How politics is killing Cambodia’s forests
Cambodian forests, some of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, are vanishing fast as a result of the Vietnamese, Chinese and Cambodian political interests. Cambodia has one of the largest deforestation rates in the world. Forest Trends, an influential organization with a mission to conserve forests and other ecosystems, reported in 2015 that Cambodia’s national forest cover had dropped to about 55 percent, down from 73 percent in 1993. …
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http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/how-politics-is-killing-cambodias-forests/
