May 21, 2013

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Travel & Tours to Cardamom Mountains

Cambodian Ministry of Tourism ranks Cardamom Mountains as one of the top tourist destinations in the country. The mountains are located in the Southwestern part of the country. The thick and pristine rainforest is one of the most treasured assets of the country. The forests are home for clouded leopards, tigers and elephants.  If you are patient and have a good eye you can spot sun bear, gibbons, and Siamese crocodiles.

Mekong-Travel is a local tour group which have a few itineraries to pick from. They are local (located in Sre Ambel) and know the area very well. While they provide food, camping equipment, first aid kit, porters etc. they advise you to get your own insurance – click here for quotes. Also, check out ecoadventurecambodia.com they support and promote local communities and create new livelihoods for hunters, loggers etc. They provide local guides who know the mountains as well as trained in first aid.

About Cardamom Project

It is nothing of surprise these days if you tune into ten different television channels and you find six out of those ten talking about climate change and strategies to save planet earth from environmental degradation. As a matter of fact, environmental degradation is one of biggest challenges man is facing in the current era. Though there are debatable factors causing this huge degradation on global level, still the consequences are quite clear and unarguably lethal. To combat this situation, there are different organizations working all around the world on different local, regional and international levels to mitigate climate change. Cardamom Project is one such organization working in the United States of America specifically for the conservation of Cardamom Mountain. This organization has been working for many years now and is now known internationally for its effective performance and result oriented strategies for brining improvement in mountain ecosystem of Cardamom. There are different goals and objectives set by this organization. However, a few of them are of vital importance. But all these objectives tend to save the biodiversity in this region as well as combating the environmental pollution of this region using different biological tools. Now, this is very important since the bioremediation of different pollutants helps us to decrease the cost of combating pollution and increases our efficiency. There are many organizations today which have started off working following the principles and examples set by Cardamom Project. This organization is not only working on site but is also working in awaking a sense of awareness in the local communities about the care and protection of the environment in their target regions. Reports have revealed that they have achieved significant success in their motives and they look forward to launch further projects regarding the biodiversity conservation of the area under study.

The Cardamom Project

Photo credit: kahanaboy from morguefile.com

The Cardamom Mountains region in southwest Cambodia is the last true wilderness remaining in mainland Southeast Asia. Ignored for decades due to war, this remote region has an exceptional degree of biological diversity, including many globally threatened species such as Indochinese tiger, Asian elephant, and Siamese crocodile. Equally important, it forms a critical watershed for agriculture and fishing, the economic staples of Cambodia.Support Cardamom Project in New York.
The Cardamom Project is a nonprofit organization based in New York City that has two goals:

1. To help protect the Cardamom Mountains region from environmental damage caused by logging, the hunting and poaching of wildlife, and land-clearing. We do this by raising awareness and funds that go directly to the ongoing conservation effort on the ground in Cambodia.

2. To make the Cardamoms and their preservation an avenue for national renewal for Cambodians after years of extreme hardship. We do this through environmental education programs that, often in partnership with local organizations, involve Cambodians in this precious part of their national heritage.