REDD+ forest clearing unabated: community

15 July 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Community forest / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forests and forestry / Land / Land tenure and land titling / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Ang Dong Bor community / Ang Dong Bor community chief / Banteay Ampil deputy governor / Banteay Ampil district / border dispute / carbon credit program / Din Heng / Disputed Land / Dong Beng community forest / Forest / Hing Hoeurn / illegal logging / land conflicts / Land dispute / Ministry of Agriculture / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Oddar Meanchey provincial community forest / Protected areas / protected forest / protests / REDD / Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Sar Khlai / state land / UN / United Nations

Since last year, up to a half of nearly 8,000 hectares of community forest has been encroached upon and cleared in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district by soldiers, community representatives said yesterday.

Din Heng, chief of Ang Dong Bor community, said the army has cleared between 3,000 and 4,000 hectares of Ang Dong Bor and Dong Beng community forests in order to build garrisons. The pair are among 12 community forests that make up the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) carbon credit program. …

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