Koh Sralao (appellation)
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| Koh Sralao | |
|---|---|
| Kaoh Sralau (កោះស្រឡៅ) | |
| No longer grownGrowing ended in 1991 | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Southern Cambodia |
| Growing Area | Koh Kapik |
| Geography | |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Province/State | Koh Kong Province |
| Coordinates | 11.46, 103.07 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 4 km² |
| Terrain | Forested island among mangrove channels; approximately the island of Koh Sralao village |
| Growing history | |
| Grown | 1980[1]–1991[1] |
| Why it stopped | Banned |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Koh Sralao (កោះស្រឡៅ; gazetteer form Kaoh Sralau) is a former cannabis appellation at the island fishing village of Koh Sralao, in Kaoh Kapi commune, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia. It lies within the Koh Kapik growing area of the Southern Cambodia growing region. From 1980 people cut mountain forest there to plant cannabis and to sell timber. The cutting stopped in 1991, when a ban on the plant was introduced.[1]: 19
Setting
Koh Sralao is one of the three villages of Kaoh Kapi commune, in Koh Kong District.[2] The village stands on an island with access to fresh water. Most of its people are migrants from other parts of Cambodia, though the village was first settled during the Second World War. They live mainly by fishing, in the shallow waters of the mangroves and seagrass beds and in the open sea.[1]: 10
The village lies on high ground, which is forested.[3]: 11 One place on the island supplies the water on which the whole commune depends in the dry season.[3]: 5
Cannabis and the ban
A vulnerability and capacity assessment published by the IUCN in 2012 drew up a historical matrix of past events with participants in Koh Sralao.[1]: 10, 14, 16 Its first entry is the cutting of mountain forest, widespread from 1980 to 1990:
During this period people from other provinces moved to Koh Sralao motivated by personal safety (during the time when other parts of the country would still suffering from conflict) and high availability of natural resources in the area. Cutting mountain forest to plant Indian Hemp (Cannabis indica) and to sell timber stopped in 1991 as a ban on this narcotic plant was introduced and the area was declared protected by MoE.— Bobenrieth and others, 2012, p. 19
[1]: 19
The responses the matrix lists are law enforcement and action by the provincial government in "enforcing central level dispositions"; people acknowledged the problems that came with logging.[1]: 19 The assessment dates the protected-area declaration by the Ministry of Environment to 1991. The wetland round the village is protected under a royal decree of 1993.[3]: 7
In Koh Kapik, the commune's other village in the assessment, cannabis was widely grown from 1980 to 1985.[1]: 17
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Bobenrieth, Manuela Erazo; Sun Kong; Kong Kim Sreng; Mather, Robert (2012). Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment of Koh Kong and Kampot Provinces, Cambodia (Report). Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts – Coastal Southeast Asia, No. 7. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN – via Academia.edu.
- ↑ "Kaoh Kapi Commune, code 090302". Cambodia Gazetteer Database Online. National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development. Retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sorn, Pheakdey; Veth, Sonim (2019). Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Koh Kapik Ramsar Site, Cambodia (PDF) (Report). Bangkok: IUCN.