2017-09-052017-09-052008https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28109The Cambodia environment monitor 2008 is one of a series of environmental reports prepared for East Asian countries under an initiative sponsored by the World Bank. The objective of this series is to present a snapshot of environmental trends across a range of issues. The purpose of the monitor is to engage and inform interested stakeholders about key environmental changes in an easy to understand format accessible to a wide audience. This report identifies seven strategic priorities for the Royal government of Cambodia and its conservation partners. 1)articulate a clear and shared vision and re-commitment to conservation goals and objectives; 2)formalize a meaningful enabling legal and regulatory framework for management and protection of conservation areas; 3)formulate clear strategies for recognizing and improving community benefit sharing in conservation areas; 4) strengthen mechanisms for institutional coordination across the ministries; 5) adopt new approaches and paradigms for conservation areas management; 6) with donors, develop and secure sustainable sources of funding for conservation; and 7) reinforce the human resource capacity to implement and manage conservation areas.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUNDANCE OF SPECIESACTION PLANAGGREGATION SITESAGRICULTUREAIR QUALITYALGAEALGAL BLOOMSALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODSALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOMEANNUAL CATCHAQUACULTUREAQUACULTURE PRODUCTIONAQUARIUMAQUARIUM FISHAQUATIC LIFEAQUATIC RESOURCESARCHIPELAGOBARRIER BEACHBAYBAYSBEACHBEACHESBIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDBIODIVERSITYBIOMASSBIOMASS OF FISHBIRDBODBREEDINGCALCIUM CARBONATECASE STUDIESCATCH PER UNITCATCH PER UNIT EFFORTCLEAN WATERCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOASTCOAST GUARDCOASTAL AREACOASTAL AREASCOASTAL BIODIVERSITYCOASTAL CITIESCOASTAL COMMUNITIESCOASTAL CONSERVATIONCOASTAL ECOSYSTEMSCOASTAL EROSIONCOASTAL HABITATSCOASTAL MANAGEMENTCOASTAL PROVINCESCOASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTCOASTAL RESOURCESCOASTAL TOURISMCOASTAL WATERSCOASTAL ZONECOASTLINECOASTLINESCOCONUT PLANTATIONSCOLLECTION OF EGGSCOMMERCIAL FISHINGCONSERVATIONCONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION MATERIALSCORALCORAL ANIMALSCORAL COVERCORAL REEFCORAL REEF HABITATCORAL REEF STATUSENDANGERED SPECIESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEROSIONESTUARIESESTUARINEFARMING PRACTICESFISHFISH ABUNDANCEFISH CATCHFISH PRODUCTIONFISH SPECIESFISH STOCKSFISH YIELDSFISHERMENFISHERSFISHERYFISHERY PRODUCTSFISHING FLEETFLOODINGFOOD CHAINFOOD SECURITYFORESTFOREST COVERFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFOSSIL FUELSFRESH WATERFRESHWATERGAS EXPLORATIONGRASSESGREEN SEA TURTLEGROUNDWATERHABITATHABITAT LOSSHABITAT REQUIREMENTSHEALTHY ECOSYSTEMSHEAVY METALHUMAN ACTIVITIESHUMAN POPULATIONHUMAN POPULATION PRESSUREHUNTINGILLEGAL FISHINGIMPORTSINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDIRECT USEINDUSTRIAL PROCESSESINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVERTEBRATESIRREVERSIBLE DAMAGEISSUESLAGOONSLAND AREALAND USELAND USE PLANLANDSCAPELEGISLATIONLIVING AQUATIC RESOURCESLIVING CORALSLOCAL LIVELIHOODSLOGGINGMANGROVE FORESTSMANGROVESMARINE ANIMALSMARINE BIODIVERSITYMARINE ECOSYSTEMSMARINE ENVIRONMENTMARINE HERITAGEMARINE LIFEMARINE MANAGEMENTMARINE ORGANISMSMARINE POLLUTIONMARINE RESERVEMARINE RESOURCEMARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENTMARINE RESOURCESMARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENTMARINE SCIENCEMARINE SPECIESMARINE TURTLEMARINE TURTLESMARINE WATERSMINERAL PRODUCTIONMITIGATIONNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGYNATIONAL FISHERIESNATURAL RESOURCESNESTINGOCEAN WATEROCEANIC WATERSOCEANSOILPOLLUTANTSPOLLUTERSPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONRAINFORESTSRANGESRAPID POPULATION GROWTHRECREATIONREEFREEF FISHREEFS AT RISKRIVERSALINITYSANCTUARIESSANCTUARYSANDSAND DUNESSCUBA DIVERSSEASEA GRASSSEA GRASS BEDSSEA LEVELSEA LEVEL RISESEA-LEVEL RISESEAGRASS BEDSSEASSEASHORESSEAWATERSEAWEEDSEAWEEDSSEDIMENTSEDIMENT LOADSSEDIMENTATIONSEDIMENTSSHIPSSHORESHORELINESHORELINE PROTECTIONSOIL EROSIONSPAWNINGSPILLOVERSTEWARDSHIPSURFACE RUNOFFSUSPENDED SOLIDSSUSTAINABLE FISHERIESSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTTERRITORIAL WATERSTOTAL CATCHTOURISMTOURISM ACTIVITIESTOURISM DEVELOPMENTTOURISM INDUSTRYTOURISTSTRADITIONAL USETREETROPICAL CLIMATETROPICAL ECOSYSTEMSTROUTTURTLE PRODUCTSUNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENTWASTE DISPOSALWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCESWAVESWETLANDSWHALEWHALE SHARKSWILDLIFEReportWorld Bank10.1596/28109https://doi.org/10.1596/28109