Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Children and teacher on two wooden canoes. — Children learn about the environment where they live.

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Environmental Education Program in Peck Kantiel Floating Village

Grantee Name: OSMOSE

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $18,315
Dates: Jun 2014 – Jun 2016
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Education, Youth

Reduce threats to the biodiversity of the Prek Toal Core Area of the Tonle Sap in Cambodia, particularly egg and chick poaching within water-bird colonies, by delivering an environmental education program and other awareness-raising efforts in Peck Kantiel, a floating village on the Tonle Sap.

Strategic Direction :

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