Participant : Mr.Tong Bunthoeun

Current Issues of Cambodia’s Ramsar Site

The Regional Training Course on Sustainable Use and

Management of Coastal Wetland

Presentation by Tong Bunthoeun

Cambodia with the RAMSAR Convention

• In 1999 Cambodia became a Contracting Party to the Ramsar Convention.

• UNESCO has informed The RAMSAR Bureau that on 23 June 1999 Cambodia completed the necessary formalities for it accession to the convention.

• Cambodia thus became the 116th Party to the Convention, with the treaty coming into force for Cambodia on 23 October 1999

Institutional Information

• Three wetlands of international importance were designated as the RAMSAR Site.– Boeng Chhmar and Associated River System

(28,000ha).– Koh Kapik and Associated Islets (12,000ha).– Middle Stretches of the Mekong River North

of Stung Treng (14,600ha).

Institutional Information• The Ministry of Environment is the designated of the

Ramsar Administrative Authority. • The head of the designated Ramsar Administrative

Authority.– Dr. Mok Mareth, Minister for Environment (MoE)

• The National focal point in the Ramsar Administrative Authority (daily contact)– Mr. Chay Samith, Director of Department of Nature

Conservation and Protection (DNCP)– Mr. Kim Nong, Chief of Wetlands, Watershed and Coastal

Zone Office of DNCP, MoE• The National focal point for matters relating to the

Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP)– Mr. Meas Sophal, Deputy Director of DNCP, MoE

Institutional Information

• National focal point for relating to outreach Programme of Rasa Convention– Mr. Kay Pheng, Vice Chiefe of Wetlands,

Watershed and Coastal Zone office of DNCP, MoE• National non-government (NG) focal point for

relating to outreach Programme of RasarConvention– Mr. Mao Kosal

Activities that have been done in Cambodia’s Ramsar

• Boeng Chhmar Ramsar Site.– Assign the ranger in the site to protect the

resources– Capacity building for the rangers– Education awareness on the important and the

impact to the natural resources to the local for the villages people around the site

Education awareness on the important and the impact to the natural resources to the local in the villages people around the site

Progress• Boeng Chhmar Ramsar Site.

– 10 Rangers were assigned – 1 Station have been build for the ranger– The training course on using Map, GPS and

Compass for the ranger– The education awareness on the impact of illegal

fishing programmed for all villages around the site

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Activities that have been done in Cambodia’s Ramsar

• Koh Kapik– Assign the rangers in the place to protect the

resoures.

Progress

• Koh Kapik– 21 rangers were assigned.– The training course on using Map, GPS

method for the ranger.

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Issues

• Limited of human resources• Limited of capacity building on technical• Limited of funding (financial, equipment

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