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    <title>Aquaculture Project Contributes to Reduction of Illegal Fishing</title> 
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    <description>Illegal fishing is one of major threats to the conservation of fishery resources, especially the Critically Endangered Royal Turtles and the Cantor&amp;rsquo;s Giant Softshell Turtles. Since 2019, the European Union-Partners against Wildlife Crime is supporting WCS and CRDT in Cambodia, to enhance protection of these species.

To this end, an aquaculture project was implemented by WCS and CRDT across 14 villages in Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong, Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. Through this initiative, since 2019, 454 families received technical trainings on aquaculture and vegetable growing. Besides, 98 farmer families who largely depend on fishing received direct incentives to raise Clarius Catfish and Striped Pangasius, and grow vegetables at home.

Concretely, each farmer received an in-kind support of between $60 and $400, depending on their own resources, to start up fish raising and vegetable gardening. That support comprised 2.8 kg of fish fingerlings (about 1,000 individuals), fish feed, plastic tent for building cages, a pair of watering cans and vegetable seeds.

Kang Bour is the chief of Koh Kroach Community Fisheries, Sre Krasaing commune, Siem Bouk district of Stung Treng province. He joined a training course in June last year. With the support from the project, he raised 1,000 catfish fingerlings in a plastic pond for the first cycle that lasted 3 months. At the end of the cycle, he harvested his pond and collected 47 kg of catfish. He kept 12 kg for food, and sold the rest for 350,000 riels ($85).

Having seen the success in the first cycle, Bour decided to continue the business by investing his own resources. As of June 2022, after 3 more cycles of fish raising and vegetable growing, her earned a total income of 820,000 riels ($200) and kept 148 kg of catfish for food.

Kang Bour said that since he started his activity, he not only had enough fish and vegetables to eat, but also generated income to support his family of eight people. Moreover, Bour started playing a vital role in raising awareness on the conservation of the Cantor&amp;rsquo;s Giant Softshell Turtle in his village. He finally stopped fishing, given the success of his fish raising activity.

There is 94% decrease in the number of threats compared to the baseline: 1threat/4km. 74% decrease in threats along the Mekong River and 76% decrease in Sre Ambel River System, according to SMART patrol data collected last June.

This project is funded by the European Union-Partners against Wildlife Crime Project and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy and implemented by WCS.
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    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:53:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>Press Release: Keo Seima Conservation Project Fruitfully Completed</title> 
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    <description>Phnom Penh (August 13, 2021) &amp;ndash; USAID mark ed the successful completion of the Keo Seima Conservation Project (KSCP) today with an online workshop that celebrated its achievements in forest conservation and community support.  Speaking at the closing workshop, Laura Cizmo, Acting Office Director for Sustainable Economic Growth Office of USAID Cambodia, applauded the successful collaboration between USAID, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), communities in and around Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS), Ministry of Environment (MoE), local authorities, NGOs and CSOs, and other development partners to make the project possible. &amp;ldquo;Through this project, USAID contributed to the avoidance of more than 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions,&amp;rdquo; Cizmo said. &amp;ldquo;That achievement has helped Cambodia meet its national greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.&amp;rdquo;  His Excellency Sao Sopheap, Secretary of State for MoE, said: &amp;ldquo;The funding support from USAID has enabled KSCP to achieve the significant milestone of securing sustainable financing for KSWS from carbon credit sales. This will allow an expansion of activities and enable more visionary long-term planning. The sales of carbon credits have ensured the site is sustainably financed for the next 5 years - the first time a protected area in Cambodia is sustainably financed.&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;Successful carbon credit sales have created significant financial resources for conservation at KSWS. This presents a unique opportunity to expand activities in KSWS, which include scaling up actions to address the direct and indirect drivers of deforestation, and to improve the livelihoods of local communities,&amp;rdquo; said H.E Sopheap who presided over the closing workshop. Ken Sereyrotha, Country Program Director for WCS Cambodia, said, &amp;ldquo;The KSCP directly supported a large number of important activities, and has played a vital role at a key moment to ensure the longer term sustainability of the wider KSWS program. We look forward to continuing to work closely with local communities, the Ministry of Environment, and other partners to provide benefits to the people, forests, and wildlife of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.&amp;rdquo; The KSCP was a 3-year project (August 2018-August 2021) implemented by WCS. The project aimed to improve biodiversity conservation and ecosystem health, sustainable and equitable economic opportunities, community livelihoods, and natural capital reinvestment, and to strengthen inclusive landscape governance in KSWS in the Eastern Plains, Cambodia.&amp;nbsp;





















************* &amp;nbsp; Media Contact: Oliver Griffin  ogriffin@wcs.org</description> 
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>Official opening of the IBIS Rice Conservation Company Warehouse</title> 
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    <description>On Tuesday 22nd December 2020, WCS, the IBIS Rice Conservation Co., Ltd IRCC and Samsom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP) were honored to welcome the H.E. Say Samal (Chairman of National Sustainable Development Council and Minister of Ministry of Environment) to the IBIS Rice warehouse located in Sangkat Phsar Derm Thkov, Phnom Penh. During his visit, his excellency was shown the manufacturing and packaging of wildlife-friendly and organic products and received the opportunity to taste some of the latest IBIS Rice snacks made from Phka Rumduol. IBIS Rice was founded by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and is named after the Giant Ibis, Cambodia&amp;rsquo;s national bird. The Giant Ibis is the largest ibis worldwide and, owing to its rarity, holds near-mythical status for bird-watchers and conservationists. The Giant Ibis is classified as Critically Endangered, predominantly due to the effects of human disturbance and hunting; remaining birds are concentrated in northern Cambodia. In 2009 WCS with the support of the Royal Government of Cambodia, developed the Ibis Rice project as a conservation tool. The objective was to incentivize local communities to engage in conservation through the purchase of organic jasmine rice at a premium from farmers who commit to protect the forest and stop hunting. The project has improved local livelihoods while addressing the principal threat to Critically Endangered species, including the Giant Ibis, and their habitat: conversion of forest and wetlands to rice fields. In 2017 the IBIS Rice Conservation Co., Ltd (IBIS Rice) was incorporated by WCS to fulfil the potential of the product and scale-up production. IBIS Rice now works with 1,500 wildlife-friendly farmers paying a premium of 50 percent above market price for organic, wildlife-friendly (Pkha Rumduol) jasmine rice. Farmers commit to no logging, hunting, or use of chemicals, thereby protecting the landscape and its species. The rice is certified wildlife-friendly and organic to EU and USDA standards. It is now sold globally into high-end markets, including Europe and Canada. The project has significantly improved livelihoods while reducing deforestation by 75 percent in the areas where farmers live and cultivate. The quality of the Pkha Rumdoul rice and the story that goes with it means that international demand for IBIS Rice has outpaced supply. As IBIS Rice recruits and trains more farmers, additional working capital financing is needed for larger paddy purchases. Said H.E Say Samal &amp;ldquo;The combination of Wildlife Friendly and Organic products is a great way to access high Value Markets and we should pay farmers as high a price possible to farmers that follow this. We look forward to supporting this initiative going forward.&amp;rdquo; The Minister encourages farmers in the protected areas to join the project more actively. He suggested that WCS and SMP expand the project to other areas and that more Cambodian people support IBIS rice. After officially opening the facility and touring the manufacturing processes presentations and discussions followed. Discussed was how WCS, SMP, IRCC best collaborate to scale up the successful model and the challenges that need to be addressed.&amp;nbsp; Nick Spencer, CEO of IRCC said &amp;ldquo;Our consumers value the organic quality of the product but especially the conservation and livelihood outcomes that they deliver by purchasing our rice. To deliver the consumer a product they can trust we have strict compliance the farmers need to follow, and in turn our business can pass that value back to farmers. However, there are pressures and risks to this way of farming when forest is cleared and chemicals are used by newcomers to the communities. We hope to work more closely with the MoE and local authorities to protect and scale what is an opportunity that has real potential.&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;Delivering conservation means we must work closely with communities in Wildlife Sanctuaries to make sure their aspirations are met whilst the habitat around them is protected. IBIS Rice is a globally recognised example of that,&amp;rdquo; said Ken Serey Rotha, WCS Country Program Director.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;View document in Khmer *********&amp;nbsp; *&amp;nbsp; *********

For more information, please contact: 

H.E Neth Pheaktra
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Keo Socheat 
Executive Director 
Sansom Mlup Prey 
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Wildlife Conservation Society Tel: 012 819 121&amp;nbsp;</description> 
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Phnom Penh (October 3, 2020) &amp;ndash; His Excellency Neth Pheaktra, Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) is leading an MoE delegation and a group of local journalists on a visit to Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS) in Mondulkiri province October 3 &amp;ndash; 5, 2020. The visit, organized by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the MoE with USAID support, aims to provide an opportunity to learn about and raise the public&amp;rsquo;s awareness about (i) the design and implementation of the Keo Seima REDD+ Project, (ii) protection and conservation of biodiversity, and (iii) the community-based livelihood improvement program. During the visit, the delegation will meet with the Director of Mondulkiri Provincial Department of Environment, Chief of KSWS Office, the department&amp;rsquo;s forest rangers, and WCS representatives at KSWS Office where they will be briefed about the implementation of the REDD+ project and associated community benefit sharing mechanisms. The delegation will then visit the Sre Preah Community Protected Area in Sre Preah commune of Keo Seima district, Jahoo Gibbon Camp in Andoung Kraloeng village, and Leng Ang and Leng Khin waterfalls in Oreang district.&amp;nbsp; There they will meet with a bamboo producer group, the Ibis rice farmer group, a community-led ecotourism group, and observe some achievements brought about by REDD+ support such as a village level water supply system, community meeting hall, deep well, and village access bridge.  &amp;ldquo;The successful implementation of REDD+ provides mutual benefits to communities, nature, and the economy,&amp;rdquo; noted Ms. Veena Reddy, USAID/Cambodia Mission Director. &amp;ldquo;This approach can serve to retain key endangered species, diverse biodiversity, and forest cover. It can also conserve local culture.&amp;rdquo; Ministry of Environment spokesman, His Excellency Neth Pheaktra, said: &amp;ldquo;On behalf of the Ministry of Environment, I would like to thank all relevant NGO and donor partners, especially USAID, for their continued support to protect and conserve Cambodia&amp;rsquo;s forest which have led to the sale of carbon credit in KSWS. The engagement of all partners not only benefited the ecosystem, but also the communities through the establishment of ecotourism. Thanks to the good cooperation between the MoE and its partners and thank all our rangers, local authorities at all levels and the provincial department of environment for their high commitment to conserve Cambodia&amp;rsquo;s biodiversity and wildlife for our next generation.&amp;rdquo; Ken Sereyrotha, Country Program Director for WCS Cambodia said, &amp;ldquo;With continued support from our donors, WCS has made significant conservation achievements in recent years. We are proud of these efforts and are grateful for the support provided by MoE, Provincial Department of Environment and local authorities to achieve our shared long-term conservation and community development goals.&amp;rdquo; About the Keo Seima REDD+ Project REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) is a mechanism to create an incentive for developing countries to protect, better manage and wisely use their forest resources, contributing to the global fight against climate change. The KSWS REDD+ project started in 2010 and focuses on a core region (166,983 hectares) of the protected area. The project includes 20 villages, home to around 18,000 people that benefit from better management of the protected area and support for community development. The Royal Government of Cambodia&amp;rsquo;s Ministry of Environment (MoE) in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has sold nearly $4 million worth of carbon credits to date. Revenue from these carbon sales is now being used to support a full range of conservation and forest management activities including the training of Cambodian government staff in forest and wildlife management. Revenue has also been shared with communities to improve their livelihoods by funding development projects of their choice such as toilets, wells, bridges, meeting halls, and mobile health clinics. To learn more visit: &amp;nbsp;https://bit.ly/3ici6vO  Media Contact: Leak Ratna Communications Manager Wildlife Conservation Society Email: rleak@wcs.org Tel: 012 819121</description> 
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    <description>These are the first of at least 50 Sarus Cranes that return to the site every year, making the NTSPL a critical habitat for Sarus Crane, as well as the most important breeding site for the Critically Endangered Bengal Florican. </description> 
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    <description>So far this year, three nests of the Critically Endangered White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) have been located in Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary, of the Northern Plains of Cambodia. </description> 
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    <description>Many people have heard about reputation of Tmatbouy Ecotourism Community Protected Area situated in Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary, where visitors can come to watch Critically Endangered Giant and White-shouldered Ibises. But, a few people have known that Dep Oun has spent more than 10 years leading Tmatbouy achieving remarkable results like today.</description> 
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    <description>Cambodia&amp;rsquo;s Sam Veasna Center (SVC) has been named one of just 13 finalists in the 2016 World Responsible Tourism Awards at the World Travel Market in London. SVC manages wildlife viewing trips with exclusive access to Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) sites across Cambodia. </description> 
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