Bonne nouvelle pour la sous-espèce sharpii de la Grue antigone

The Sarus Crane Grus antigone is the tallest crane species, standing at six feet tall, with a wingspan of eight feet. There are three sub-species: G. a. antigone in Pakistan, India and Nepal, G. g. sharpii in South-east Asia, and G. g. gelli in North-eastern Australia. One of the most important sites for the sub-species sharpii of Sarus Crane Grus antigone has been declared a reserve after several years of active lobbying by the Wildlife Protection Office of the Forestry Administration in partnership with BirdLife International in Indochina.
The Council of Ministers of the Government of Cambodia has approved in November 2007 a proposal to protect nearly 9,000 hectares of seasonally inundated grassland in Takeo Province in south-eastern Cambodia. The process to complete the notification of the Boeung Prek Lapouv Sarus Crane Conservation Area was recently completed upon signing of a Prime Ministerial Decree by His Excellency Hun Sen. The site is used by up to 300 Sarus Cranes, nearly 40% the global population of the race sharpii.
In this article we also propose a presentation of the Sarus Crane and its subspecies.