Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary Explained

Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary
Alt Name:Central Khmer: ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃបឹងពែរ
Iucn Category:IV
Iucn Ref:[1]
Map:Cambodia
Relief:yes
Location:Mostly Kampong Thom Province and Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
Coordinates:13.2335°N 104.851°W
Area:2494.08km2
Established:1993
Governing Body:Ministry of Environment

Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary is a large protected area in northern Cambodia that was established in 1993.[2]

It is located south of the Northern Plains Dry Forest Priority Corridor.[3] It hosts wild cattle and deer, large water birds and elephants, as well as important archaeological sites.[4] The area is under threat from deforestation, with over of forest disappearing each year due to illegal logging, and the survival of many animal species is endangered.[5] This deforestation is mostly driven by rubber plantations.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protected Planet . 2018 . Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary . United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre . 26 Dec 2018.
  2. Web site: Royal decree on Establishment of Natural Protected Areas (1993) - OD Mekong Datahub . 2022-06-21 . data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net . en.
  3. Web site: Northern Plains Dry Forest . . 2009-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080518140652/http://www.adb.org/Projects/core-environment-program/northern-plains.asp . May 18, 2008.
  4. Web site: Provincial and Rural Infrastructure Project (PRIP) World Bank (KH-P071207), March 9, 2003 . . 2009-09-16.
  5. Web site: Cambodia's sanctuaries under threat Open Development Cambodia (ODC). 2021-03-10.
  6. News: 2019 . Illegal logging poised to wipe Cambodian wildlife sanctuary off the map. 2021-03-10 . Mongabay Environmental News.