GECKO Environment Center

GECKO ENVIRONMENT CENTER

The GECKO is a floating environment center located in Siem Reap Province on the Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia. The GECKO resides within Chong Khneas commune a floating fishing village which moves locations with the seasonal rise and fall of the Great Tonle Sap lake.

The GECKO center's goal is to promote environmental awareness and education among the local community and visitors to the Great lake. The GECKO activities focus on 3 main areas:

Community Environmental Education
Displays and information on local flora, fauna and traditional activities of the communities for visitors to the Great Lake
Capacity Building of Environment Department Staff

The GECKO center was established as part of the project “Participatory Natural Resource Management in the Tonle Sap Region”. The Project is funded by the Belgian government and implemented through the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

COME AND VISIT THE GECKO

Visiting the GECKO when touring Angkor Wat and the Great lake is essential to learn more about Cambodia's rich cultural and natural resources.

Learn about the Tonle Sap, the Mekong and the way fishing communities live on the lake.
Come aboard this floating center to experience what it feels like to live on a floating house and speak with the environment staff who work in the center.
Buy a locally made souvenir to help fund the environmental education programs.
Any donations given in the GECKO are provided to the local community for development activities.

HOW TO VISIT THE GECKO

Main Siem Reap port,

Phnom Krom, Chong Khneas Commune.

By road during the wet season &

by car & boat during the dry season

Hours: 8.30am - 5.00pm

FAO Siem Reap

Tel/Fax: ++855 (0) 63 963 525

Email: faoenv@rep.forum.org.kh

Web: http://jinja.apsara.org/gecko.htm

Icom: 15.9990 call GECKO

Road to Siem Reap