Kuoy villagers say patrols put logging on pause

For three days last week, the Preah Roka forest in Preah Vihear province was silent, the usual cacophony of chainsaws notably absent. The buzz of trucks arriving empty and later leaving heavily loaded with timber had been replaced by ethnic Kuoy villagers, about 300 in all, patrolling for illegal loggers. … During the past few weeks, villagers say, workers with unfamiliar faces have logged about 90 resin trees. …

May Titthara
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