Villagers fight for forest despite warning

20 July 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
community forest / fight / Forest / Krasaing commune / preserve forest / protests / Svay Rieng Province / villagers

Villagers from Svay Rieng province’s Krasaing commune have vowed to continue their protests to preserve a patch of community forest earmarked for clearing, despite receiving an official warning yesterday. … Residents said it would affect over 2,700 people. …

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