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Cambodia is being reborn after years of war and civil strife that destroyed much of the country's infrastructure, institutions and population. Despite these losses, Cambodia retains 35% of its land as forest cover and provides vital habitat to over 74 critically endangered and rare wildlife species. These include Indochinese tigers, Slow Loris, Asiatic black bears, Asian elephants, and the Siamese crocodile.

Wildlife Alliance’s Cambodia Conservation Program (CCP) has been working with the Cambodian government to protect wildlife and habitats against massive poaching, illegal trading and uncontrolled logging since January 2000. CCP is a comprehensive program designed to train and equip rangers in key national parks, operate a special patrol unit to stop illegal trade throughout the country, and conduct a national education campaign to reduce consumption of threatened wildlife.

Wildlife Alliance has made great strides through programs addressing the wildlife trade and other crimes against nature at every stage:

Wildlife Alliance protects animals in the wild by training and equipping rangers in six national parks and assisting in the creation of a seventh protected area, the South West Elephant Corridor (SWEC)
Wildlife Alliance counters the illegal trade in wildlife trade by stopping shipments of wildlife products on national roads and borders throughout Cambodia and Southeast Asia, through the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team
Wildlife Alliance reduces consumer demand for wildlife products in Cambodia through environmental education and media campaigns urging the public to stop purchasing wildlife products; and
Wildlife Alliance helps local communities to live in harmony rather than conflict with their environment, helping to establish sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and other income alternatives to reduce local dependency on illegal logging and poaching.

Over the past six years, the Cambodia Conservation Program has delivered encouraging results: The numbers of tigers and elephants poached has fallen by 90% in some regions. Devastated wildlife populations are gradually coming back. More than 32,000 live animals have been rescued from poachers and traders. The number of restaurants in Phnom Penh and other major cities serving illegally poached or traded wildlife has fallen by 90%.

To learn more about the projects of the Cambodia Conservation Program, please visit the project sub-pages.

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