Our role
Since helping to gain official protection for the Central Cardamom Mountains in 2002, Conservation International has partnered with local communities and Cambodian government to maintain the health of this unique tropical rainforest for the long term.
We are helping the Cambodian government develop legal frameworks to protect this forest and are increasing the government's ability to patrol the area by providing local rangers with the technical and financial support to deter wildlife poaching and illegal logging activities.
We work directly with the communities, including around 4,000 peoples of the Indigenous Chourng and Por tribes, who live in and around the forest, to develop sustainable livelihoods that use the rich natural resources of the Cardamoms — while also managing them for future generations.
