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Ratanakiri province is the majority home of nice ethnic groups including Kreung, Tumpuon, Prao, Kavet, Jarai, Kachok, Phnong and Rodai. They speak different languages, practice similar traditions, culture, beliefs and livelihoods. Because of the limited speed of development in all sectors, the people in the province have lost their opportunities and still lack of capacity to live themselves. Kreung has a similar ways of livelihoods among others indigenous people in the province.
NTFPs play a crucial role in sustaining livelihood of the forest based indigenous women and men. Ratanakiri villagers are still rich in forest and non-timber forest products such as bamboo, rattan, forest fruits, resins and honey. They have huge potentials in poverty reduction, forest conservation and good governance through integrating NTFP activities in economic, social, cultural and ecological interventions.
Kreung and other tribes in Ratanakiri have traditionally harvested a wide variety of NTFPs, including numerous species of wild fruit and nuts, resin, honey, mushrooms, medicinal plants, bamboo and rattan. But untapped potential exists for increasing the value of many of these products for rural communities. Bamboo and rattan, in particular, have a range of different uses - as raw materials for house-building and household furniture.
In order to improve their quality of lives and the environment, integrated strategies are being catalyzed in forest conservation, poverty reduction and culture preservation through sustainable Community Based Crafts Enterprise development. It is an opportunity to bridge the need of people for additional employment and incomes, culture conservation and harmonizing resources use.
There Kreung community crafts enterprises have been set up in three villages in Poy commune, Ochum district, Ratanakiri province. These community led crafts enterprises have provided supplementary employment and incomes to 75 artisans, rehabilitating and promoting their arts and culture, and sustainable resources uses. The artisans continuously receive entrepreneurship skills training, mentoring and technical assistance, learning exposures and networking in order to develop their enterprises viable and independent in the future. These efforts, so far, have been contributed to sustainable forest based livelihoods.
NTFPs play a crucial role in sustaining livelihood of the forest based indigenous women and men. Ratanakiri villagers are still rich in forest and non-timber forest products such as bamboo, rattan, forest fruits, resins and honey. They have huge potentials in poverty reduction, forest conservation and good governance through integrating NTFP activities in economic, social, cultural and ecological interventions.
Kreung and other tribes in Ratanakiri have traditionally harvested a wide variety of NTFPs, including numerous species of wild fruit and nuts, resin, honey, mushrooms, medicinal plants, bamboo and rattan. But untapped potential exists for increasing the value of many of these products for rural communities. Bamboo and rattan, in particular, have a range of different uses - as raw materials for house-building and household furniture.
In order to improve their quality of lives and the environment, integrated strategies are being catalyzed in forest conservation, poverty reduction and culture preservation through sustainable Community Based Crafts Enterprise development. It is an opportunity to bridge the need of people for additional employment and incomes, culture conservation and harmonizing resources use.
There Kreung community crafts enterprises have been set up in three villages in Poy commune, Ochum district, Ratanakiri province. These community led crafts enterprises have provided supplementary employment and incomes to 75 artisans, rehabilitating and promoting their arts and culture, and sustainable resources uses. The artisans continuously receive entrepreneurship skills training, mentoring and technical assistance, learning exposures and networking in order to develop their enterprises viable and independent in the future. These efforts, so far, have been contributed to sustainable forest based livelihoods.