Soldiers detain REDD forest patrol members

9 April 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Protected forest
community forest / Community forest patroller / illegal logger / illegal logging / luxury timber / Oddar Meanchey / Pact REDD+ carbon credit program / Samrong district / Samrong governor Thol Nol / Sar Khlai / Suon Sorn

Community forest patrollers in Oddar Meanchey’s Samrong district say they were forced to return saws and timber they seized from illegal loggers after soldiers detained and threatened them on Sunday. The 27-member patrol, funded by development NGO Pact as part of the REDD+ carbon credit program, was detained by two armed soldiers while returning to their office with two chainsaws and 100 planks of luxury timber they had seized on Saturday from four villagers felling trees in protected community forest, said representative Suon Sorn. …

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