as the coordinating agency wildlife conservation society wcs contracts local people and pays them for their labor as well as outcomes in terms of the number of nests protected starting with four villages in six years later this project had expanded to villages and protected more than nests the area receives especial attention from birdwatchers but hunting and degrading forests are threats to rare bird species under this communitybased ecotourism project villages sign contracts under which hunting would be banned and land use planning with the ngo and government supported