Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Bird ecotourism, Tmatboeuy, Cambodia.

© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff

Community Incentives for Conservation in the Tonle Sap

Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $533,637
Dates: Mar 2014 – Sep 2018
Keywords: Agriculture, Certification, Freshwater, Habitat conservation and management, Livelihoods, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Tourism

Empower local communities around Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia to engage in conservation of priority key biodiversity areas (KBAs) by creating an appropriate operating environment for community engagement in management of formal protected areas; supporting communities to sustainably manage KBAs outside formal protected areas; scaling-up proven conservation incentive programs; and enabling two local civil society groups to become financially and operationally sustainable.

Strategic Direction :

4 Empower local communities to engage in conservation and management of priority key biodiversity areas