The project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment. Local communities are engaged as key agents of change, while public-private-community partnerships support the implementation of the payment for ecosystem services (PES) mechanism. Research institutions contribute to knowledge management and sharing, and multistakeholder forums are being revitalized to strengthen collaborative watershed management.
GEF grants
co-funding
Cambodia’s restoration strategy focuses on watershed management, ecosystem recovery, and sustainable livelihoods. The project brings together policy, community action, and partnerships to restore the Tonle Sap Basin and strengthen long-term resource management.
The project will develop policy briefs on watershed management and financing and create an Integrated Tonle Sap Basin Management Plan to guide coordinated action.
Decision support tools will be enhanced to support adaptive watershed management, while multistakeholder forums will be revitalized to strengthen collaboration and governance.
Forests, biodiversity corridors, wetlands, and riparian zones will be restored, and tree cover will be expanded through community agroforestry initiatives.
Diversified livelihood models will be introduced to support conservation, public-private-community partnerships will operationalize the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanism in Siem Reap, and a knowledge-sharing system linked to Cambodia Environmental Management Information System (CEMIS) will support learning and replication.
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