When we were setting up this Cambodia trip through the Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation, and saw the price breakdown for different items, Jim emailed us something to the effect of “and we get a cow, too! What’s that about?” A critically-endangered Red-headed Vulture … Continue readingThe Vulture Restaurant
Tmatboey is a small village set in deciduous dipterocarp forest in the center of Cambodia’s Northern Plains. It has the distinction of being home to two highly endangered ibis, the Giant and the White-shouldered. Both birds have suffered precipitous population declines in the past half-century, … Continue readingTmatboey’s Treasured Ibis
What fine examples we found of ecotourism bringing needed revenues to small, impoverished villages! The organizer and catalyst for ecotourism in Cambodia is the Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation, working in conjunction with its international partner, Wildlife Conservation Society. WCS founded SVC in 2006 … Continue readingConservation in Cambodia
Our birding trip in Cambodia was organized by the Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation, based in Siem Reap (the city close to the famed temples of Angkor Wat). The center’s work in meshing ecotourism with village economies is the most impressive example I’ve ever … Continue readingCambodia: First, the Khmer Rouge’s Legacy