The Cardamom mountains have long suffered from a hunting and poaching crisis, alongside habitat destruction due to slash-and-burn agriculture and land speculation. The REDD+ project established an award-winning conservation model centered around effective boots-on-the-ground protection of this highly threatened forest area. Since 2006, the project has achieved zero poaching of Asian elephants and supported significant recovery of ungulates and carnivore populations. As a result of the effective forest defense in Southern Cardamom, 352 CFPP members are employed and have undertaken over 15,000 patrols, resulting in the removal of over 100,000 snares, and confiscation over 3,000 chainsaws as well as the rescue and rehabilitation of over 2000 live animals.
*Verified 2015-2021 Climate. Community and Biodiversity (CCB) reports.
