Environmental protection through Buddhism at southern Cardamom Mountains
The Project utilizes the special role of monks in guiding local populations in understanding and protecting natural resources, as well as improving the environment. This is done by using pagoda based projects as an example for the local communities, where they can learn practical skills and environmental education from the monks who can also exert moral pressure on those abusing the environment to change their behavior. The project will work through the monks in the selected pagodas, with its focus on Buddhism and environment activities, especially concentrating on the role of pagodas in environmental education, modeling to villagers around and promoting conservation at local community level through practical actions. The project designs as a triangle approach in solving the present situation related to degradation of environmental natural resources caused by limitation of understanding on its importance of local communities, which the environmental education is not a single programme but as integrated in the three major dimensions: environmental awareness education, livelihood related activities and input of the micro project through formation of Self Help Group (SHG).
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
The Association of Buddhists for Environment
Country:
Cambodia
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 47,275.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 16,080.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 15,314.00
Project Number:
KHM/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2010/04
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
ABE implements Buddhism and environment activities mainly focusing on the role of pagodas in environmental awareness and practice in 3 pagodas of the target communes in Botomsakor district. A great deal has been accomplished towards these objectives, including educating and raising awareness on environment to villagers by training the monks to be trainers , seedling germinating, bulletin board displaying in pagodas, composting, livelihood activities, and strengthening the environmental monk network. More importantly, the most remarkable activity is the tree ordination ceremony, which this has inspired local people and local authorities to involve in protecting the natural environment surrounding their communities, and it is way of teaching about the inter-relationships between Buddhism, nature, and natural environment.
12 monk counterparts and key monks will established and build their capacity. 135 Environmental education awareness sessions will be conducted by the trained monks to 1650 villagers and 2400 school children around target pagodas.
Capacity - Building Component
The Environmental protection through Buddhism at southern Cardamom Mountains Project utilizes the special role of monks in guiding local populations in understanding and protecting natural resources, as well as improving the environment. This is done by using pagoda based projects as an example for the local communities, where they can learn practical skills and environmental education from the monks who can also exert moral pressure on those abusing the environment to change their behavior. The project will work through the monks in the selected pagodas, with its focus on Buddhism and environment activities, especially concentrating on the role of pagodas in environmental education, modeling to villagers around and promoting conservation at local community level through practical actions. Even though pagodas play a vital role in communities, their environmental knowledge is often limited so the project aims to select key monks in the target pagodas and build their capacities so that they will be able to effectively spread general environmental awareness to fellow monks and villagers.
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