Internships for the nine MENTOR-POP Fellows from Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Vietnam to work with different NGO partners to collect existing data on pangolin confiscations at different national parks, learn about field-level pangolin research efforts, identify lessons learned on wildlife law enforcement activities impacting pangolins, and gather best practices on demand reduction and outreach strategies;

Broken down in teams, implement activities to test pangolin population assessment methodologies, identify new law enforcement methods targeting pangolin crimes, and pilot outreach activities to reduce demand for pangolins. A further modification to this project will enable USFWS to also support an additional three months of the MENTOR Fellows’ and Coordinator's salaries and fund the participation of two Fellows and the Coordinator in a USFWS-hosted meeting on the commercial bushmeat trade in Central Africa. The meeting will be held October 3-7, 2016 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The primary purpose of this meeting is for USFWS and its grantees to better address the commercial bushmeat trade by assessing current USFWS-supported interventions, to develop communications for key audiences, and to create greater connections between USFWS grantees.