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Sunrise over palm trees on fringe of grasslands in Stoung, Kampong Thom Province 2. Motorised cart carrying local people across grassland 3. A Bengal Florican, a critically endangered species of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eStoung, Kampong Thom Province - Recent\u003cbr/\u003e1. Sunrise over palm trees on fringe of grasslands in Stoung, Kampong Thom Province \u003cbr/\u003e2. Motorised cart carrying local people across grassland \u003cbr/\u003e3. A Bengal Florican, a critically endangered species of bird, flies off and out of shot \u003cbr/\u003e4. A Bengal Florican walks slowly across grassland \u003cbr/\u003e5. A Bengal Florican performs its mating display \u003cbr/\u003e6. Staff from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) using binoculars  \u003cbr/\u003e7. Researcher Lotty Packman, University of East Anglia, England, with WCS staff, sitting on ground recording information \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of a GPS device in her hands \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lotty Packman, Researcher on Bengal Floricans, University of East Anglia:\u003cbr/\u003e\"They're very striking, very charismatic, very interesting display they way they jump up and they call and fly down. They're just very unique, very interesting species to be studying.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. A Bengal Florican does a courtship display \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Evans, Wildlife Conservation Society, Cambodia:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The biggest threats come from companies who come to invest in the land, and build industrial scale farming operations which remove the grasslands, which remove habitat for the threatened species, and also limit the access of local communities to the areas they used to use.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Water in strip dam tilts up to extensive paddy field\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of strip dam on the flat grassland \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of grass blades\u003cbr/\u003e15. Children cutting paddy in the field \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of group of workers cutting paddy \u003cbr/\u003e17. Policeman and a forestry official ride out of a yard\u003cbr/\u003e18. Signboard with picture of Bengal Florican and Cambodian script urging people to protect the bird\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of motorbike patrol as it goes down dusty track  \u003cbr/\u003e20. Lead rider gets off his bike, takes off his helmet and puts binoculars up to eyes\u003cbr/\u003e21. In distance some people jump onto a small boat on the dam \u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Sin Sienglay, Forestry Department Patrolman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm proud to work on this. If we can protect this area and save the habitat, we can save the bird.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of cow on grassland pasture \u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of grass \u003cbr/\u003e25. Cattle grazing on grassland with young herder in background \u003cbr/\u003e26. Two village elders watching as a car drives across grassland \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close as car stops and the wildlife people get out \u003cbr/\u003e28. Village elders greet the wildlife people \u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hong Chamnan, Integrated Farming and Biodiversity Areas (IFBA) Project Manager:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We focus not only on one thing, we focus on two things; conservation and also farming. That means we protect the Bengal Florican and other waterbird species, and also improve the people's livelihoods, for example people can use the area for grazing or growing deep-water rice with their families, and fishing.\u003cbr/\u003e30. WCS staff climb steps to go into home of village elder \u003cbr/\u003e31. Various close ups of people in the meeting listening to the talk \u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of WCS staffer talking and gesturing to maps and posters  \u003cbr/\u003e33. Close of picture of Bengal Florican on a poster \u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide as villagers applaud at end of meeting \u003cbr/\u003e35. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Meas Than, Village Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This biodiversity project is important for everyone here in this district so we can have a better life for generations to come.\" \u003cbr/\u003e36. WCS staffer looks through binoculars then says (English) \"Very good view - very good view from here.\" \u003cbr/\u003e37. Female Bengal Florican species walking through grass (this is believed to be the first video ever shot of the female) \u003cbr/\u003e38. Researcher Lotty Packman and others attach a satellite transmitter to a male florican \u003cbr/\u003e39. Close of satellite transmitter \u003cbr/\u003e40. Close of bird's head covered by sock \u003cbr/\u003e41. Bird is carried past camera \u003cbr/\u003e42. Member of team stands up \u003cbr/\u003e43. Zoom in as sock is removed from bird's head and released  \u003cbr/\u003e44. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lotty Packman, Researcher on Bengal Floricans, University of East Anglia:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It really is a race against time. If you're going to effectively conserve the species you have to know a lot about the ecology, the habitat requirements and all that information is absolutely crucial and obviously it takes time to get that. But once you have that information you know how to effectively conserve and manage the habitat.\"\u003cbr/\u003e45. Wide of three Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater birds with perched on grass stalks \u003cbr/\u003e46. Male Bengal Florican walks across grass \u003cbr/\u003e47. Bengal Florican flies off and lands on grassland \u003cbr/\u003eOne of the world's rarest birds is under threat from Cambodia's booming economy. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Bengal Florican, a shy, charismatic species much-loved for its elaborate courtship display is losing its habitat to rice production.\u003cbr/\u003eOfficially listed as critically endangered, it's estimated that less than a thousand remain globally. \u003cbr/\u003eEight hundred of them live on the fringes of Cambodia's Great Lake.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's in the cool of the very early morning, when the people of Kampong Thom province have only just begun to stir, that the bird-watcher has the best chance of spotting the Bengal Florican.  \u003cbr/\u003eThis mysterious member of the bustard family was only discovered in Cambodia in 1999. \u003cbr/\u003eUntil then it was believed to exist only in tiny populations in Vietnam and Nepal.\u003cbr/\u003eMost of the year the Bengal Florican is a shy creature,  but in the breeding season it casts caution, and itself, to the wind in one of Cambodia's great natural sights: the male Bengal Florican's courtship dance.\u003cbr/\u003eBiologists are trying to learn more about this enigmatic bird. For Lotty Packman, from the University of East Anglia, in the UK, it's a labour of love.\u003cbr/\u003ePackman says the birds are an interesting species to study because they are very striking and charismatic.\u003cbr/\u003eBut now the flamboyant Florican is facing a grave and unprecedented threat as a result of Cambodia's economic progress.\u003cbr/\u003eTom Evans from the Wildlife Conservation Society explains that the  biggest threats come from companies who build industrial-scale farming operations which remove the birds' natural habitat.\u003cbr/\u003eSince 2005, more than 100 strip dams have been carved into the grasslands, creating thousands of hectares of paddy fields. \u003cbr/\u003eAlmost a third of the Bengal Florican's habitat has vanished. Conservationists believe this economic progress could kill off the species in its heartland within five years.\u003cbr/\u003eThe answer?:  An innovative approach to land protection. \u003cbr/\u003eThis police unit is patrolling parts of the grassland that have been designated as Integrated Farming and Biodiversity Areas, or IFBAs. \u003cbr/\u003eWithin these zones new development is forbidden. There are currently 5 IFBAs in Kampong Thom and Siem Reap provinces, ring-fencing around 350 square kilometres. More are planned. \u003cbr/\u003eConservationists believe they have put the brakes on the land grab with several schemes already abandoned or scrapped since the protection began 2 years ago. \u003cbr/\u003eSin Sienglay from the Forestry Department says he is proud to work on the project. \"If we can protect this area and save the habitat, we can save the bird,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd it's not just the birds who are affected. \u003cbr/\u003eOvernight, livestock farmers have lost pasture they've used for decades. \u003cbr/\u003eOthers have lost small-scale crop plantations to the mega-paddy fields. \u003cbr/\u003eThe New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, Birdlife International and the Cambodian government, who  jointly developed the IFBAs, have reached out to these threatened groups to get them on side. \u003cbr/\u003eMeeting with village elders they've explained how the needs of the Bengal Florican and the needs of the community go hand in hand.\u003cbr/\u003eThe scheme has been given the nod by the Village Chief, Meas Than.  He believes safeguarding the terrain will help future generations. \u003cbr/\u003eSo much is still unknown about the Bengal Florican. The pictures seen here of  the female are believed to be the first ever on moving images caught on tape. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's to fill the yawning gaps in our knowledge that Lotty Packman is attaching satellite transmitters to the Bengal Floricans.\u003cbr/\u003eThese solar-powered devices will send back vital data every two days. \u003cbr/\u003eSo far the females have eluded Packman's nets, but even so, any information about the species can play a part in saving it from extinction.\u003cbr/\u003ePackman says it's a race against time. She and her colleagues have to gather as much information on the birds as possible before they disappear. 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