Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary ( km, ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃតាតៃ) is a protected area located in southwest

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

created in 2016, covering 144,275 hectares. The area is threatened by sand-dredging and processing, by the filling-in of water bodies, and by land-grabbing. In 2021, 26,103 hectares (64,502 acres) were cut from the wildlife sanctuary in a PADDD event. Local communities have been displaced into the protected area from nearby areas following the creation of the 246-megawatt Stung Tatai hydropower dam by China National Machinery Industry Corporation in 2014. Part of the protected area forms part of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (SCRP).

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Map of protected areas in Cambodia
Wildlife sanctuaries of Cambodia Protected areas of Cambodia Protected areas established in 2016 {{Asia-protected-area-stub