I am the founder and CEO of Wildlife Alliance, a Cambodia-based organization that implements a direct on-the-ground approach to conserving natural resources and combines ecosystem management with development of economic incentives for local communities. As an environmental conservationist, my mission is to stop trafficking of wild animals and stop tropical deforestation by helping governments create urban-centered anti-wildlife trafficking units that intercept smuggler shipments in cities, on roads and national borders and forest-centered ranger patrol units that stop the bulldozing of tropical rainforests. I was recognized by the Royal Government of Cambodia with five gold medals including the National Award of Mohasereyvat in 2022, Knight of Sahametrei in 2016, Knight of Sowathara in 2014, Knight of Sahametrei in 2004 and National Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in 2001. My ranger protection work, counter wildlife trafficking work, elephant rescue work and creation of the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team, Asia’s only full-time counter wildlife trafficking law enforcement unit, have been featured on on Discovery Channel by Jeff Corwin in his Planet in Peril and Animal Planet series and by Anderson Cooper on CNN. My tiger protection work in Cambodia was featured in the BBC documentary Big Cats About the House. A chapter of Unsung Heroes was dedicated to my wildlife protection work, and I was recognized as one 40 Forbes Asia 2018 Heroes of Philanthropy. My successful campaign to prevent industrial exploitation of the Cardamom Rainforest was featured in ABC Nightline, Australia when an Australian group was planning to clear-cut 14,981 hectares of the Elephant Corridor to plant a large-scale banana plantation and factories for export, without any respect for local laws. My community-based ecotourism in Chi Phat at the heart of the Cardamoms provides livelihoods to 350 families of previous wildlife poachers and has received the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment from the Municipality of Dubai.