A refuge for river dolphins
The government yesterday moved to protect endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River, announcing plans for a 180-kilometre-long conservation area that would stretch from the Lao border through Stung Treng province to Kratie town. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of the Commission for Conservation and Development of Mekong River Dolphin Eco-tourism Zone, said three government ministries had completed a draft sub-decree that may be submitted for approval to the Council of Ministers within two weeks. He said that under the draft sub-decree, gill nets, floating fish cages and floating houses would be banned in the protected area between June and November, and in so-called “core zones” – which would comprise about half the protected area – for the remainder of the year. …
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