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Video of vultures feeding in Prey Andong Dang Phlit community in Dang Phlit village, Chhep 2 commune, Chhep district, Preah Vihear province. Posted on social media by the Ministry for the Environment on 25 February 2021:
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Three Chicks of White-Shouldered Ibis Hatched
AKP Phnom Penh, March 02, 2021--
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The WWF’s Biodiversity Research and Monitoring team for the Mekong Flooded Forest Landscape last week spotted a nest of White-Shouldered Ibis with identified three chicks that fledged.

This incredible encounter occurred as the biodiversity team was conducting their bird monitoring along the Mekong habitat in Sambo Wildlife Sanctuary, Kratie province, according to WWF’s news release on its social media.

As a part of the Bird Nest Protection Programme, supported by WWF and funded by the Government of Belgium and WWF-Belgium, the activity involves 19 local community people to protect 20 nests of White-Shouldered Ibis during the current breeding season, with the active participation from members of the Community Forestry and rangers from the Provincial Department of Environment for Sambo Wildlife Sanctuary.

In 2020, a total of 29 nests were protected, while the year 2019 saw 28 nests under the safeguard of our Mekong bird nest protectors.
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No Sign of Black Face Spoonbill Since 2012
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Cambodian conservationists have no clue over the presence of black face spoonbill, a large white wading bird.

Rangers have been trying to find this bird, but no clue after we recorded in 2011 and 2012 in Boeung Prek Lapouv,” said BirdLife International Cambodia Programme Manager Mr. Bou Vorsak.

“I do not know what month or year, I can meet black face spoonbill again,” he underlined in his social network.

Mr. Chhoeurn Socheath, a ranger told AKP by phone that no black face spoonbill was recorded in the waterbird census in Boeung Prek Lapouv in 2021.

Our team has conducted the waterbirds census at this important wetland; we found 65 species in Boeung Prek Lapouv; but no black face spoonbill was recorded, he added.
“2012 was the last record of this species in Boeung Prek Lapouv,” he pointed out.
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Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape represents one of the largest remnants of seasonally inundated grasslands in the Lower Mekong Region, at over 8,300 hectares in size. It is one of 40 globally Important Bird Areas identified as key sites for conservation in Cambodia.

Climate change, human activities … could be the main reason of this bird’s disappearance, Mr. Chhoeurn Socheath said.

The black-faced spoonbill is a large white wading bird with a distinctively shaped beak-looking like a spoon. The facial skin is bare and black in colour - hence its name. It stands about 76cm high and weighs about 1kg.

This is one of the migrant bird and breed between March and September on small islands along the western coast of the Korean Peninsula to Liaoning province, China.

The black faced spoonbill feeds on fish and shrimps in shallow water, mainly in coastal areas. It has been estimated only around 3,941 individuals. It is classified as a globally ‘endangered' species under the IUCN’s Red List.

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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:32 pm No Sign of Black Face Spoonbill Since 2012
AKP Phnom Penh, March 06, 2021 --
Cambodian conservationists have no clue over the presence of black face spoonbill, a large white wading bird.

Rangers have been trying to find this bird, but no clue after we recorded in 2011 and 2012 in Boeung Prek Lapouv,” said BirdLife International Cambodia Programme Manager Mr. Bou Vorsak.

“I do not know what month or year, I can meet black face spoonbill again,” he underlined in his social network.

Mr. Chhoeurn Socheath, a ranger told AKP by phone that no black face spoonbill was recorded in the waterbird census in Boeung Prek Lapouv in 2021.

Our team has conducted the waterbirds census at this important wetland; we found 65 species in Boeung Prek Lapouv; but no black face spoonbill was recorded, he added.
“2012 was the last record of this species in Boeung Prek Lapouv,” he pointed out.
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Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape represents one of the largest remnants of seasonally inundated grasslands in the Lower Mekong Region, at over 8,300 hectares in size. It is one of 40 globally Important Bird Areas identified as key sites for conservation in Cambodia.

Climate change, human activities … could be the main reason of this bird’s disappearance, Mr. Chhoeurn Socheath said.

The black-faced spoonbill is a large white wading bird with a distinctively shaped beak-looking like a spoon. The facial skin is bare and black in colour - hence its name. It stands about 76cm high and weighs about 1kg.

This is one of the migrant bird and breed between March and September on small islands along the western coast of the Korean Peninsula to Liaoning province, China.

The black faced spoonbill feeds on fish and shrimps in shallow water, mainly in coastal areas. It has been estimated only around 3,941 individuals. It is classified as a globally ‘endangered' species under the IUCN’s Red List.

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That bird has never been common in Cambodia. Saw 124 of them in Vietnam in January, so they still seem to be doing Ok.
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Twitcher tours: why birdwatching in Cambodia is expected to take flight in a post-Covid world

Avitourism is predicted to be popular with travel-deprived ecotourists and is among the fastest-growing eco-tourism trends
For habitat-rich, cash-poor countries such as Cambodia, it has the potential to help conserve threatened species

Marissa Carruthers
Published: 9:15am, 13 Mar, 2021

Sikol San freezes mid-sentence. The guide’s eyes dart towards the tuft of a coconut tree on the edge of a rice field. He adjusts his spotting scope to hone in on a small black bird with a forked tail perched on a palm.

The co-founder of the Cambodia Bird Guide Association (CBGA), Sikol San starts relating details about the migratory black drongo, which spends September to May in Cambodia. It is one of 40 to 60 species of bird regularly seen at this rural patch of land on the outskirts of Siem Reap, he says.

In the foothills of Phnom Krom moun­tain, about 12km from the city, the site is a popular stop on CBGA’s half-day birding tours. Habitats here include wetlands, rice fields, lotus ponds, tall trees and shrubs, all of which attract varied species.

Home to a recorded 636 species of bird – including two endemic, seven critically endangered, and more than 27 threatened – Cambodia is a magnet for serious twitchers. The country is preening itself to welcome flocks of nature lovers, with avitourism predicted to be popular with the world’s travel-thirsty ecotourists in the wake of Covid-19. According to a recent report by the Centre for Responsible Travel, birdwatching is among the fastest-growing trends in eco-tourism.

Tropical and developing countries have the potential to cash in on this expected trend. Cambodia provides breeding grounds for a range of birds, of which about half are migratory, across habitats that include flooded forests, Indochina’s largest intact dry deciduous forest, sprawling rice fields, vast lakes and waterways, coastline, mangroves and low- and high-altitude evergreen forests. With sustainable, nature-based holidays to remote places expected to be in high demand once borders reopen, the country’s wealth of birdwatching spots stand it in good stead.
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Birds to watch for in Kampot province:
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Two Giant Ibis Killed in Traps in Wildlife Sanctuary
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Cambodia News, (Preah Vihear province):The Ministry of Environment (MoE) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said in a joint statement on Saturday that the dead carcasses of two giant ibises were found in a tree in the Cheb Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) in northwestern Cambodia's Preah Vihear province.
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31 Mar 2021
BirdLife welcomes new Partner: NatureLife Cambodia
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Despite being one of the most biodiverse countries in Asia, Cambodia had no national NGOs working directly on conservation as recently as 15 years ago. BirdLife set out to change that, and in 2004 established a country programme.
Fast forward to 2021 and NatureLife Cambodia is the newest Partner in the BirdLife flock. We talked to Vorsak Bou, the Executive Director of NatureLife Cambodia and former Manager of the BirdLife Cambodia Programme, to find out more.

Tell us how it all started…

In 2003, BirdLife began an Important Bird & Biodiversity Area inventory in Cambodia and identified several sites that were outside of the existing protected area system and required urgent support. They needed the help of a BirdLife Partner, but at the time, there were no organisations that could do the work. So in 2004, BirdLife decided to set up the Cambodia programme, with the plan to eventually form an independent national conservation NGO. We began the process of setting up NatureLife Cambodia in 2015, and in 2017 were able to register as a national NGO.

What are some of your biggest successes to date?

A lot of the conservation work undertaken so far in Cambodia – for example, at the Lomphat and Siem Pang wildlife sanctuaries – has been run under the BirdLife Cambodia programme, while we’ve focused on building up our capacity. But between 2018 and now, we’ve started to do more. Over 9,000 hectares of land in Stung Sen – a seasonally flooded freshwater swamp forest at the Tonle Sap lake, rich in biodiversity – has just been designated as a Ramsar Site, and we’re supporting the local communities there to establish protected areas. We’ve also leased land in the lower Mekong Delta which we’re using to grow rice as supplemental food for Sarus Cranes Grus antigone (Vulnerable), while also harvesting and selling some of the crop as bird-friendly rice. And obviously we’re thrilled to become a BirdLife Partner!
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From Siem Reap Daily News:

FLOODED FOREST LAKE DRIED UP AREA TO BE DREDGED TO SAVE WILDLIFE
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Siem Reap Provincial Administration plans to dredge part of Pearaing Lake to increase the water level and provide habitats for many species of fish and birds.
The administration’s director Sun Chamnan said the lake, in a branch of the greater Tonle Sap in Siem Reap city’s Chung Khnies and Chreav communes, is a conservation area for fish species and home to many rare birds.
The water level of the lake becomes shallow every year, and now a low water level is causing the loss of fish and bird habitats, so the administration is preparing to dredge part of the lake to retain more water in the future.
He said that the plan is for the restoration to begin after the Khmer New Year in April and be completed before the rainy season.
Kong Mongkul, president of Boeng Pearaing Community, said that Pearaing Lake is an attractive tourist destination because of its flooded forest.
He said the lake is more than six kilometres from Chreav commune and has an area of 2,607.71 hectares of flooded forest.
In the dry season, the water area shrinks to just over 223 hectares of land.
“But at this size, the water begins to recede rapidly and without timely rescue measures, animals could be lost in the dry season,” Mongkul said.
After pumping, digging, restoring water and collecting lost fish and bird species to breed again, the habitat should return to normal,” he said.
“I hope that Pearaing Lake will become a tourist attraction after the temples and other landscapes in Siem Reap province,” he said.
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