Activist urges investigation of sanctuary encroachment

8 January 2020
The Phnom Penh Post
National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected areas
land encroachments / Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary

A prominent forest activist in Kampong Speu province said he would ask the provincial Department of Environment on Wednesday to investigate land encroachment in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary. Chea Hean, the director of the Natural Resources and Wildlife Preservation Organisation, alleged that nearly 100ha in the sanctuary was being bulldozed for private ownership. Hean urged provincial environmental officials to use the global positioning system (GPS) to demarcate land in the sanctuary to prevent such encroachment. He claimed officials tasked with managing the sanctuary had so far taken no legal action against the intruders. …

 Khorn Savi
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