Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary

{{Short description|Protected area in Cambodia}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary

| alt_name = ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្នួល

| iucn_category = IV

| iucn_ref ={{cite web |author=Protected Planet |date=2018 |title=Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary |url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/snoul-wildlife-sanctuary |publisher=United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre |accessdate=26 Dec 2018}}

| map = Cambodia

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| location = Snuol District, Kratié Province, Cambodia

| nearest_city = Snuol

| coordinates = {{coord|12.1031|N|106.6924|E|region:KH|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| area = {{convert|619.43|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| established = 1993

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Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary ({{langx|km|ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្នួល}}) was a protected area located in eastern Cambodia on the border with Vietnam, created in 1993.{{Cite web |title=Royal decree on Establishment of Natural Protected Areas (1993 ) - OD Mekong Datahub |url=https://data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/en/laws_record/http-bit-ly-1ntrsba |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net |language=en}} It is classified as part of an Important Bird Area.{{cite web | title=BirdLife International (2009) Important Bird Area factsheet: Snoul / Keo Sema / O Reang, Cambodia| url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=16678&m=0 | publisher=BirdLife International | accessdate=2009-09-14}} The sanctuary, which had been suffering from illegal logging and deforestation for years, was dissolved in February 2018 by a royal decree.{{Cite web|title=Royal decree No. 176 on revocation of Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary in Kratie province and Roneam Daun Sam Wildlife Sanctuary in Battambang province - OD Mekong Datahub|url=https://data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/en/dataset/8edd0d08-906c-4be7-98c0-ca151818dccc|access-date=2020-10-16|website=data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net|language=en}}{{Cite journal |last1=Nuttall |first1=Matthew |last2=Olsson |first2=Erik |last3=Washington |first3=Harri |last4=Ung |first4=Vises |last5=Bunnefeld |first5=Nils |last6=Merriman |first6=Joel |last7=Griffin |first7=Olly |last8=Hobson |first8=Keziah |last9=Diment |first9=Alex |last10=Kroner |first10=Rachel Golden |date=2023-02-23 |title=Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement in Cambodia: Enabling conditions and opportunities for intervention |journal=Conservation Science and Practice |volume=5 |issue=4 |language=en |doi=10.1111/csp2.12912 |s2cid=257181013 |issn=2578-4854|doi-access=free }} Chhay Duong Savuth, director of the Kratie province Environment Department, stated as the main reason the habitat destruction and illegal land settlement. However, a large proportion of the protected area was issued by the Royal Government of Cambodia as economic land concessions to private companies for agriculture use.{{Cite web|title=Learning from Local Perceptions for Strategic Road Development in Cambodia's Protected Forests|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338997725}}