Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Mekong Biodiversity Protection Project

Grantee Name: Community Economic Development

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $199,878
Dates: Aug 2010 – Jul 2013
Keywords: Community-based conservation, Freshwater, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Land tenure, Payment for Ecosystem Services, Species Conservation

Strengthen community conservation of forests and sustainable management of natural resources along the 'Central Section' of the Mekong mainstream in Cambodia by facilitating the establishment of community-based organizations, helping local people to secure land tenure, and helping them and value to non-timber forest products. Strengthen communities' capacity to engage in biodiversity conservation through training in advocacy, protection and environmental education.

Strategic Direction : 3 Engage key actors in reconciling biodiversity conservation and development objectives, with a particular emphasis on the Northern Limestone Highlands and Mekong River and its major tributaries