Ven. Bun Saluth, recipient of the Equator Initiative Prize 2010 for his forest protection work (Photo: Leang Delux, RFI)07 Sept 2010
By Leang Delux
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Soch
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Venerable Bun Saluth was selected by the UNDP to receive a prize for forest protection. He was one of the 25 people in the world who received the award from the UNDP. Ven. Bun Saluth is the administrator of the Monks Community Forestry (MCF) in Oddar Meanchey province. He will leave to New York to receive his award dubbed the Equator Initiative prize.
Ven. Bun Saluth will leave to New York, US, at the beginning of next week based on an invitation from the organizing committee of the Equator Initiative prize. Ven. Bun Saluth, who led the protection of forest and the conservation of wild animals since 2001, was selected by the UNDP to receive the Equator Prize 2010. The forest protection and wildlife conservation, which later renamed the Monks Community Forestry, occupy an area of 18,216-hectare extending from Samrong district to Anlong Veng district in Oddar Meanchey province.
39-year-old Ven. Bun Saluth indicated that he is very thrilled and happy for the international recognition of his community’s achievement. He said that this is also a pride for Cambodia on the international scene as well. He explained that forest communities are very important for the livelihood of the 3,500 families living in the community as they depend on the forest resources. Furthermore, forest communities will provide benefit to the country in the form of carbon bank also.
Long Ratanak Komar, the deputy director of the forestry department and forest communities of the forestry administration, indicated his happiness over the recognition awarded to Ven. Bun Saluth. He said that the prize will not only encourage local communities to continue their forest protection work, but it also encourages the government to plan and provide support to the various forest communities in Cambodia as well. He also indicated that the MCF administers the largest area among the 12 forest communities recognized by the government and that the government left these communities to the management of the local community leaders.
Ven. Bun Saluth will leave to New York, US, at the beginning of next week based on an invitation from the organizing committee of the Equator Initiative prize. Ven. Bun Saluth, who led the protection of forest and the conservation of wild animals since 2001, was selected by the UNDP to receive the Equator Prize 2010. The forest protection and wildlife conservation, which later renamed the Monks Community Forestry, occupy an area of 18,216-hectare extending from Samrong district to Anlong Veng district in Oddar Meanchey province.
39-year-old Ven. Bun Saluth indicated that he is very thrilled and happy for the international recognition of his community’s achievement. He said that this is also a pride for Cambodia on the international scene as well. He explained that forest communities are very important for the livelihood of the 3,500 families living in the community as they depend on the forest resources. Furthermore, forest communities will provide benefit to the country in the form of carbon bank also.
Long Ratanak Komar, the deputy director of the forestry department and forest communities of the forestry administration, indicated his happiness over the recognition awarded to Ven. Bun Saluth. He said that the prize will not only encourage local communities to continue their forest protection work, but it also encourages the government to plan and provide support to the various forest communities in Cambodia as well. He also indicated that the MCF administers the largest area among the 12 forest communities recognized by the government and that the government left these communities to the management of the local community leaders.
10 comments:
Why UNDP not provide this kind of award to Tep Vong and Keat Chanthuch?
Because Tep Vong protects Yuons in Cambodia and Yuons don't absorb CO
4:30
what have Tep Vong done well for the Kingdom of Cambodia and its people besides repression, limiting monks rights, and control political rights and leanings of monks to ensure CPP votes?
Bravo, compare to million of trees that Hun Sen's crony fell down and UNDP helps legalize it, this is a big achievement UNDP.
Well, 6:18 at least UNDP stops spending too much time sleeping with girls.
MONKS COMMUNITY FORESTY (MFC) VS. CHOPPING PEOPLE PARTY (CPP)
How many millions of trees cut by Mong Rithy, in the past, sold for the pocket of Hun Sen, pretending to grow palm trees ?
thank you for your good works in cambodia and for your tireless encouragement. god bless cambodia.
positive psychology enforcement works in cambodia, always!
រាស្ត្រនៅក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរ៩០ភាគរយ ឆ្កួតនឹងវង្វេងដោយសារលោកសង្ឃ
២០១០ហើយឈប់នាំរាស្រ្តភ្លើរទៀតទៅ
UNDP you should fight for true do not lead my people to the hell because of you stupid my people always down and down every day don't let them down any more.tell people the true especially oknha Mong Rithy
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