Restoring Nature for Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Cambodia
Healthy ecosystems are fundamental to climate-resilient landscapes. These landscapes provide multiple benefits, such as food, water, clean air, income, and recreation, to communities residing within them. Alongside other development activities in the landscape, it is essential to invest in strengthening this natural ‘ecological infrastructure’ by restoring forest cover and reintroducing biodiverse vegetation.
In Cambodia, a project financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the support of the Government of Japan through the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and Pacific, demonstrates how nature-based solutions can rehabilitate degraded forests, combat erosion, reduce flooding, and boost livelihoods.
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Dr Eang Sophalleth committed to supporting upscaling of the important restoration demonstrations in the project through the MoE’s Circular Strategy on Environment based on clean, clean, and sustainable policies. The Minister emphasized that MoE is actively working to halt illegal activities and to facilitate nation wide forest restoration.
A drone’s eye view of the Restoration Survival Survey getting underway at the Takhes Meanchey site. 
The use of NbS to solve infrastructure problems 
Participatory Field Survey in community forests in Cambodia 
One of the restoration sites in the Philippines: fallow grazing portion of Ladera farm in the foreground and the lettuce in the background 
