Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cambodia

Project Title 

Enhancing climate change resilience of rural communities living in protected areas of Cambodia.

Project factsheet

Description

In Cambodia, UNEP and partners are helping people adapt to climate change by improving agricultural resilience, reforesting vast swathes of natural land, and establishing ‘home-gardens.’ Unabated deforestation and climate change have dried out soils and caused a fall in rainfall for some parts of the country. In response, this project trained people to grow trees in specially constructed nurseries and carry out patrols to halt illegal logging. The project is restoring at least 1,875ha of land, and forests, wildlife and water are already returning.

From mountains to the coast, the project is helping rural Cambodians to set up small farms and irrigation systems to improve both diets and incomes. The project has repaired falling yields and failed harvests of staple crops - such as rice - by training farmers on climate forecasting and how to plant paddies with more resilient varieties. The agricultural productivity will be increased for at least 1,900 family agriculture areas.

Media & Resources

• Terminal Evaluation 2022
• Story: Locals lead adaptation efforts in drought-stricken Cambodian forests
• Video: Climate Action in Cambodia
• Story: ‘I’m proud to have brought the rain back’: reforestation revives Cambodian mountains
• Story: Seeding the future: school-children in Cambodia pave way for climate adaptation
• Story: From Rice to riches: Adapting to climate change on Cambodia's coasts
• Story: Rural communities in Cambodia find ways to overcome impacts of climate change
• Project factsheet
• Adaptation Fund project page
• Find more climate adaptation resources and multimedia

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