Phnom Tamao Chamroeun’s second home!
Initially, the community attempted to get Chamroeun to leave the area by scaring her off with loud noises, flashing lights, and fire. They even tried to hurt her, hoping she would understand and go, but none of these methods worked. Chamroeun, innocent and unaware of the community's concerns, was seeking sustenance. She couldn't fathom why she was being chased away. Realizing [...]
The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project is focusing on supporting the Chorng Indigenous People
The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project is putting into implementation its improved supporting plan for the Chorng indigenous communities with 3 different angles (1) recognition of indigenous communities (2) preservation of indigenous culture (3) recognition of indigenous land rights. Wildlife Alliance is working to first officially register five more villages as Chorng Indigenous Communities. This allows them to pursue communal land titling, [...]
Meet Chameroeun, the oldest Elephant at Phnom Tamao
Chamroeun is the oldest of our four elephants at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center. She was born in the wild and lived with her herd in Ream National Park, a small national park bordering the coastline. When the tide was low, it exposed some rocky outcrops along the coastline containing vegetation. One day, Chamroeun decided to forage on one of these [...]
The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project: Mr. Tith Ly’s story
Recently I had the chance to visit Chhay Areng village in Pralay Commune, Koh Kong province, a beautiful tourist attraction with its wide landscape, mountain tops, waterfalls and the clean fresh air hemmed in by nature. I stayed at one of the Community-Based Eco-Tourism (CBET) guesthouses enjoying the surroundings of early morning fog, breathing in the fresh air, walking on the [...]
Wildlife Alliance statement: BBC Panorama
May 3, 2024 Yesterday, the BBC broadcast a program as part of its Panorama series called Big Brands’ Green Claims Uncovered. As we expected, the program presents a fundamentally misleading picture of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (SCRP) to fit a predetermined agenda on carbon markets. Firstly, the program promotes allegations we have already transparently and thoroughly refuted, because they ignore [...]
Behind the scenes tours at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center
The first 3 months of 2024 have shown a good number of tourists visiting Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center. Here are some feedback from our recent guests. “Visited the park with my family of five. We had such a great experience. This was well above our daily budget but we splurged and we were happy that we did. My kids are [...]
Initially, the community attempted to get Chamroeun to leave the area by scaring her off with loud noises, flashing lights, and […]
The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project is putting into implementation its improved supporting plan for the Chorng indigenous communities with 3 different […]
Chamroeun is the oldest of our four elephants at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center. She was born in the wild […]
Recently I had the chance to visit Chhay Areng village in Pralay Commune, Koh Kong province, a beautiful tourist attraction with […]
May 3, 2024
Yesterday, the BBC broadcast a program as part of its Panorama series called […]
The first 3 months of 2024 have shown a good number of tourists visiting Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center. […]