also lined up the 
right support within the GOB to succeed, and the regime 
generally allows environmental organizations freer access than 
projects that have a potential political focus.  If CI is able 
to proceed with its projects in 2007 as planned, its efforts 
would also serve as useful models for other groups in 
designing programs that help protect Burma's threatened 
environment while, at the same time, training and empowering 
local communities to better appreciate and protect their own 
natural resources.  End comment.