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    Koh Kong demands sanctuary creek fix

    Koh Kong provincial officials have ordered local developer Leang Him to remove soil she used to illegally fill in a creek and mangrove forest in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondul Seima district. Local authorities said the instructions were followed after Leang received an administrative ...

    Khouth Sophak Chakrya
    https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-demands-sanctuary-creek-fix

    Ministry refutes NGO’s claim about cleared protected forest

    The Environment Ministry yesterday refuted a claim by Wildlife Alliance that more than 200 hectares of mangrove forest had been cleared inside protected areas in Koh Kong province’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

    Khuon Narim
    https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720988/ministry-refutes-ngos-claim-about-cleared-protected-forest/

    Massive forest clearing found in Koh Kong province

    The Wildlife Alliance yesterday discovered over 200 hectares of mangrove forests within Koh Kong province’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary were illegally cleared. ...

    Khuon Narim
    https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720606/massive-forest-clearing-found-in-koh-kong-province/

    Government takes back Koh Kong mangrove forest; no arrests

    The Cambodian government has reclaimed 13 hectares of protected mangrove forest in Koh Kong province, which were illegally sold off to a tycoon and partially filled with sand, though nobody involved in the sale will be sent to court. According to an announcement from the ...

    Phak Seangly and Yesenia Amaro
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-takes-back-koh-kong-mangrove-forest-no-arrests

    Mother Nature turns to puppets to protect its activists

    Environment NGO Mother Nature on Saturday debuted a new video about threatened mangroves in Koh Kong province featuring an unlikely spokesperson, or rather, spokes-puppet. The video is about a plot of mangrove forest inside the Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary that was illegally filled in with sand, ...

    Yesenia Amaro
    https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mother-nature-turns-puppets-protect-its-activists

    Officials inspect forest that was filled in, sold

    On the orders of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Koh Kong provincial authorities on Friday inspected a section of protected mangrove forest that in December was discovered to have been filled in with sand and illegally sold, with the consent of local authorities, to tycoon Chea ...

    Phak Seangly and Yesenia Amaro
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-inspect-forest-was-filled-sold

    Okhna owns land at site of illegal Koh Kong mangrove filling, contract shows

    A section of protected mangrove forest in Koh Kong that in December was discovered to have been filled with sand was illegally sold to tycoon Chea Leanghong in 2017, documents show, with local authorities having signed off on the deal. ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/okhna-owns-land-site-illegal-koh-kong-mangrove-filling-contract-shows

    Koh Kong probing filling in of mangrove forest

    The illegal filling of a mangrove forest in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary is being investigated, Koh Kong provincial authorities said yesterday, though officials say they still don’t know who is behind the crime. Sok Sothy, deputy provincial governor, said the sand dredging and filling in of ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-probing-filling-mangrove-forest

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