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Empowering Khmer Daeum Communities in the Areng Valley

Grantee Name: Mother Nature

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$12,612
Dates
May 2014 – May 2015
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Hydropower, Indigenous People, Land tenure, Legal support, Livelihoods

Build the capacity of civil society organizations working in the Areng Valley, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia, so that they may coordinate collective responses to the threats posed by proposed hydropower development in the region. This will include strengthening the internal capacity of local NGO Mother Nature, improving their ability to effectively coordinate and collaborate with other Cambodian organizations working at the site, and empowering local community leaders to lead the emergence of grassroots community-based organizations.

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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