National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Country/Territory Cambodia Document type Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source National Council for Sustainable Development Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural development Farming Poverty Transport/storage Agroecology Education Agro-forestry Disasters Data collection/reporting Risk assessment/management Cultural heritage Access and benefit-sharing Environmental security PIC-prior informed consent Ecosystem preservation Sustainable development Biodiversity Climate change Governance Monitoring Indigenous peoples Protection of habitats Grazing Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, East Asian Seas, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (Plan) is the result of a review process of Cambodian’s first Plan initiated in 2012 and completed in 2015, which is in line with Cambodia’s international commitments under the Convention of Biological Diversity. The objective of the Plan is that Cambodia’s biodiversity and its ecosystem services are valued, conserved, restored where necessary, wisely used and managed so as to ensure equitable economic prosperity and improved quality of life for all in the country by 2050. To this end Cambodia will seek to use protect and manage biodiversity for its sustainable development. The Plan is a multi-sectoral plan that came into force in 2016 with a national coverage. Full text English