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Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary REDD+ Project

Launched in 2010, this joint Wildlife Conservation Society/Royal Government of Cambodia project protects over 166,000 hectares of the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, home to more than 950 wild species and the indigenous Bunong people.

Mondulkiri province, CambodiaTropical forest wildlife sanctuaryVerra VCS (project 1650) + CCB, methodology VM0015
Image credit
Mixed bamboo and semi-evergreen forest in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia Historical location context; not a photograph of the project’s current work.Location context · Pygathrix nigripes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2018 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorWildlife Conservation Society, with the Royal Government of Cambodia
EcosystemTropical forest wildlife sanctuary
StandardVerra VCS (project 1650) + CCB, methodology VM0015
StatusActive
LocationMondulkiri province, Cambodia
Overview

Inside the project

The project is registered under Verra's VCS (project 1650) and the CCB Standard, using methodology VM0015, and is developed and implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The developer's own framing channels carbon-credit revenue back to local communities through a 'Cash for Communities' mechanism.

Verra's registry names the Royal Government of Cambodia's Ministry of Environment as proponent of VCS 1650 and, as viewed in September 2026, shows 18,874,424 units issued and 15,405,351 retired.

166,000+ ha
Project area
950+
Wild species

Objectives

  • Protect over 166,000 ha of the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Channel carbon-credit revenue to local communities via 'Cash for Communities'

Approach

  • REDD+ methodology VM0015 under Verra VCS and CCB, developed and implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Published documents

Monitoring report: REDD in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Verra registry page (VCS 1650) →

Sources

Inspect 3 sources
  1. arborday.org ↗https://www.arborday.org/carbon/projects/keo-seima-wildlife-sanctuary
  2. verra.org ↗https://verra.org/projects_public_comm/reduced-emissions-from-deforestation-and-degradation-in-keo-seima-wildlife-sanctuary/
  3. registry.verra.org ↗https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1650

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