Scant proof found of illegal logging: official

9 August 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease
Forests and forestry / land / Land and Natural Resources / Logging and timber / O’Yadav district / protected forest / Ratanakkiri / Rattanakiri province

Following an investigation of alleged illegal logging by Vietnamese Company 72 in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district forests yesterday morning, provincial Forestry Administration officials claimed nothing seemed awry.

Four villagers patrolling the forest at the border of Vietnam reported they had seen six Vietnamese loggers with two tractors, felling about 40 10-metre long logs. When the forest patrol showed up, the loggers allegedly fled.

Phan Phoeun, deputy chief of the Forestry Administration in Ratanakkiri, said he visited the area and saw no sign of illegal logging. He did see 84 felled trees, but maintained it was timber legally felled by Company 72. …

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