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Handful of men outside looking at green maps on a table.
Land use discussion in Itub Village.
© Non Timber Forests Products (NTFP) Organization

Community Networks for Gibbon Protection at Veun Sai Siem Pang Conservation Area

Grantee Name: Non-Timber Forest Products

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$144,910
Dates
Feb 2016 – Feb 2019
Keywords
Buffer zones, Community-based conservation, Forestry, Indigenous People, Land tenure, Logging, Networks, Protected Areas
Strengthen a network of community-based organizations in Cambodia’s Veun Sai-Siem Pang Conservation Area and empower them to respond collectively to the threat of large-scale illegal logging in the region. Increase the protection of threatened species and their habitats through the advancement of a community forest application and Indigenous and Community Conserved Area designation for the site and spirit forests in its buffer zone.
Strategic Direction : 8 Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels

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