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We are currently working on the following research and conservation projects: White-cheeked Gibbons distribution and development of reliable survey methods. Otter surveys and conservation planning. Large-antlered muntjac distribution and population monitoring. Biodiversity surveys and populations monitoring with camera-traps. The wildlife in the region is severely threatened by illegal hunting, for local consumption and for the international trade. Nakai-Nam Theun shares a border of about 160 km with Vietnam, which increases pressure on wildlife from illegal poaching by Vietnamese poachers. Illegal hunting from Lao hunters has dramatically intensified in the past two decades as trade value of wildlife has increased. Most hunted wildlife from Nakai-Nam Theun is sold to Vietnamese and destined for Vietnam or China for traditional medicine use but wildlife is also hunted for local consumption or national trade (Harisson et al., 2016). Some species have already significantly declined including cats, small