USAID GREENING PREY LANG Assessment of Impacts of Development And Climate Change on Natural Resources in The Prey Lang Extended Landscape

USAID Greening Prey Lang (GPL) conducted the Assessment of Impacts of Development and Climate Change on Natural Resources in the Prey Lang Extended Landscape (PLEL) (PLEL Assessment) at the initiation of the USAID GPL Activity, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), to use data and scenario planning to create a common evidence-based understanding of how threats to ecosystems and biodiversity (global climate change, habitat loss and degradation, exploitation of natural resources, and pollution/contamination) impact the ecology, natural resources, and socio-economic well-being of the people living within the PLEL. The geographic extension and location of the PLEL is illustrated in the map below. The PLEL Assessment Team facilitated a process in which key stakeholders agreed on recommendations for addressing the threats based on this improved understanding. The objectives of the PLEL Assessment were to: (1) understand the historical trends and future scenarios for ecological and biodiversity threats in the PLEL; (2) assess how these trends may affect livelihoods and ecosystems; and (3) identify existing and potential strategies and interventions to strengthen the resilience of ecosystems to climate related impacts in the PLEL.