Cambodia

Assessing Mangroves and Forest Carbon. Cambodian forest sector officials and practitioners are learning to apply a rigorous protocol, developed through the EC-LEDS program, for measuring carbon stored in mangroves and forested wetlands. During a regional workshop, U.S. experts worked with Cambodia to assess carbon stocks in forested wetlands and calculate emission factors for mangrove forests. Measuring these stocks helps to document emissions reductions from sustainable forest management and supports Cambodia’s National Forest Inventory. Using this data to improve land management helps reduce poverty in local communities, protects valuable natural resources, promotes clean air and water, and can improve production of important global commodities. – Ongoing

Improving the National Emissions Inventory. The EC-LEDS program teamed with Cambodia’s Climate Change Department to implement a standardized and sustainable GHG inventory system to track and report on GHG emissions. Robust GHG inventory systems are essential to prioritizing and documenting the impacts of GHG mitigation actions over time. An improved inventory will enable Cambodia to accurately report its emissions, which helps show the progress that all countries are making to address climate change. – 2016