Ream National Park
Ream National Park | |
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Preah Sihanouk Ream National Park | |
Location | Cambodia |
Nearest city | Sihanoukville |
Coordinates | 10°30′23″N 103°44′04″E / 10.50640943°N 103.73436445°E |
Area | 146.76 km2 (56.66 sq mi)[1] |
Established | 1993 |
Governing body | Ministry of Environment, Department B |
Website | www |
The Ream National Park (
Geography
Ream National Park constitutes the south-east of
Natural resources
Wildlife found or reported in the national park includes, but is not limited to:
Vegetation habitats of the park include lowland evergreen forest, melaleuca forests, and mangrove forest.[5] Despite all this, the National Park is a substantial local economic resource. Almost 30,000 people or 5,500 households live in the five communes that overlap or border Ream National Park, and population growth rates are estimated at nearly 3%.[6] Four of these communes are located on the boundary of Ream, and a total of 13 villages have land lying within the Park's boundaries.[7][8]Legal status
A wide range of groups and individuals have converging and diverging interests or stakes in the park's resources. Park authorities have to deal daily with all stakeholders. Consensus is not always possible since the resources of the park can only support limited levels of exploitation. Stakeholders are: local communities, commercial loggers, police, The Navy, Ministry of Environment, Rangers, United Nations Development Programme, land speculators, commercial fishermen, and tourists.[9] Dubious land-lease concessions had mostly emerged from our[who?] around these groups of people. The subsequent hype gained momentum until dealings in highest circles of government were reported.[10] In 2011, lawmakers issued a "law update" on Ream and other protected areas, stating: "The land area of 84.5 ha (209 acres) of the Ream National Park Zone shall be determined as a community area located in Ream commune, Prey Nub district of Preah Sihanouk province. Any issuance of land title certificate in this community area shall be required to obtain a prior approval from the Ministry of Environment in compliance with the Land Law."[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b Protected Planet (2018). "Ream National Park". United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 26 Dec 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "List of Islands". Cambodia islands – Island Species Cambodia. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Ream National Park". camboguide. 23 May 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ "PEMSEA (2002) Coastal Environmental Profile of Sihanoukville". PEMSEA. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ "Climate Change Governance for Land Use Planning in Cambodian Coastal Areas – A Case Study in Sihanouk Ville" (PDF). Ministry of Environment. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ "REAM NATIONAL PARK, CAMBODIA: balancing the local opportunity costs of wetland protection" (PDF). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ "Cambodia Inter-Censal Population Survey 2013" (PDF). UNFPA Cambodia. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ http://www.mekongtourism.org/site-t3/uploads/media/ICEM_Cambodia_national_report_01.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Friends in high places". Phnom Penh Post. March 24, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ http://www.dfdl.com/.../16-law-updates-cambodia?...283%3Acambodian[permanent dead link]...
External links
- Geographic data related to Ream National Park at OpenStreetMap