Illegal logging ravaging the last forests, activists say

22 October 2014
VOA Khmer
Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Land / Logging and timber / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Environment / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest
Cardamom Mountains / Chinese aid / Community Legal Education Center / Community Peace Network / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Environment

Forestry activists say at least 55,000 tons of luxury wood were sent from Cambodia to China this year alone. Activists from communities that live near or among some of Cambodia’s last forests told reporters Wednesday that illegal logging is ravaging their homelands, part of a “systematic” trade that includes the participation of high-ranking officials, authorities and security forces. ...

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