Mlup Baitong
Mlup Baitong is a Cambodian NGO working to increase environmental awareness and conservation, seeking solutions for sustainable and equitable use of natural resources through education, training, advocacy, community-based natural resource management, and eco-tourism activities. Initially established in 1998 as a project of an international NGO to address the problem of deforestation in Cambodia with a focus on public education on the conservation of natural resources, the organization has matured over the years to carry out project implementation, staff capacity-building, and organizational development. Mlup Baitong supports environmental protection in Cambodia by increasing awareness and promoting sustainable use of natural resources while improving people’s livelihood. Its various impacts on livelihoods, environment, and awareness contribute to poverty alleviation in Cambodia through rights-based empowerment of rural communities to sustainably manage their natural resources.
***Categories: Communities, Natural Resources Management, Food Security
Environmental Protection and Development Organization
The Environmental Protection and Development Organization (EPDO) was established in 1998 to combat poor natural resource management and to improve the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable in the Kingdom of Cambodia. EPDO envisions a Cambodian society in which laws and peoples’ dignity substantially improve. They promote the empowerment of communities and provide the opportunity for sustainable, food-secure livelihoods in marginalized households. EPDO’s operational frameworks allow highlighted communities to live sustainably without any support from the EPDO upon the completion of each programme.
***Categories: Communities, Natural Resources Management, Food Security
Save the Earth Cambodia (STEC)
Save the Earth Cambodia (STEC) is a NGO that empowers institutions and the gender responsive community including marginalized, vulnerable, indigenous etc. on agriculture, health, NRM (water, land, forest, natural resources etc.), sustainable eco-friendly livelihoods in order to reduce the climate change impacts and disasters. They do this by creating awareness, advocacy, and gender empowerment. Through this support, they help communities build healthy and environmentally friendly communities and public institutions. Save the Earth promotes environmental & energy facilities, builds local capacity at community and institutional levels and generates awareness in the community and in the local authorities in regard to climate change and gender issues.
***Categories: Individuals, Communities, Organizations
The Cambodia Climate Change Network (CCCN)
The Cambodia Climate Change Network (CCCN) is a non-governmental organization initiated by several NGOs, such as Oxfam and Save Cambodia’s Wildlife, compelled by the will to bring a more collective civil society approach to address the climate change challenges and opportunities in Cambodia. Although CCCN first developed as a casual network for members, they later developed to become a more formal network that includes local and international NGOs, associations, private organizations and individuals to further develop and coordinate climate change work in Cambodia. The organization works to allow both climate change and local issues to be taken into consideration in order to create projects that simultaneously benefit Cambodian communities and the environment.
***Categories: Individuals, Associations, Organizations
Wildlife Alliance
Wildlife Alliance is the leader in rainforest and wildlife protection in the Southeast Asian tropical belt. Originally founded as the Global Survival Network in 1995, Wildlife Alliance has implemented cutting-edge conservation programs and worked extensively to instill a sense of social responsibility in the Cambodian youth and communities. Wildlife Alliance continues to deliver a unique model of direct ranger intervention to 1.3 million hectares of the Cardamom Mountains rainforest and fight the illegal wildlife trade in Cambodia, a source, transit country, and destination for many of the world’s most trafficked and valuable species.
***Categories: Conservation, Education, Communities
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