Ministry rehabilitates parts of Preah Vihear with rosewood

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have distributed and planted nearly 50,000 rosewood saplings across seven communes in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district to restore and protect two of the endangered species – Dalbergia cochinchinensis and Dalbergia oliveri.

Minister Veng Sakhon presented the progress of the pilot project to register private forests and rosewood plantations in the province. The project has seen the distribution of 48,590 rosewood saplings, 3,126 fruit seedlings and other tree species.

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