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Deer in the middle of field, looking toward camera.
Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii), Western Siem Pang, Cambodia.
© O. Langrand
Flight of the Phoenix: A Pilot Trial to Re-wild a Cambodian Forest 
Grantee Name: 
Rising Phoenix Co. Ltd.
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$249,739
DATES
Jul 2016
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Dec 2019
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$249,739
DATES
Jul 2016
-
Dec 2019

Develop a feasibility study for a pilot re-wilding project for Cambodia's deciduous dipterocarp forests. Establish a functional re-wilding demonstration plot within Western Siem Pang Forest. Develop a protocol for evaluating and designing ecological restoration and re-wilding projects in deciduous dipterocarp forests. Increase awareness amongst government decision-makers of the need and opportunity for ecological restoration in these forests.

Strategic Direction: 6 Engage key actors in mainstreaming biodiversity, communities and livelihoods into development planning in the priority corridors