Improving the flooded forest ecosystem

Introduction
- Threatened areas identification
- Protected areas identification
Case study: Khum Chol Sar restoration of flooded forest
- Stress and pressure
- Potential NbS measures
Technical feasibility
Financial feasibility
- Context
- Reference alternative
- Project alternative
- Identification and selection of effects
- Quantification and monetisation of effects
  - Benefits
  - Costs
- Discussion of results
- Financial analysis

Upscaling potential maps

The map below shows the suitability of restoration of the flooded forest in Cambodia. Areas in dark green are highly suitable for reforestation. In general, the following areas have potential for reforestation projects:

Flooded forest along the fringes of the Tonle Sap lake. These areas are encroached due to anthropogenic pressures – mostly by human settlement and agricultural expansion towards the lake.
Flooded forest along the Tonle Sap and Mekong River. These areas also have a high technical potential for upscaling reforestation projects. The shift of communities from fishing to agriculture (due to decreasing catch rates), particularly rice and other crops, has led to the conversion of flooded forest into new agricultural land. Nevertheless, the biophysical characteristics of these areas remain highly suitable for flooded forest to thrive.