STORIES OF THE PEOPLE, PLACES & PARTNERS THAT MAKE TRAVEL AND TOURISM TICK

This video highlights the Bamboo for Sustainable Livelihoods Program created as part of the Keo Seima carbon offset project. Locals in the bamboo forest region of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary are trained in bamboo craftsmanship and cultivation techniques to ensure a sustainable source of income. Bamboo products are sold to...

This project conserves a large section of tropical forest that holds significant cultural, spiritual, and economic value to the Indigenous Bunong people. The Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary protects this area from unsustainable farming and logging and addresses social issues that drive communities to extractive practices. Along with safeguarding tree species...

This video highlights Khorn Phalla, an Indigenous Bunong woman, who has switched from cash cropping to more sustainable agricultural practices like growing vegetables and raising chickens. Training and supplies to help her improve her family’s income and food security were provided by the Keo Seima carbon offset project. Sustainable agriculture...

The objective of efficient cookstoves in Cambodia is to reduce fuel consumption through production and distribution of Lao cook stoves in six provinces throughout Cambodia. Part of the larger Cambodian Firewood Saving Project (CFSP), this project avoids emissions from direct combustion while also protecting local forest ecosystems through increasing the...
The Hydrologic Ceramic Water Filter Production and Distribution Project in Cambodia is an ongoing Clean Development Mechanism project in the Kingdom of Cambodia that has been independently verified by The Gold Standard. As fuel use for boiling water in Cambodia predominantly comes from combustion of non-renewable biomass, project activity generates...