Concern as census counts just over 170 cranes in protected wetlands

8 January 2020
The Phnom Penh Post
Animals / Environmental and biodiversity protection / SDG 15 Life on land
Anlung Pring sanctuary / Boeung Prek Lapov / Cranes

Environmental technical teams and bird conservationists on Sunday expressed concern for the biodiversity of birds in the wetlands due to the water shortage this year. The concern comes as this year’s ongoing crane census has so far recorded more than 170 of them in the Boeung Prek Lapov and Anlung Pring protected areas in Takeo and Kampot provinces, respectively. BirdLife International Cambodia Programme manager Bou Vorsak said cranes are a vulnerable and endangered species that could only be found in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Only 13,000-15,000 of them remain in the wild. …

 Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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