Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment sign agreement to promote closer collaboration
Phnom Penh 23 August 2017 — Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Cambodia and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) strengthened their cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in areas of natural resources conservation and local livelihood improvement. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Asia Regional Director, Ms Aban Marker Kabraji, and Undersecretary of State for the Ministry of Environment, H.E. So Khan Rithykun, signed the MoU. Also in attendance were H.E. Say Samal, Minister of Environment, senior ministry staff, and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Cambodia staff members.Â
Ms Aban Marker Kabraji of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and H. E. So Khan Rithykun of MoE sign a Memorandum of Understanding to promote closer collaboration
In recent years, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and MoE have collaborated on a wide range of projects with a focus on freshwater and coastal wetlands, transboundary water cooperation, and forest landscape restoration.
Ms Kabraji expressed her sincere gratitude to the minister for his endorsement of the MOU and his support for the signing of a Host Country Agreement between Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in May 2017.
Cambodia was a State member of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ from 1958 to 1990 and Ms Kabraji emphasised that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ welcomes Cambodia to once again become an active State member of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥.
Ms Kabraji applauded Cambodia’s efforts to strengthen and expand the national protected area system that remains the backbone of biodiversity conservation in Cambodia. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ is currently working with MoE to establish a protected karst landscape in Kampot Province and its first marine protected area around the Koh Rong Archipelago.
H.E. Say Samal noted that the ministry is developing rapidly and that it is an opportune time for the ministry and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ to renew their joint efforts to protect and conserve Cambodia’s biodiversity. He encouraged Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ to help build MoE technical capacity.
He said that the ministry plans to establish a national biodiversity museum to raise public awareness of the country’s unique biodiversity and to encourage a young generation of conservationists.Â
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