Newly protected areas to span 1.5M hectares
The government has declared almost 1.5 million hectares as protected areas in a bid to enhance the sustainability of the ecology system and reduce the impact of climate change, according to a sub-decree signed on Thursday.
The so-called Biodiversity Conservation Corridors cover a total of more than 500,000 hectares in Keo Seima and Snuol districts as well as the Phnom Proek forest, another 170,000 hectares along the Phnom Kravanh mountains in Pursat and Koh Kong province, and almost 800,000 hectares in the Prey Lang and Kulen Prum Tep forests. …
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/newly-protected-areas-span-15m-hectares
