Social and natural resources mapping for Koh Rong Marine National Park

What the report found

• The 2023 tables report 57 ha of seagrass, 278.23 ha of coral reef and 203.58 ha of mangroves for Koh Rong; the corresponding Samloem entries are 0.66 ha, 288.66 ha and 19.39 ha. PDF p.7 · PDF p.8
• Stakeholders prioritised entrance fees, payments for ecosystem services and voluntary donations for further research and piloting; the article does not report measured conservation outcomes from those mechanisms. PDF p.9
• The article reports national-park area as 52,446 ha on page 2 and 52,498 ha on page 5. These values are retained as a source inconsistency, not resolved by choosing one. PDF p.2 · PDF p.5

How the evidence was collected

Participatory household/land-plot collection, sketch-map digitisation, public display, stakeholder verification and government endorsement. The article does not specify a reproducible satellite classification or positional-accuracy assessment. Companion English map sheets explicitly identify March 2023 satellite imagery, aerial imagery and field inspections; see the linked map account.

Reported measurements

Reported land use, 2023

PDF p.7 · PDF p.8

Values transcribed as printed; do not sum these classes into national-park area or infer habitat gain/loss.

Interpretation and uncertainty

• Published land-use areas are not georeferenced habitat boundaries and are not directly comparable with other classifications without aligned definitions and extents.
• The report contains conflicting park-area figures and different household/land-use totals; these are not harmonised or treated as population trends.
• Land-use classes include ecotourism and other uses; mutually exclusive classes and a common spatial denominator are not established.
• Publication in 2025 does not make the 2023 land-use tables a 2025 survey.

Original report and supporting material

Read the original report · Publisher / archive copy · Download this extraction (JSON)

• Seven English map sheets have now been examined and are available in the companion map account. Seven Khmer versions remain unverified as translations.
• Underlying GIS files and classification/positional-accuracy data have not been obtained.

Review status

The 9-page article has been examined for this account. Supporting components listed above remain separate. Research methods and source checks.

More research and original maps

• Koh Rong and Samloem habitat and village maps

  Read seven map subjects in English or Khmer, with March 2023 imagery identified in the English legends.