Deforestation and Degradation in Cambodia

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Deforestation and Degradation in Cambodia

• Forestry Administration
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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Forestry Background in Cambodia

• A tropical country in South East Asia
• Total land area 181,035 Km2
• Total population is 14.1 million, growth rate
  1.8
• More than 70 are employed in agriculture
  production
• Forest cover 2006 is 10,730,781 ha or 59.09
• Protected forests 1,490,500 ha ( FA)
• Protected areas 3,134,471 ha (MOE)
• Concession forest 3,374,328 ha
• other forests

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Cambodian Forest Cover map 2006

• E-F Evergreen Forest
• S-F Semi Evergreen Forest
• D-F Deciduous Forest
• O-F Other Forest
• W-E Wood and shrubland Evergreen
• W-D Wood and shrubland Dry
• N-F Non Forest
• B-B Bamboo

FA, GIS-RS Unit, 2008
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Forest Cover Change

• 1965 73.04
• 1993 59.82
• 1997 58.60
• 2002 61.15
• 2006 decreased
• to 59.09

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Forest Cover Change 2002- 2006

• Annual deforestation rate 0.5 (2002-2006)
• Annual deforestation rate 0.34 (1965-2006)

Forestry Administration 2008 Cambodian Forest
Cover Forest cover map change 2002-2006
GIS/RS unit.
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Deforestation and Forest Degradation

• The Main cause of D D
• Fuel wood collection 84 of the population rely
  on fuel wood and 5.5 on charcoal. This represent
  roughly a volume of 6.968.000m3of dead wood
  collected annually
• Forest Land demarcation lack of permanent forest
  estates boundaries on the ground and lack of
  clarity over what forest resources may be used
  for
• Illegal timber harvesting The debate around
  illegal logging has focused on detection,
  monitoring and prosecution. The high value of the
  wood, the remote areas and long boundaries make
  virtually difficult to prevent illegal logging
• Population grow annual rate of 1.8. As the
  majority of the population is living in rural
  area (84)

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The Deforestation and Forest Degradation

• Land Alienation Land alienation also leads to
  increased poverty and often forces people to
  degrade land they do have access to, or to
  harvest forest products illegally in the areas to
  which access is denied
• Limited institutional capacity the capacity and
  capability of institution to manage, monitor and
  enforce the laws in the forestry sector are still
  limited
• Inadequate development and administration funds
  the RGC has limited budget for rural development
• Regional dynamics Neighbouring countries have
  played a large part in the deforestation process.
• Land ownership there are many conflicts on
  ownership of forest land. Therefore, this could
  be a big challenge when carry out REDD project.

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