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Pilot Project for Natural Resource Management in the Cardamom Mountain Range Corridor, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia

Total Project Cost : US$304,513

PEP Financing : US$150,000

Approval Date : 13 December 2005

Implementing Agency : Wild Aid

Project Officer : Ahsan Tayyab, Southeast Asia Department

Type of Intervention : Pilot Intervention

Objectives
The project aims to contribute to the reduction of forest loss by 800 ha per year by increasing livelihood standards of the poorest slash and burn farmers of the Coastal Cardamom Biodiversity Corridor through: technical assistance on sustainable crop production, pilot-testing a community-managed water resource system, capacity building of agriculture association and implementation of reforestation scheme. The project is part of the alternative livelihoods component of the South West Elephant Corridor Program (SWEC). Its successful implementation will be replicated in other areas covered by SWEC. The Ministry of Agriculture is also considering how to replicate the project in other parts of Cambodia faced with similar problems.

Poverty-Environment Linkage
The project will address the causes of forest destruction in Chi Phat commune of the Cardamom Mountain Range Corridor. It will assist poor landless farmers who are conducting unsustainable forest burning and clearing for crop cultivation to develop permanent cultivation methods and establish sustainable water supply, so they no longer need to destroy the forest for survival.

Expected Outputs/Outcomes

• Farmers become users of small-scale drip irrigation system
• Improved capacity of farmers on integrated agriculture system and basic management skills
• Improved income and quality of life of farmers
• Sustainable crop production
• Increased tropical forest cover

Major Components and Activities
As a pilot intervention, the project will undertake the following activities for 120 families in Chi Pat commune:

• Provision and installation of small-scale irrigation equipment
• Technical assistance and farmers’ training on integrated agriculture system (irrigated crops with intercropping, crop rotation and diversification, top soil rebuilding)
• Community development facilitation and capacity building of the Community Agriculture Association on leadership, supervision and management of Community Fund
• Implementation of community-based reforestation project

Status : Ongoing

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