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Why the Cardamoms?<br />

• Most important <strong>for</strong>est watershed in Cambodia, regulating<br />

rainfall <strong>for</strong> the entire region with 3,500-4,500mm of rain<br />

per year supplying 22 rivers and feeding 3,145 villages<br />

• Cardamom Mountain Range is the second largest<br />

contiguous <strong>for</strong>est in South East Asia.<br />

• One of Asia’s only 7 remaining elephant corridors<br />

• Only habitat on earth <strong>for</strong> Siamese Crocodiles and Royal<br />

Turtles<br />

• One of the planet’s 32 biodiversity hotspots<br />

• An important archeological corridor<br />

• Largest carbon sink in Cambodia

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