Ministry of Environment Dept. of Nature Conservation and Protection Regional Training Course on Sustainable Use and Management of Coastal Wetland

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By : Mr. Sok Sothea Email : [email protected]

Coastal Areas of Cambodia

•Kingdom of Cambodia Covering area of 181 035 Km2 •There are 23 protected area in Cambodia •There are around 30% of Wetland Area • It has coastline: 435km •Cover 2 provinces & 2 municipalities

Population Area

Koh Kong 131,663 11,160 170,592 868 584,367 4,873 34,660 336 Total 921,282 17,237 Coastal Protected Areas

•One-third of coastline is mangroves standing as green belt •Total mangrove areas are around 50,000ha • Protected Areas: 6 PAs stand closely to the coastal •Population: around 1million (50person/km2) Coastal Issues

Population Pressure • AAGR (3.6 %)

Economic Development • Urbanization • Tourism Development • Salt Production • Land encroachment Poverty • Destructive Livelihood Practices • Destruction of habitats by illegal fishing and forest cutting. Environment • Pollution (solid waste) • Degradation of Natural Resources (coral reefs, coastal fisheries, mangroves, sea grasses, forests) • Poor enforcement and strengthening of existing law and decision making processes • Lack of knowledge and public participation Changes of mangroves in the coastal districts

Area in 97 Area in 2002 Area in 2005 Change Change District (ha) (ha) (ha) 1997‐2002 2002‐2005

Kampong Trach 3854 319 334 ‐3535 15 Kampot 1179 660 672 ‐519 12 Kampong Bay 585 408 432 ‐177 24 Botum Sakor 12889 11216 11516 ‐1673 300 Kiri Sakor 4360 4203 4439 ‐157 236 Koh Kong 11150 11044 10437 80 ‐607 Smach Meanchey 2085 2265 2109 180 ‐156 Mondul Seima 6027 6889 6124 862 ‐765 Srae Ambel 11112 10452 10684 ‐661 232 Kampong Seila 818 0 0 ‐818 0 Mittakpheap 146 45 45 ‐101 0 Prey Nob 7402 7479 7308 77 ‐171 Stueng Hav 352 490 487 ‐160 ‐3 Damnak Chang’aeur 952 666 676 ‐286 10 Kep 130 165 157 35 ‐8 Total 63039 56301 55419 ‐6853 ‐882 Exploitation Changes of mangroves from 2002-2005

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0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Local-Based Environmental and Natural Resource Management

• Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) • Mangrove replanting • Regulation & Boundary • Illegal fishing prevention • Capacity building & planning Local-Based Environmental and Natural Resource Management (con.) Environmental Education in School • Set up the team work • Trained team work • Study Tour • Micro-Project • Monitoring • Extension • Debate • Environmental Day Vocational Training • Small scale Machine repairing

• Beauty and hairdresser • Entrepreneurships Mangrove In

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