The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Mission is placing into implementation its improved supporting plan for the Chorng indigenous communities with 3 completely different angles (1) recognition of indigenous communities (2) preservation of indigenous tradition (3) recognition of indigenous land rights.
Wildlife Alliance is working to first formally register 5 extra villages as Chorng Indigenous Communities. This enables them to pursue communal land titling, defending their cultural heritage and land rights. This can convey the full registered villages to eight. After profitable completion of the registration means of the Chorng Indigenous folks in Areng Valley, effort shall be moved to O’Som Chorng Communities.
Parallelly, the Chorng cultural preservation effort can also be being carried out. Wildlife Alliance, with neighborhood leaders has recognized the necessity to doc the Chorng folks’s cultural belongings. The Mission’s working group will accumulate info from elders throughout the villages for a unprecedent historic complete documentation of this little know minority tribe.
When it comes to land rights, Wildlife Alliance is at present supporting the non-public systematic land measurement and tilting course of for the good thing about the folks of Chrak Russey and Chomnoab villages, the vast majority of whom are Chorng indigenous folks. As of February 2024, 521 parcels in Chrak Russy village had been measured and inserted into the GIS map, as had been 458 parcels in Chomnoab village. Wildlife Alliance can even conduct a survey to evaluate the feasibility of communal land titling, which some communities may favor. Beforehand, communities opted for personal titles for monetary advantages. Wildlife Alliance will work with authorities and the Chorng folks to provoke communal land titling if that’s their alternative.
