PHNOM PENH βΒ Researchers at the University of Copenhagen released an open letter Thursday reporting a 73 percent increase in deforestation in 2019 at the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, compared to 2018, while criticizing the governmentβs ban on certain patrolling operations. The University of Copenhagenβs open letter used data from the University of Marylandβs Global … Read More
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Forest activists conducted a 10-day forest crimes investigation in the Prey Lang region and claimed to have found more than 200 workers camping in five different locations cutting down about 2,000 trees. Authorities have denied the claim. Heng Sros, a forest activist in Stung Treng province, told The Post on Tuesday that his four-man team … Read More
The 8th Monitoring Report on the Status of Prey Lang is the latest report about the state of affairs in the Prey Lang area. This report is compiled by the University of Copenhagen using data collected from forest patrols of PLCN as well as satellite imagery from other sources (GFW, EC-JRC). The following are the … Read More
A community forest chief in Oddar Meanchey province has appealed to poachers to stop destroying wildlife and to all Cambodians to respect and love the Kingdomβs rich biodiversity. Speaking to The Post on Monday, the Venerable Bun Saluth, head of the Sorng Rukhavorn community forest, expressed concern over the ongoing killing of wildlife in Cambodia. … Read More
The Prey Preah Roka Forest Community Network (PPRFCN) will organise a tree blessing ceremony at Prey Preah Roka Forest from January 10-11 to remember those who sacrificed their lives to protect the forest. It will also serve to forge a renewed sense of cooperation between the authorities and villagers on a common platform to protect … Read More
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byΒ Shreya DasguptaΒ on 20 November 2019 Cambodiaβs Prey Lang forest was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2016, but illegal land clearing within the protected area continues, a new report has found. Members of the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN), who recently patrolled 1,761 hectares (4,352 acres) of forest in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, found that several hundred … Read More
Following the release of the Ministry of Environmentβs annual report, eco-activists have urged it to crack down on influential oknhas who allegedly flouted the Kingdomβs environmental protection laws. A total of 278 cases of natural resource crimes were sent to Cambodian courts in the first 10 months of this year, the report said. The crimes, … Read More
The Cambodian Youth Network yesterday said hundreds of hectares of forest land in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary have been illegally cleared in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces. In a report released yesterday, CYN said it conducted an investigation from July 13 to August 12 following complaints from villagers in the two provinces. It … Read More