Cambodia Natural Resources

You and I, each one need freedom, but not only of us. These wild primates also need freedom. They want to live with no threat as us and they play, have fun as us too. Silvered Langur, global endangered species, shy and quiet primate. Playing area in the top boulder (Pern Ngo Nget) Have fun with family They are so brave and wonder about new things. Sometimes, they turn the camera upside down. Thanks Ministry of Environment, Popel CPA, The Ruffor Foundation, The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, ADF and ISAC 

Kulen Nature Trail, Kulen National Park “I live, I get food from the forest”, an old man from Popel village in Kulen National Park said. “Things have changed after civil war from 1979. Hunger have led the people to do everything. Forest and culture go down. They used to cut the trees to build the houses, but a lots for they sale. Young people used to smile and dance happily, but now they fight when we have traditional event. The people are so honest and friendly with each other but now they steal and cheating…” he added. Popel Community Protected Area (CPA) is a big forest in Kulen National Park, which is protecting by Popel people and support by Ministry of Environment. Popel CPA and the village are located in the Middle East of the Park. Kulen Nature Trail is one of the livelihood and environmental sustainable program. They started to build the trail in late 2014 to attract the tourisms and support conservation. The more tourisms walk up and down in the forest will avoid th...

The trip to Monk Forest Early morning, the sun rises up, the sound of an old motorbike started and the wheel started to move from Siem Reap town to the Northern part of Cambodia where remain some Dry Dipterocarp forest. About 4 hours, I arrived Aonlong Veng district, in Ordor Meanchey province and then I headed to the West of that district about another 30 minutes more where I met an affable monk, or we can say he is an environmental hero. He is Monk Bun Saluth. With his works for more than 10 years to protect the biggest dry forest and wildlife in the Northern part of Cambodia, Monk Bun Saluth was awarded the Equator Prize by the United Nations Development Programme in 2010. The main purpose of this trip to observe a critically endangered (CR) bird. It is Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea, which was recorded in one of the camera traps in 2013 in the pond. This time, a telescope with 22x and other 4 camera traps plus a few more cameras from the Monk will be used to observe tha...