Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Woman sifting rice grains in Anlung Pring © Yin Pheanm / WWT — Woman sifting rice grains in Anlung Pring. © Yin Pheanm / WWT

Strengthening the Capacity of Community-Based Institutions Instrumental to Conservation of Seasonally-Inundated Grasslands in the Mekong Delta in Cambodia

Grantee Name: Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia
Amount: $19,996
Dates: Oct 2018 – Sep 2019
Keywords: Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Freshwater, Livelihoods, Protected Areas, Tourism

The protection of two seasonally-inundated wetlands provides tangible benefits to local people who feel empowered to effect local change to their environmental and social conditions.

Strategic Direction : 8 Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels