Conservation and Environmental Education for
Sarus Crane and Local Communities
Cambodia
Activity Reports
Overview
Two sites, namely Boeng Prek Lapouv (BPL) and Anlung Pring (AP) protected landscapes was selected
as the project sites. The unique wetlands are located in lower Mekong delta where part of the Greater
Mekong region and support the significant population of globally threatened Sarus Crane (Antigone
antigone) during the non-breading season. According to an ecosystem service assessment, these two
wetlands provide fishery resources, especially fish in value at least 1.5 million US dollar per year.
However since 2000, the major parts of these wetlands were converted to paddy field and commercial
shrimp farm.
Rice farmers cause impacts on the wetlands function directly through more chemical fertilizer and
pesticide use. Moreover due to overuse of water during the dry season for rice production in BPL, the
site is dried up quicker. It is one of the key reasons to cause negative impacts on Sarus Crane’s foraging
habitats. As a part of our efforts to stop habitat loss and maintain the values of this wetland, we are
going to conduct community-based ecotourism, capacity building and environmental education for local community.
Schedule
First year
- 1
- -Training young staff at local NGO
-Developing awareness raising materials (leaflet & poster etc)
-Organizing a public awareness event
-Organizing a workshop on negative impacts of agro-chemicals
-Training teachers on promoting environmental education materials
-Creating videos for raising awareness among local communities
Second year
- 2
- -Training young staff at local NGO
-Organizing an event on invasive species control
-Developing environmental education material (leaflet for local people & book
for junior high school student )
-Introducing environmental education programs in the selected schools
- Training teachers on promoting environmental education materials
Third year
- 3
- -Introducing environmental education programs in the selected schools
-Training teachers on promoting environmental education materials
Goals
Protect the foraging habitats for the globally-threatened Sarus Crane and securing ecosystem services for local communities through environmental education.
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