Environmental conservation work in Cambodia
Office
WWF Cambodia Country Programme
House #54, Street 352,
Boeung Keng Kang I,
PO Box 2467, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T:+855 23 218 034
F:+855 23 211 909
House #54, Street 352,
Boeung Keng Kang I,
PO Box 2467, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T:+855 23 218 034
F:+855 23 211 909
Our work currently focuses on 2 priority ecoregions...
- Dry Forests; and
- Mekong River
Latest news from Cambodia
15 Dec 2008
Communities take Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to trade fair to draw nationwide attraction
Today, all promotional booths are officially set to welcome Khmer and foreigners visiters until Thursday 18th at the Phnom Penh's Mondial Commercial Centre.
WWF and the NTFP Working Group are very excited to stand together with community representatives from Mondulkiri and Kampot provinces promoting forest-based products - outputs of community-owned enterprises.
Products displayed are the value of community's commitment to sustainable use of their surrounding natural resources they depend on for livelihoods for generations.
For the Indigenous Ethnic Phnong (also referred to as Bunong), it represents both culture and tradition living their lives with the surrounding natural resources (including honey, resin, wild fruits and flower, mushroom, sustainable hunting, etc.) to support their livelihoods.
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Back in 1961 when it was founded, WWF stood for the "World Wildlife Fund". However, as the organization grew over the 70s and into the 80s, WWF began to expand its work to conserve the environment as a whole (reflecting the interdependence of all living things), rather than focusing on selected species in isolation. So although we continued to use our well-known initials, our legal name became "World Wide Fund For Nature" (except in North America where the old name was retained).More and more, however, to avoid confusion and mixed messages across borders and languages, WWF is simply known as "WWF, the global conservation organization."
