How REDD+ is working to save Cambodia’s forests
Innovation Forum is delighted to present this webinar, in partnership with Everland. The webinar captures a significant moment of collaboration between Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment, NGOs and Indigenous communities working together to preserve vulnerable wildlife, support the sustainable development of local communities, and protect the region’s forests. The discussion focuses on two key REDD+ projects: Wildlife Conservation Society Keo Seima REDD+ Project features the highest number of species recorded for any Cambodian protected area, with 15 species new to science. The project has world-class biodiversity monitoring and data. The project has defended the traditional rights of the forest-dwelling Indigenous Bunong people, helping them to secure the first Indigenous community land title in Cambodia, and through the REDD+ Benefit Sharing Mechanism, provides significant funding to community-led development projects. The Wildlife Alliance Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project is located in the Cardamom rainforest landscape, one of the last unfragmented rainforests remaining in southeast Asia and is a critical part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. We’ll hear about the unique ‘boots-on-the ground’ enforcement partnership between the project, Cambodia’s Environment Ministry and the Cambodian military that prevents more than 3,000,000 tons of carbon emissions annually and protects 497,000 hectares of tropical rainforest in South-West Cambodia. The webinar features introductions from HE Say Sam Al, Minister, Ministry of Environment, the Royal Government of Cambodia and HE Paris Chuop, Under-Secretary of State, General Directorate of Environmental Knowledge and Information, Ministry of Environment, The Royal Government of Cambodia. Hear from panellists, in conversation with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh, as they discuss how these projects pave the way toward sustainable prosperity for the wildlife and the communities living in Cambodia’s forests, and are working to bring an end to deforestation, the second-leading cause of the climate crisis.
Innovation Forum is delighted to present this webinar, in partnership with Everland. The webinar captures a significant moment of collaboration between Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment, NGOs and Indigenous communities working together to preserve vulnerable wildlife, support the sustainable development of local communities, and protect the region’s forests. The discussion focuses on two key REDD+ projects: Wildlife Conservation Society Keo Seima REDD+ Project features the highest number of species recorded for any Cambodian protected area, with 15 species new to science. The project has world-class biodiversity monitoring and data. The project has defended the traditional rights of the forest-dwelling Indigenous Bunong people, helping them to secure the first Indigenous community land title in Cambodia, and through the REDD+ Benefit Sharing Mechanism, provides significant funding to community-led development projects. The Wildlife Alliance Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project is located in the Cardamom rainforest landscape, one of the last unfragmented rainforests remaining in southeast Asia and is a critical part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. We’ll hear about the unique ‘boots-on-the ground’ enforcement partnership between the project, Cambodia’s Environment Ministry and the Cambodian military that prevents more than 3,000,000 tons of carbon emissions annually and protects 497,000 hectares of tropical rainforest in South-West Cambodia. The webinar features introductions from HE Say Sam Al, Minister, Ministry of Environment, the Royal Government of Cambodia and HE Paris Chuop, Under-Secretary of State, General Directorate of Environmental Knowledge and Information, Ministry of Environment, The Royal Government of Cambodia. Hear from panellists, in conversation with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh, as they discuss how these projects pave the way toward sustainable prosperity for the wildlife and the communities living in Cambodia’s forests, and are working to bring an end to deforestation, the second-leading cause of the climate crisis.