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Community awareness in Cambodia

Cambodia boasts the largest permanent freshwater body in South-East Asia. Commercial fishing and community fisheries from Tonle Sap contribute to almost half the country's annual yields of freshwater fish. However, over-exploitation of fish stocks, forest and land resources are seriously threatening the biodiversity of this vast ecosystem, on which local people depend

VSO Cambodia has developed a programme, working alongside community groups to identify local needs and key issues. The Tonle Sap Conservation Project is aimed at developing the management capacity for biodiversity conservation in the reserve. Volunteers are involved in working to develop systems for monitoring and managing this ecosystem, whilst also raising awareness and educating local people on biodiversity conservation in the area.

The programme aims to ultimately bring about improvements in the lives of local people through community-based natural resource management initiatives. By strengthening organisational capacity, volunteers help to deliver the community services needed in order to improve access to goods and services. To achieve this, VSO has an ongoing need for professionals from the following backgrounds: fisheries, agro- or community-based forestry and natural resource management.

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