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Growing Ibis Rice in Cambodia.
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Growing More Than Just Rice: Enabling a Local Civil Society Organization to Increase its Conservation Impact

Grantee Name: Sansom Mlup Prey

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$19,990
Dates
Sep 2017 – Sep 2018
Keywords
Agriculture, Awareness, Capacity building, Education, Livelihoods, Policy/law

Build the capacity of Sansom Mlup Prey to use ibis rice as a mechanism to reduce deforestation in Cambodia’s deciduous Dipterocarp forests by improving conservation incentives for farmers growing organic wildlife-friendly rice and increasing Sansom Mlup Prey’s ability to ensure compliance with conservation agreements by participating farmers.

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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