Ministry of Environment of Cambodia

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) is the key agency responsible for environmental protection and natural resources conservation. The MoE is responsible for Protected Areas, Flooded Forests and Mangroves inside Protected Areas, which are managed by the General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection (GDANCP). It is the primary agency responsible for implementing, and negotiating commitments under international environmental treaties, including in the area of climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The MoE hosts the Department for Climate Change (DCC), which is part of the GDANCP, and chairs the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC). The MoE is also responsible for coordinating and implementing climate change policies and is directly responsible for the implementation of activities under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).