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Environmental Issues in Cambodia

Warbota Khum, 2020

Landscape Ecology Course

Outline

I. Characteristic of Study Area II. Environmental Issues

• III. Potential Solutions

Cambodia

• Lo

Located: Southeast Asia

• Ar

Area: 181,035 km2

• Av
• Ave. annua

ual temperatur ure: 27 ℃

• An

Annua ual temperatur ure: 2000 – 2200 mm

• Po

Popu pulatio ion: : 16,249,792 (2018 est.)

• Topol

Topolog

• gy: (i) the central low lying or the

central plains and (ii) the mountainous ranges and high plateaus surrounding the low lying land.

• I. Characteristic of Study Area

City Outlook

Land Use Classification of Cambodia, 2016 Forest Cover of Cambodia, 2016

Forest Cover 2016: 48.14% = 8,742,401 ha of country total’s land area

Source: MoE 2018

Biodiversity and Wildlife Resources

Black-shanked Douc Asian Elephant Gaur Banteng Green Peafowl Giant ibis Frog Vultures Kouprey Asiatic Black Bear

• II. Environmental Issues of Cambodia

Forest Degradation Waste Pollution Depletion of Biodiversity

v Forest Degradation

Agricultural Land Conversion Forestland Clearance Illegal Logging

Forest cover change trends (1973-2014)

• 2014: 48% = 8,660,152 ha
• 1973: 72% = 13,096,148 ha

v Depletion of Biodiversity

Habitat Loss due to Deforestation Population pressure

• n Biodiversity

Biodiversity Trading Pollution and Impact from Agricultural Activities

v Waste Pollution

• Urban Waste
• Industrial Waste
• Hospital Waste

• III. Potential Solutions

National Forest Program

Ø The National Forestry Program consists of six major programs :

• forest demarcation
• classification and registration
• conservation and development of forest
• resources and biodiversity
• forest law enforcement and governance
• community forestry
• capacity and research development
• and sustainable forest financing

• Leading by UNDP, the project, starting in

2011 and end in 2015

• It aims to strengthen
• sustainable forest management (SFM)
• production of improved wood stoves

and markets for sustainable bio-energy technologies which reduce CO2 emissions.

Sustainable Forest Management

Community Forestry

Community Forestry (CF) has been established throughout the country since 1991. There are 377 community forests with 347,740 ha established

PHOTO: Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary, Koh Kong Cambodia

Protected Area

• Poyal decree in 1993 has stated establishment of

protected area

• In context of protection and preservation, protected

area divided into four categories

• It is equivalent to 18 percent of country’s land area

• Conservation of biodiversity divides into protected that is responsible

by Forestry Administration, and protected area that is accountable by Ministry of Environment

• In 2015, forest area for biodiversity conservation is 4,287ha (FAO

2015)

Conservation of Biodiversity

Waste Management

• Separate Waste by types
• Reduce Garbage
• Reduce and Recycling
• Composting

• Ministry of Environment. (2018, March). Cambodian

Forest Cover 2016. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

• Forestry Administration. (2010). CAMBODIA FORESTRY

OUTLOOK STUDY . Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

• UNDP Cambodia. (2019, August 8). DEVELOPMENT AND

LAND DEGRADATION. Retrieved from EXPOSURE: https://undpcambodia.exposure.co/development-and- land-degradation

• FAO. (2015). Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015:

Cambodia .

REFERENCES

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