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Tree planting and clearing land of shrubs. The planting of seedlings is undertaken by handicapped local people, who are landmine victims, and it is envisaged that 40 people will plant 1 000 trees per day under the World Food Programme food-for-work programme. The seedlings are planted in areas of the forest that are seriously degraded. The programme is funded by UNDP and Care. FAO gives technical advice that is implemented by the Cambodian Government's Forestry Department. - - Participatory Natural Resource Management in the Tonle Sap Region: GCP/CMB/022/BEL. The Project, funded by the Belgian Government and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), was conceived to address natural resource management problems around the Tonle Sap Lake. The primary problem was degradation and loss of inundated forest habitat, which is essential to the maintenance of productive fisheries within the lake. The overall objective of the project was to promote participatory natural resource management with emphasis on an inundated forest ecosystem around Tonle Sap.