Anti-logging vigilantes get international recognition

6 October 2015
VOA Khmer
Environment and natural resources / Forest policy and administration
Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN)

In late November 2011, Minh Ny found himself in a brawl with a group of heavily-armed policemen in Kompong Thom province’s Sandan district as the police attempted to handcuff the late environmentalist Chut Wutty. …

When the network was named a winner of the Equator Prize, both Minh Ny and Som Sean learnt the news on social media via their smartphones. In the group’s latest innovation, they are employing the devices to document illegal logging in the forest. …

 Aun Chhengpor
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/anti-logging-vigilantes-get-international-recognition/2993604.html

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