NGO reports massive forest clearing in Prey Lang area

[geovalin]

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 noted that the investigation was carried out in Stung Treng province’s Thalaborivat district and Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district. CYN said a report was compiled after interviews with villagers and commune authorities, field checks and videos of land which had been cleared in the 1,761 hectare sanctuary.

 

It noted that trees were also found sprayed with paint by encroachers to mark boundaries. CYN said there is evidence that the encroachment occurred after Prey Lang was created as a wildlife sanctuary in 2016 and voiced fears that as much as 3,000 hectares of forests could have been cleared both inside and outside the sanctuary.

 

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[yellowboat]

Must have been rezoned for the good of the people.   Don't worry, the money from the wood and sale of the land will trickle down. 

 

Very sad to hear such things.   We derive so much from nature and give little back. 

[HarrySeaman]

I met a National Geographic photographer in Sihanoukeville a few years ago.  He told me that his cameras and lenses had been "confiscated" by the military who were at that time illegally logging in a national park.

 

You shouldn't count on anything being done about the illegal logging this time.