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Official blames villagers for deforestation

4 December 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Forest cover / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Asia Forest Workshop / Chheng Kimsun / Forestry Administration / Japanese aid / Kyushu University

Government officials yesterday laid the blame for Cambodia’s deforestation on villagers gathering firewood. “Every day, they need fuel for cooking – that’s a lot of logging,” Chheng Kimsun, director general of the Forestry Administration, said at a workshop aimed at addressing sustainable forest management. Gathered at the ...

 Phak Seangly and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-blames-villagers-deforestation

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