Safeguarding a critical biodiversity conservation corridor in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £300,212
WHERE Cambodia
Summary
This project will ensure that the biodiversity corridor connecting the core zones of Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary and Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary is maintained, by improving the livelihoods of vulnerable forest communities through sustainable and forest-friendly agricultural practices and by achieving legal protection of biodiversity corridors at national and provincial levels. Eight forest-dependent communities including women improve their livelihoods through enhanced agricultural practices and sustainable management and protection of the PPWS/SWS Biodiversity Conservation Corridor in collaboration with authorities
CEDAC The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture, MAFF Under Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, DAFF Mondulkiri Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, MoE - Cambodia, PDoE Mondulkiri Provincial Department of Environment
Regions
East Asia
Biomes
TROPICAL FOREST, FORESTS
Production
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION
Threats To Biodiversity
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
Broad Approches
ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, ECOSYSTEM APPROACH, LIVELIHOODS, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
Specific Tools
RESEARCH TRAINING, RESEARCH, CEPA, MONITORING, PROTECTED AREAS
