Title
Conservation of Inundated Grasslands in the Tonle Sap Floodplain, Cambodia Briefing document, November 2009
Author(s)
Tom Evans, Hong Chamnan, Robert van Zalinge
Abstract
The grasslands of the Tonle Sap floodplain are critically important for biodiversity and people’s livelihoods. Low-intensity traditional human use has helped to maintain the habitat. Recent agro-industrial development by outside investors is causing rapid loss of grasslands, threatening both biodiversity and local livelihoods. The Cambodian government has established more than 310 km2 of protected grassland within six Bengal Florican Conservation Areas (BFCAs). This is a valuable step towards ensuring the preservation of a part of these grasslands, to the benefit of both wildlife and local communities, whilst leaving room for intensive development activities elsewhere.

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