IPSI Collaborative Activity Proposal Form
The following form is for use when submitting proposed IPSI Collaborative Activities for consideration by the IPSISteering Committee. See the Collaborative Activity Guidelines on p. 3 for more information.
Please return the completed form to the IPSI Secretariat (isi@unu.edu).
IPSI Collaborative Activities are the activities that shall be undertaken by more than one IPSI member
and constitute an important part of IPSI activities with the purpose of fostering collaboration within theIPSI membership and implementing the IPSI Strategy and Plan of Action. The IPSI CollaborativeActivities shall be developed and implemented with the endorsement of the Steering Committee inaccordance with the Collaborative Activity Guidelines. Resource mobilization for IPSI collaborative
activities shall be the responsibility of the implementing members in principle. – IPSI Operational
Guidelines, Chapter 5.4
Date of Application:

17 May 2022

Project title:
Strengthening National Biodiversity and Forest Carbon Stock Conservation
through Landscape-based Collaborative Management of Cambodia’s Protected Area System as Demonstrated
in the Eastern Plains Landscape (CAMPAS)
Collaborating organizations (IPSI members):（*Please underline the leading organization)
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
Institute of Environmental Rehabilitation and Conservation (ERECON)
Other contributing organization(s) (including IPSI non-members):<NGO Partners>
BirdLife, Live & Learn, WWF and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS),<Governmental Partners under Ministry of Environment, Cambodia>

General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (GSSD),
General Directorate of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection (GDANCP),
and General Directorate of Local Community (GDLC)
Expected term (e.g. 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2015):
1 April 2018 - 30 June 2022
IPSI strategic objective(s) addressed (tick all that apply; see p. 3 for more details):
1. Increase knowledge and understanding of SEPLS
2. Address direct and underlying causes responsible for the decline or loss of SEPLS⃝

3. Enhance benefits from SEPLS
4. Enhance human, institutional and sustainable financial capacities

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Description of the activity:
Please provide as much information as possible on:• Background• Activities (including site locations if applicable)• Expected outcomes• Actors and task sharing• How the activity relates to the IPSI Strategy and IPSI Plan of Action• Resources, funding• Monitoring and reporting
The Mondulkiri and Kratie Provinces in eastern part of Cambodia are considered to hold one of the largest
intact and incredibly biodiverse forest. Even though this region is very important sanctuary, the area has been
continually deforested and degraded mainly due to economic purposes. To halt this negative trend and provide
model for sustainable use of natural resources, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) of Cambodia and NGO
Consortium, supported by the UN Environment Programme and the Global Environment Fund (GEF) implemented
the “CAMPAS Project”.
The CAMPAS project aims to enhance Cambodia’s Protected Area System (PAS) management effectivenessand secure forest carbon by improving inter-sectoral collaboration, landscape connectivity and sustainable forest
management, with a focus on the Eastern Plains Landscape (EPL) in Mondulkiri Province.
As its title suggests, the project holds the interconnected aim to improve the sustainability of Cambodia’snational system of protected areas, with the complementary objectives to mainstream biodiversity into production
forests and promoting conservation of carbon stocks.
The project is delineated into two main components:
Component 1: Strengthened national vision and support for landscape-based protected area and forestmanagement.
Component 2: Integrated landscape management to safeguard forests, biodiversity, and carbon stocks in theEastern Plains Landscape.
Main actors in this project are the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia and NGO Consortium – Bird Life, Live& Learn, ERECON, WWF and WCS. The Ministry of Environment has the role of project executing organization andthe international non-government organizations have been working with, and providing technical support to,government agencies in the Eastern Plains Landscape. Each of the consortium partners taking leadership in those
aspects of their work where they were recognized as leaders. ERECON focused on activities related to (i)environmental rehabilitation and conservation, (ii) sustainable use of natural resources, and (iii) environmentaleducation. Significantly, ERECON has developed a case study looking at part of the target landscape as a SocioEcological Production Landscape (SEPL), in-line with the Convention on Biological Diversity Satoyama Initiative.
The efforts and activities of the Institute of Environmental Rehabilitation and Conservation (ERECON) werefocused on the project framework deliverable 2.4: Community-based Forest management and rehabilitation
established in community natural resource management areas based on the Mondulkiri Provincial Spatial Plan.
ERECON project activities are conducted in Pou Trom Community Forestry (CF) in Pou Trom Village, Romonea
Commune, Sen Monorom City, Trapeang Kraoem CPA in Pu Chrey Commune, Pech Chada District, Mondulkiri
Province and Veal Kambor Community Protected Areas (CPA) in Lomphat District, Ratanakiri Province. First
objective of this activities is to establish of habitat restoration with native tree planting and agro-forestry practices
over at least 500 hectares, and the second objective is to increase of resource and livelihood security forcommunities in protected areas.
The project contributes to strategic objective three of the IPSI Plan of Action: “Enhance benefits from SEPLS”.
The outcomes will support local communities to govern their resources in a sustainable manner and improve social
cohesion and local economies. In addition, activities promote holistic approach in the implementation of climatechange adaptation and mitigation plans as well as reducing habitat conversion, over-exploitation, pollution.
The total budget for the project activities is co-financed by GEF/UNEP and a partner alliance of international
non-government organizations. The GEF Trust Fund is 4,718,182 USD (24.5%) and co-funding from partners is
14,570,590 USD (75.5%).
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The project follows standard monitoring, reporting, and evaluation processes and procedures of UNEP,
undertaken by the project manager together with members of co-funding organizations, and a team ofindependent consultants for the project mid-tern and terminal evaluations.

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