The Tonle Sap Authority is the government authority in Cambodia responsible for oversight and coordination related to the Tonle Sap ecosystem, with a primary mandate in environmental governance, natural resource management, and sustainable use of protected and surrounding areas. Its regulatory scope generally encompasses policy implementation, interagency coordination, environmental protection, water and fisheries resource oversight, land-use governance, and compliance measures affecting conservation, livelihoods, and ecosystem management within the Tonle Sap region. This page serves as a central hub for tracking policy updates, regulatory developments, governance measures, and enforcement activities related to environmental management and institutional oversight in Cambodia.
Tonle Sap Authority conducts field surveys in Cambodia to monitor agricultural land change around Tonle Sap, using satellite and drone imagery to verify and update land-use data.
Tonle Sap Authority convened stakeholders in Cambodia to present and validate basin-level water security assessment reports for the Tonle Sap water resource.
Tonle Sap Authority directs monitoring teams to investigate illegal land conversion and unauthorized infrastructure in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Zone 3 flooded-forest areas.
The Tonle Sap Authority led an inter-ministerial team in Cambodia to verify land boundary coordinates for Tonle Sap zone demarcation in Pursat province. The activity concerns boundary posts for cut-out areas in Zone 1 and Zone 2 located within Zone 3.
The Tonle Sap Authority conducted a field inspection and inter-agency meeting in Kampong Leaeng district to verify land-use assessment results, review new encroachment in Zone 3, and identify priority sites for flooded forest restoration. The update has long-term reference value because it records boundary administration, land-use categorization, and official verification activity in the Tonle Sap protected area.
The Tonle Sap Authority inspected, dismantled, and reinstalled the Tnaot Chum hydrology and meteorology station in Kampong Thom after it was affected by rural road and bridge construction under the RID4CAM program. The operation involved technical coordination on station relocation and site selection for hydrological monitoring infrastructure.
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