Kingdom of Cambodia ( Cambodia )

The Situation of Environmental Education in Cambodia
   Since 1993, a number of NGOs, international organizations and government staffs have conducted a wide range of environmental education activities throughout the country. In 1999 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports took the subject of environment in the national curriculum for grades 9-11. The Royal University of Phnom Penh launched the first Environment Study in 2000.
   Several NGOs and governmental institutions have been promoting EE among school children, teachers, university students, monks, community people and the general public. Many different approaches have been used. In response to the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, many local televisions, newspapers, magazines, and radios have been actively designing and producing the environmental programs.
   At community level, numerous conservation projects are implemented by local and international NGOs combined with environmental awareness to their target groups.  A variety of EE materials such as posters, manuals and audiotapes have been developed. Until now the involved organizations have not yet created a formal platform or meetings to share their experiences in using those materials. Only in November 2005, a National Environmental Education Forum was organized in Phnom Penh by the Live and Learn Environmental Education to gain a better understanding of the status of EE in Cambodia and to improve future collaboration among stakeholders.

Mr. Sim Kong
Profect Director, Mlup Baitong