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TONLE SAP INFORMATION GUIDE e)aHBum<edayGgÁkar karGb;rMsþIBIkarrs;enACamYybrisßan (Live & Learn) This CD contains PDFs of the Infomation Guide in Khmer and English. These can be opened using the program Adobe Acrobat. Text from the PDF can copied and pasted. This text is reusable for educational pÞHelx 364 mhavifIRBHmunIvgS sgáat;pSaredImfáÚv x½NÐcMkarmn RkugPñMeBj km<úCa RbGb;sMbuRtelx purposes. If used please cite the source. 91 TUrsBÞ 855 23 224 053 GuIEm:l:[email protected] To copy text: open the document in Adobe Acrobat and use the TEXT TOOL to highlight the text you eKhTMB½r http://www.idea.org.au/liveandlearn/ require. Then choose: Edit > Copy, Edit > Paste into a new document. Ex kumÖ³ 2007 sIuDIenHmanÉksar mKÁúeTsk_sarB½t’manbwgTenøsabCaPasaExµr nigGg;eKøs. ÉksarenHGacebIk)anedayeRbIkmµ karecjpSayenHKWCaEpñkmYyénKMeragRKb;RKgbrisßanbwgTenøsab (TSEMP) nigyuT§nakarpSBVpSay viFIGaRkU)at. GtßbTenHGaccMlgykeTAeRbI)ankñúgeKalbMNgGb;rM. 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Published by Live & Learn Environmental Education #364, St. Preah Monivong, Phsar Domthkov, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia PO Box: 91 Phone: (855) 23 224 053 Email: [email protected] http://www.idea.org.au/liveandlearn/ February 2007 This publication forms part of the Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project (TSEMP) and National Environmental Education and Awareness Campaign (NEEAC) Contracted by the Ministry of Environment Supported by the Asian Development Bank (Loan 1939 CAM (SF)) Written and compiled by: Peter Starr, Introduction by Jady Smith Edited by: Chum Som Onn, Pich Sokdany and Keat Bunthan Translated by: Sreng Sophal, Chum Som Onn and Pich Sokdany Proofed by: Pich Sokdany and Keat Bunthan Design and layout by Karen Young Photos: Thank you to WCS – Eleanor Briggs, Tony Lynam, Allan Michaud and Joe Walston. Sonja Endlweber, Mitchell Issacs, Reach Sambath, Carly Starr, Terry Wooltorton, Karen Young, MRC Printed by: Graphic Roots © Copyright Ministry of Environment, Live & Learn Environmental Education. This text is reusable for educational purposes. If used please cite the source. Disclaimer: This educational document was prepared by consultants Live & Learn Environmental Education for the Ministry of Environment (MoE). Acknowlegements: This document has been complied from numerous existing materials, these are acknowlegements at the end of key sections. TONLE SAP INFORMATION GUIDE CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 Facts 9 2. Key Dates 10 Various sources 3. Frequently-asked Questions 15 Asian Development Bank, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cambodia National Mekong Committee 4. Protected Areas 20 Asian Development Bank, Jady Smith, Frederic Goes 5. Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve 23 Asian Development Bank, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cambodia National Mekong Committee 6. Five seasons of the Tonle Sap 32 Wildlife Conservation Society 7. Flooded Forest 36 Asian Development Bank, Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute 8. Wetlands 38 WorldFish Center, Mekong River Commission 9. Fisheries 44 Mekong River Commission CONTENTS 10. Community Fisheries 51 Department of Fisheries 11. Forest Management in Siem Reap 55 01 Mekong River Commission 12. Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation 62 United Nations Children’s Fund, Asian Development Bank 13. Diversity of Fish and Other Aquatic Animals 64 INTRODUCTION Mekong River Commission 14. Bird Diversity 68 The environment has once again empower the people to take action, Wildlife Conservation Society, Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve Secretariat become the talking point of the world: usually by behaviour changes such as 15. Reptile Diversity 74 the potential impacts of climate change disposal of litter, walking instead of Wildlife Conservation Society, Independent Journalism Foundation that were once questioned are now driving. The media must take a leading being accepted. In-line with this the role in raising community awareness 16. Mammal Diversity 79 consequences of not managing our and educating the population. We Wildlife Conservation Society environment and not reducing our need to develop an environmental consumption are becoming more consciousness among the population, 17. Biodiversity in Boeng Chhmar 83 apparent and more critical. For the which will guide our management Ministry of Environment moment climate change is in the decisions as we search for a sustainable 18. Millennium Development Goals 86 international media and political future. spotlight. While the media attention Ministry of Planning Education and learning are the is focused on climate change, it is key ingredients in becoming more 19. Environmental Education 91 important to maintain attention on sustainable. In response to a growing Live and Learn Environmental Education other environmental issues, those that understanding that the environment is everyday citizens can confront, and 20. Glossary of Terms 94 being negatively impacted by human must learn to manage. Building a sense Mekong River Commission activities, education has become more of understanding of what we have, how focussed on showing how to reduce it is linked and why it is important to 21. Abbreviations and Acronyms 108 our impact on the environment, manage and protect, is an area we need Mekong River Commission, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia how to repair the damage we have to focus our collective attention on. done and how to plan and develop 22. Directory 115 The mass media has a growing for a more sustainable future. This Live and Learn Environmental Education audience of people who have an mode of education falls under 23. Annex 127 increasing interest and concern with many headings grouped under the The Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project the environment. We should take the term of environmental education. opportunity to not only share the issues Environmental education has been of the environmental crisis but also to actively promoted in a range of 2 3 INTRODUCTION international forums for the past thirty in Cambodia has had a relatively make up the bulk of environmental years. Significantly, the United Nations short history, firstly incorporated education in Cambodia. Partnering with Millennium Development Goals also into Government policies with the journalists to communicate complex promote the use of education in moves establishment of the Ministry of environmental issues to a wider toward sustainable development. Environment (MoE) in 1993. Since audience has great potential. Accurate Most recently, the United Nations this time it has gained increasing and balanced reporting by journalists General Assembly proclaimed the support and acknowledgment as an can directly increase understanding and INTRODUCTION Decade of Education for Sustainable important tool in reducing a variety discussion on the need for sustainable Development for the period 2005 of environmental problems that are development. It is very positive that – 2014, ‘emphasizing that education is currently affecting the country. Donor throughout Cambodia there are an indispensable element for achieving communities especially, have identified increasing frequency of articles and sustainable development.’ the importance of education in helping reports on the environmental situation, to repair the damaged environment, but still more are needed and more Prior to the conflict Cambodia was a and to manage and protect in order to understanding of the local environment regional leader in literacy and higher safeguard the future of the Cambodian needs to be shared. education, and in 1925 it was also the environment. first to establish an area “protected” for In the agreement, dated 6th June 2005 its environmental value. Unfortunately, There is integration of environmental the Ministry of Environment (MoE) of the years of conflict eroded this education into some formal education: the Royal Government of Cambodia of environmental issues at various levels good base. Environmental education however overall, non-formal activities appointed Live & Learn Environmental of Cambodian society, with a special Education (L&L) to carry out the focus on the whole ecosystem of the National Environmental Education & Tonle Sap. Awareness Campaign (NEEAC) under As part of a strategic approach, we are Component One of the Tonle Sap seeking to better promote journalists Environmental Management Project understanding of and access to relevant
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