Phnom Penh - A biodiversity conservation and eco-tourism initiative in the northern plains of Cambodia has helped to spur new livelihoods for low-income villagers near a prime bird-watching spot and to avert the demise of the White-shouldered Ibis, one of the world’s most critically endangered species.
The initiative - funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and implemented by the Government of Cambodia and the United States based Wildlife Conservation Society - has increased tourism to Tmatboey village, in Preah Vihear province, by more than 25 percent each year since the project started in 2004.
Read the article: Cambodia eco-tourism saves biodiversity, spurs livelihoods | UNDP
