page_title: Cardamom Mountains
section_title: Protected areas
hierarchical_section_title: Cardamom Mountains / Ecology / Protected areas
caption_attribution_description: English: Phlio Waterfall is one of the most well known waterfall in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Thailand, id: 1011
context_page_description: The Cardamom Mountains, or Krâvanh Mountains, is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia and Eastern Thailand. The majority of the range is within Cambodia.
  The silhouette of the Cardamom Mountains appears in the provincial seal of Trat Province in Thailand.
context_section_description: With the establishment of the Southern Cardamom National Park in May 2016, nearly all of the Cardamom Mountains are now under some form of high level protection, mostly national park area and wildlife sanctuaries. The level of active protection has been criticised.
  The human population of the Cardamom Mountain Range, although very small, is extremely poor. Threats to the ecological stability and biological diversity of the region include illegal wildlife poaching, habitat destruction due to illegal logging, construction and infrastructure projects, plantation clearings, mining projects, and forest fires caused by slash-and-burn agriculture. While the Cambodian forests in the Cardamom Mountains are fairly intact, the section in Thailand has been badly affected.
  Protections in the Cardamom Mountains comprise the following:
  Cambodia
  Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary
  Central Cardamom Mountains
  Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary
  Samlaut Multiple Use Area
  Southern Cardamom National Park
  Botum-Sakor National Park
  Kirirom National Park
  Preah Monivong National Park (aka Bokor National Park)
  Thailand
  Namtok Khlong Kaeo National Park
  Namtok Phlio National Park
  Khao Khitchakut National Park
  Khao Chamao-Khao Wong National Park
  Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
  Klong Kruewai Chalerm Prakiat Wildlife Sanctuary
  Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary.
caption: The mountains has many waterfalls
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