Mother Nature Cambodia is the country’s pre-eminent youth-led environmental rights organisation, working on the frontlines with local communities to preserve nature and livelihoods even in the face of a growing government crackdown on civil society activism. Using innovative techniques such as viral videos, training and the mobilisation of young Cambodians nationally and locally, Mother Nature Cambodia has helped highlight and stop environmental violations. Successful campaigns include stopping the Chinese-led construction of a hydroelectric dam threatening an Indigenous community and helping end the largely corrupted business of sand export from the coastal estuaries of Koh Kong, which was destroying the local ecosystem and fishing grounds.
Mother Nature Cambodia received the 2023 Right Livelihood Award for "their fearless and engaging activism to preserve Cambodia's natural environment in the context of a highly restricted and democratic space".
We are pleased to welcome the following activists from the Mother Nature Cambodia for a coffee chat at the Geneva Graduate Institute:
- Chandaravuth Ly, 23yrs, law graduate; join Mother Nature Cambodia since 2021. Current responsibility: Fundraiser
- Lisa Mean, 21yrs, majoring in a law degree; joined Mother Nature Cambodia since 2022. Current responsibility: Koh Kong Island Project Coordinator
- Ratha Sun, 28yrs, Accounting graduate; join Mother Nature Cambodia since 2017. Currently responsibility: Financial Officer
This discussion will be moderated by Nina Teresa Kiderlin, Executive Director of the Centre for International Environmental Studies, Geneva Graduate Institute.
Coffee & tea will be served during this event.
This event is organised by the Right Livelihood Foundation, the Mother Nature Cambodia organisation, the Centre for International Environmental Studies, the IHEID Sustainability Initiative and the IHEID Environmental Committee.
