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Ken Boprieng
Director of Biodiversity at Cambodia's Ministry of Environment, leading the Department of Biodiversity under the General Directorate of Policy and Strategy.
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Aug 3, 2026
Episode 19 - Cambodia's Biodiversity Priorities: A Study of Contrasts
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2:15Sean LeesHOST
Tell us a little bit about the efforts being made today by the Ministry of the Environment on ecosystem restoration in the country.
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2:26Ken BopreangGUEST
Regarding restoring forests in the country, if talking from the last three year to date, the Ministry of Environment has been taking strategic, technical, and community-centric actions.
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2:40Ken BopreangGUEST
For example, the Ministry of Environment developed strategic policy framework called Sectoral Strategy on Environment with three key pillar.
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2:53Ken BopreangGUEST
The forest restoration is under the green pillar, and the ministry has initiated the Green Sprouts campaign to give away at least one million seedling per years to the public for free to enhance tree plantations, increase forest covers toward achieving the carbon neutrality community by 2050.
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3:15Ken BopreangGUEST
So for 2024, 1.3 millions of seedling has been distributed, and 2025, 3.4 million seedling, and for this year, it's increased up to five millions seedling.