Mondulkiri villages to get REDD+ funds

14 March 2018
Khmer Times
Khmer Times, The Phnom Penh Post
Forest trade and finance / Forests and forestry / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary / REDD+ project / Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Twenty villages in Mondulkiri province are set to receive at least $10,000 each as a result of the $2.6 million carbon credit purchase by the Walt Disney Company in 2016, under a scheme meant to protect the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, officials said yesterday.

This would be the first time money has made its way to communities for development purposes as a result of the wildlife sanctuary’s REDD+ project, a United Nations-backed program to combat deforestation. …

 Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-villages-get-redd-funds