GMS Biodiversity Conservation Corridor (ADF) (Grant - Cambodia)

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Details

Project	40253-023
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Type	Grant
Sector	Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development
Country	Cambodia
Start	2010
End	2020
Status	Ongoing
Last Edited	05 Jul 2021

Funding

US$('000) 19,000

Project Description

The Project will enhance transboundary cooperation for preventing and mitigating fragmentation of biodiversity rich forest landscapes of the Cardamom Mountains and Eastern Plains Dry Forest in Cambodia, Triborder Forest areas located in southern Lao PDR, and the Central Annamites in Viet Nam.

Progress (as of March 2021)

Ongoing. The project- overall implementation progress has been approximately achieved at about 75% (as of July 2019) against an elapsed time of 98%. The Memo requesting for an approval of first extension of grant closing date for an additional 12 months, from 30 September 2019 to 30 September 2020- is being internally processed.

Contacts

Contact 1
Contact Name	khuc, huong thi lan
Organization	Asian Development Bank
Email	kthuong@adb.org
Contact 2
Contact Name	-
Organization	-
Email	-

News and Multimedia

The sustainably managed biodiversity corridors in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Viet Nam.
Source: ADB Flickr

By 2022, 18,900 ha restored and an additional 16,100 ha leveraged under reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation for climate change mitigation compared to 2011 baseline; approximately 2,600 households with diversified livelihood assets and/or income generating opportunities; and 5.3 million labor days worth of employment generated through project related conservation and participatory restoration activities.
By 2018, management plans and biodiversity corridor policy with legal framework in place covering around 1.93 million ha of forestland and nonforestland; biodiversity conservation corridors mapped and demarcated with cross-border arrangements for maintenance and protection between the Lao PDR and Viet Nam, and Cambodia and Viet Nam; increase in income and/or assets for target households by 40% in Cambodia and the Lao PDR, and 55% in Viet Nam compared to 2011; and at least 30% of the commune and village corridor management committee members are women.