Forest conservationEarly stage
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary REDD+ (JCM)
Conservation International, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment and the Japanese trading company Mitsui and Co. are jointly developing a REDD+ project across the Prey Lang forest, one of Southeast Asia's largest remaining lowland evergreen woodlands.
Image credit
View of the Prey Lang Forest Historical location context; not a photograph of the project’s current work.Location context · Prey Lang Community Network · CC BY 2.5 · 2008 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorConservation International, with the Cambodian Ministry of Environment and Mitsui and Co.
EcosystemLowland evergreen forest
Standardnone confirmed (Joint Crediting Mechanism REDD+ project in development)
StatusEarly stage
LocationPrey Lang forest, Cambodia (Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Kratie provinces)
Overview
Inside the project
The partners describe the work as quantifying forest carbon stocks, training local and provincial governments to monitor the tropical forest, and supporting improved livelihoods and law enforcement.
No registry listing has been confirmed; the project is at the development stage under Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism.
489,663 ha
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary area (2023 boundary)
Objectives
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by protecting the Prey Lang Forest
- Quantify forest carbon stocks
- Train local and provincial governments to monitor the tropical forest
- Support improved livelihoods and law enforcement training
Approach
- A Joint Crediting Mechanism REDD+ project still in development, combining carbon-stock quantification with training and enforcement support.
Sources
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- cambodia.conservation.org ↗https://cambodia.conservation.org/projects/prey-lang-wildlife-sanctuary
Documented by one public source so far.
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