31 Mar 2022 Southern Cardamom Spotlight Report Q1 2022

When Wildlife Alliance began working in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia two decades ago, the remote commune of Chi Phat was known as a hub of wildlife smuggling and illegal logging. An appraisal of the region’s resources and economic development options spotlighted tourism as the best opportunity to preserve the vulnerable ecosystem and partner with communities to provide a better livelihood.

Southern Cardamom Spotlight Report Q1 2022

When Wildlife Alliance began working in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia two decades ago, the remote commune of Chi Phat was known as a hub of wildlife smuggling and illegal logging. An appraisal of the region’s resources and economic development options spotlighted tourism as the best opportunity to preserve the vulnerable ecosystem and partner with communities to provide a better livelihood.

31 Dec 2021 Southern Cardamom Half Yearly Report Q4 2021

argeted infrastructure projects have been initiated across Chi Phat, Sovanna Baitong, Bak Angrut, O’Som and Chomna villages, including the provision of new roads, bridges, water wells, schools and a medical centre. Additional funding has been allocated to support higher education opportunities, establish a tiger recovery centre and address the snaring crisis through the expansion of the ranger and Community Anti-Poaching Unit programs.

30 Sep 2021 Southern Cardamom Spotlight Report Q3 2021

Wildlife Alliance has been active across the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape since 2001, working with local governments and communities both prior to and since the inception of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project in 2015. The foundation of the project’s conservation work is its unique boots-on-the-ground enforcement, which is critical for effective protected area management in this extremely threatened landscape.

30 Jun 2021 Southern Cardamom Half Yearly Report Q2 2021

The Southern Cardamom REDD+ project has intensified efforts to improve local infrastructure in the project area, provide financial assistance in response to COVID-19, and help secure land rights through demarcation. The Project has focused on helping communities by providing tangible public benefits, which in turn increases people’s understanding of how keeping the forest standing benefits them directly.

02 Jan 2021 Safeguarding the forest and wildlife through a network of Cardamom Forest Protection Program (CFPP) stations

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 […]

01 Jan 2021 Wildlife rescue, care & release program

The project has developed a system of rescue, care and release to provide the best possible outcome for the traumatized or injured wild animals that are the victims of this poaching within the Cardamoms region. The Cardamom Forest Protection Program (CFPP) units operate across the Project Zone removing snares from the forest floor, rescuing wild […]

31 Dec 2020 Southern Cardamom Impact Report Q4 2020

In 2020, the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project continued to face, and face down, an unrelenting series of threats to the forest and its wildlife, while providing communities with crucial support in the midst of the COVID pandemic. Ranging from small scale poaching to large scale corrupt land-grabbing, the project has tirelessly defended the highly threatened Cardamom forest.

30 Sep 2020 Southern Cardamom Impact Report Q3 2020

This past quarter, the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Rangers have worked diligently to protect the biodiversity of both tree and animal species, with successful arrests of poachers and loggers. Additionally, Southern Cardamom REDD+ camera trappings have captured new images of dholes, an Endangered wild dog species that is crucially dependent on the continuous forest cover provided by the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape.

31 Mar 2020 Southern Cardamom Impact Report Q1 2020

During the first quarter of 2020, before the arrival of Covid-19, 16 local communities directly benefitted from the economic alternatives supported by the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project.