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PIP No:
1005
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1. PROJECT NAME:
Cambodia Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism Project
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ឈ្មោះគម្រោងៈ
គម្រោងនិរន្តរភាពតំបន់ទេសភាព និងទេសចរណ៍ធម្មជាតិកម្ពុជា
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| 2. PROJECT DATES: |
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PROJECT START :
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ESTIMATED COMPLETION :
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4. RESPONSIBLE MINISTRY:
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RESPONSIBLE UNIT:
General Directorate of Local Community, Department of Ecotourism
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អង្គភាពទទួលខុសត្រូវ:
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5. PROJECT STATUS
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DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION
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6. TYPE OF PROJECT:
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7. SOURCE OF PROJECT FUNDING:
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| 8. THE POLICY AREA OF THE PENTAGON STRATEGY PHASE I THAT THIS PROJECT FALLS UNDER: |
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| 9. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECT TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE POLICY: |
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Strengthening protected areas management through zoning, management plan, forest restoration, state land registration, and law enforcement. Promoting ecotourism development and non-timber forest product value chain to contribute to local economy, biodiversity conservation; and sustainable development in seven target protected areas in the Cardamom Mountain and Tonle Sap Lake covering the 7 provinces. |
| 10. Support to Cambodia Industrial Development Policy |
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Does this Project support to the implementation of the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy?
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11. SECTOR:
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| 12. PROJECT LOCATION: (Describe the location of the project and its components.) |
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| 13. PROJECT OBJECTIVE: (Describe the major purpose of the project.) |
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To improve protected areas management, and to promote ecotourism opportunities and non-timber forest product value chains in the Cardamom Mountains-Tonle Sap landscape. |
| 14. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: (Provide a description of the project and all its components.) |
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Component 1: Strengthen Capacity for Protected Areas (PA) Landscape Planning and Management
Component 2. Strengthen Opportunities for Ecotourism and Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) Value Chains
Component 3. Improve Access and Connectivity
Component 4. Project Management, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
Component 5:Contingent Emergency Response.
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| 15. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: (Give reasons why this particular project is considered worthwhile.) |
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- Weak protected area management (laws, enforcement, and capacity) and unclear land tenure designations, zoning, demarcation leading to forest landscape degradation.
- Limited incentives for communities and private sector to develop ecotourism and NTFP value chains
- Underdeveloped rural economies; poor connectivity and limited appropriate rural infrastructure.
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| 16. BENEFITS (Who will benefit, directly and indirectly, from the project?) |
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About 25,000 communities in the project area (5,200 families) have directly benefited from the project. By enabling environment for private sector investment, community and relevant stakeholders will also benefit from the ecotourism project or partnering with communities to optimize ecotourism potential and non-timber forest value chains. National and sub-national professional officers directly benefit from the project by participating in the implementation of the project according to technical skills. The target communities in the protected areas will indirectly benefit from selling local products to ecotourism resorts, improving their transportation and socio-economic activities from the rural road rehabilitation, water and sanitation. |
| 17. FEASIBILITY STUDY |
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Is a "Feasibility Study " for the Project requied?
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If YES, has it been carried out?
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| 18. SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: (Briefly describe the effects of the project, if any, on the people and the surrounding environment. Will the project assist in alleviating poverty?) |
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This project help to reduce poverty in the targeted and surrounded area because it provides job to local people and promotes sustainable used of natural resource and biodiversity. |
| 19. CLIMATE CHANGE |
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a. Is any activity or output of the project related to Climate Change?
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If Yes, please indicate
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b. How is the project relevant to Climate Change?
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Please select a Climate Change related sector of the project and fill up the contribution of the climate change related expenditure compared to the total project cost.
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Climate Change-Related Sector
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Percentage
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Climate Change Relevance
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12. Eco-tourism | ១២. អេកូទេសចរណ៍
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50
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Moderate
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| 20. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |
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Is any activity or output of the project related to Disaster Risk Reduction?
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If Yes, please indicate
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| 21. GENDER ANALYSIS: (How does the project affect the roles of the men and women in the project area? Will women be actively involved in the implementation of the project?) |
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- Promotion of women in Community Protected Area (CPA) management committees; leadership and decision making, coaching sessions for women on participating in CPA management committees.
- Sensitization workshops for men and women on creating gender safe spaces, reducing cultural marginalization of women, working with female leaders, and promoting safety and security of women participating in forest activities for example forest patrols. |
| 22. CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT: (Does the Ministry have the skills and experience required to implement the project?) |
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The Ministry, and government institution, has sufficient experience and expertise to implement projects and can cope with the administration, finance, procurement, project management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and with the support of individual consultants and related consulting firms.
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| 23. STATUS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: (Provide a brief update on the progress of the project to date. Discuss any major problems causing delays in project implementation.) |
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Following the results of project mid-term review conducted in March 2023, the project was recommended to reword project development objective (PDO), reduce the number of protected areas, and revise the budget; and requesting to extend project implementation period until end of June 2027 in response to the priorities of Circular Strategy on Environment 2023-2028 (Clean, Green and Sustainable) as well as contribute to the achievement Royal Government Pentagon Strategy-Phase 1. However, the proposed amendment requires the prior approval of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. |
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24. PROJECT PRIORITY
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(Please indicates the priority ranking of the project decided by the ministry/agency.)
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2
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| 25. DONOR INVOLVEMENT: (Provide any information on current or potential donor involvement in the project.) |
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Project partners are the World Bank Group (WB) and Global Environment Facility. |
| 26. REFERENCE: (Please upload the project documents, MOU, or agreements with funding agencies including MEF.) |
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Part B: Project Costs and Funding Sources
( In US$’000 )
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