State of water environmental issues
2.2.3. The Royal Decree
In November 1, 1993, His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia issued the Royal Decree on the Creation and Designation of Protected Areas (Reach-Kret) which designated 23 areas covering about 3.3 million hectares, equal to 18.23 percent of the total land area, including the Tonle Sap Great Lake (Table 3).
The objectives of the Royal Decree state that the management process can closely parallel those recommended in the United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas (IUCN 1994). This Royal Decree determined that the Ministry of Environment is responsible for the supervision of the development planning and management of a Natural Protected Area System in cooperation with the protection of the terrestrial, wetland and coastal environments. The designated lands as protected areas include:
- Natural parks: Areas reserved for nature and scenic views to be protected for scientific, educational and entertainment purposes.
- Wildlife sanctuaries: Natural areas conserved/preserved in their natural conditions in order to protect fauna and flora, and the ecological balance. Controlled harvesting in some areas may be permitted.
- Protected landscapes: Areas to be maintained as scenic views for entertainment, recreation and tourism. These are mixed cultural/natural landscapes where traditional land-use is maintained.
- Multiple-use management: Areas necessary for the stability of the water, forestry, wildlife, and fishery resources, for entertainment/tourism, and for conservation of long-term existing natural resources with a view to assure sustainable economic development.
Table 3: National protected area systems
| No |
Protected Categories |
Area (ha) |
Locality |
| 1 |
National parks |
| |
Kirirom |
35,000 |
Koh Kong |
| |
Phnom Bokor |
140,000 |
Kampot |
| |
Kep |
5,000 |
Kampot |
| |
Ream |
150,000 |
Kampong Som |
| |
Botum Sakor |
171,250 |
Kampot and Kampong Som |
| |
Phnom Kulen |
37,500 |
Siem Reap |
| |
Virachey |
332,500 |
Rattanakiri and Stung Treng |
| 2 |
Wildlife sanctuaries |
| |
Aural |
253,750 |
Koh Kong, Pursat, Kompong Chhnang |
| |
|
|
and Kampong Speu |
| |
Beng Per |
242,500 |
Kampong Thom |
| |
Peam Krasop |
23,750 |
Koh Kong |
| |
Phnom Samkos |
333,750 |
Kos Kong |
| |
Roniem Daun Sam |
178,750 |
Battambang |
| |
Kulen-Promtep |
402,500 |
Siem Reap and Preah Vihear |
| |
Lomphat |
250,000 |
Rattanakiri and Mondolkiri |
| |
Phnom Prich |
222,500 |
Mondolkiri |
| |
Phnom Nam Lyr |
47,500 |
Mondolkiri |
| |
Snoul |
75,000 |
Kratie |
| 3 |
Protected landscapes |
| |
Angkor |
10,800 |
Siem Reap |
| |
Banteay Chhmar |
81,200 |
Banteay Meanchey |
| |
Preah Vihear |
5,000 |
Preah Vihear |
| 4 |
Multiple-use management Areas |
| |
Dong Peng |
27,700 |
Koh Kong |
| |
Samlot |
60,000 |
Battambang |
| |
Tonle Sap |
316,250 |
Kampong Chhang, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, Battambang and Pursat. |
|
Source: Ministry of Environment, 1994
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- 2.2.1. Introduction
- 2.2.2. The World network of biosphere reserves
- 2.2.3. The Royal Decree
- 2.2.4. Tributaries of the Tonle Sap Great Lake
- 2.2.5. Detailed survey of surface water in the Tonle Sap Great Lake catchment
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