Zalone Taung N.P. 2019

A total of 60 cameras were deployed during the early wet season of 2019 (March - July) with a goal of creating a basic species inventory and performing occupancy modelling for medium and large mammal species in the Proposed Zalone Taung National Park, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. Cameras were deployed systematically according to a 4x4km grid-based survey design. Two cameras were placed in each of 30 grid cells.  One camera in each grid cell was required to be placed within 200m of the center of each grid cell, allowing field teams to select micro-sites within a 200m radius that were believed to maximize opportunities to detect target wildlife species (e.g., trails, dry streambeds). The second camera in each grid cell was placed opportunistically in a location believed to be ideal for detecting wildlife (e.g., animal sign, trails, streambeds), but with a requirement that no two cameras in the survey were closer together than 500m.  All cameras were positioned at a height of between 20-60 cm and perpendicular to the expected direction of travel of wildlife.