Illegal logging ‘rampant’ in sanctuary

7 November 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Protected forest
Chea Hean / Council of Ministers / Ministry of Environment / National Assembly / Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation / NRWPO / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia / Phnom Oral Forest / Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary / Prime Minister Hun Sen

Provincial military police confiscated three tractors transporting three metres of luxury wood and two circular saws travelling out of Kampong Speu’s protected Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday.

Chea Hean, director of Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO), arrived to investigate illegal logging in the sanctuary on Tuesday. …

 Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-%E2%80%98rampant%E2%80%99-sanctuary