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Ecotourism helps Cambodian Communities and Forests

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Summary

Supporting rural families to earn income through ecotourism, rather than destructive and illegal poaching and logging, to preserve the integrity of the rainforest and wildlife of Southern Cambodia. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Poaching, deforestation, and slash and burn farming have taken a devastating toll on Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, one of Southeast Asia’s largest remaining tracts of rainforest. Poor villagers have few options so they hunt and log the forest to support their families. Yet the area's lush forests, winding rivers and wildlife make it an ideal spot for ecotourism. This project is alleviating poverty through ecotourism income while preventing the destruction of the rainforest and its wildlife.

Activities

Benefits the commune of Chi Phat by providing infrastructure and equipment, and training in hospitality, service and project management while developing ecotourism activities, such as trekking, mountain biking, wildlife viewing and boating.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $317
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $24,683
Total Funding Goal: $25,000

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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Improve villagers’ incomes and their capacity to manage local ecotourism, upgrade community infrastructure and responsibly develop this exquisite region to preserve it for future generations of Cambodians, visitors, and wildlife.

Project Message

"After the Chi Phat Community Based Ecotourism project came into existence, most of the people turned their attention from cutting down trees to serving tourists for profit.”
- Pich Samnang, Voice of America Khmer Journalist

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Nadia Miller
Major Gifts & Corporate Relations Coordinator
1150 17th Street NW Suite 403
Washington, DC 20036
United States
2022236350
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Organization

Wildlife Alliance
1150 17th Steet, suite 403
Washington, DC 20036
United States
(202) 223-6350

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in CambodiaCambodia and can also be found under Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development.

For more information about Cambodia, read the Human Development Report on Cambodia or the Wikipedia entry for Cambodia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 1, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 20, 2010

Latest Update from the Field

Wildlife Alliance's Ecotourism Project in the News!

By Graeme Green - Metro Contributor, March 01, 2010 11:22 AM

Our eco-tourism project in Chi Phat was written up in the UK's Metro! Below is a sneak peak at the article, click on the link to read it in its entirety.

"If you like plush hotels, then the jungle village of Chi Phat in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains isn’t for you. During my time here, I’m caked in mud, snacked on by mosquitoes and regularly watching leeches fall from my body, bloated on my blood. But for the committed traveller keen to genuinely get off the beaten track, this is an authentic slice of rural Cambodian life. The people in the village are welcoming and curious, the trekking through pristine jungle and meadows is a world away from mundane realities, and the big draw, which I’m here to test out, is a 57km mountain-biking trail that takes in an ancient burial jar site."

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