This chapter is a bridge between a conventional assessment of PA experience focusing on their management and one which explores the relationships between PAs and the economy. Angkor Wat and the surrounding 10,800 ha of forest were declared a National Park in 1925, becoming the first protected areas in South East Asia. By the close of the 1950s, nearly one third of Cambodia was classified into 173 forest reserves (3. Million hectares) and six national parks.
This chapter is a bridge between a conventional assessment of PA experience focusing on their management and one which explores the relationships between PAs and the economy. Angkor Wat and …