Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project

Protecting the Cardamom Mountain Rainforest Ecoregion, maintaining biodiversity and creating alternative livelihoods

Preventing the deforestation and degradation of one of the 200 most important locations for biodiversity conservation on the planet The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (SCRP) is an initiative designed to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation, maintain […]

Location: Cambodia
Crediting period: 1st, 01/01/2015 – 31/12/2044

Project type

REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) + CCB (Climate Community Biodiversity)

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What the project does.

The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (SCRP) is an initiative designed to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation, maintain biodiversity and create alternative livelihoods under the United Nations scheme of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+). Encompassing parts of Southern Cardamom National Park and Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary, this project protects a critical part of the Cardamom Mountains Rainforest Ecoregion, one of the 200 most important locations for biodiversity conservation on the planet.

The Project will directly support the livelihoods of 21 villages in nine communes around the perimeter of the project area. Eight additional villages in 4 communes are eligible to receive educational scholarships. These communities represent approximately 3,957 families and 16,495 individuals.

The Project will generate substantial community and biodiversity co-benefits that not only protect this delicate ecosystem and endangered species but also support community livelihoods.

REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) + CCB (Climate Community Biodiversity)

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