Samlot rife with land grabs

30 August 2018
The Phnom Penh Post
Environment and natural resources / Ministry of Environment / Protected areas / Protected forest
Cardamom Mountains / illegal logging / Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation / Samlot Protected Area

Authorities are facing mounting pressure to safeguard the Samlot Protected Area, where villagers and wealthy land-grabbers continue to trespass to start orchards and claim ownership of the plots. The area, which straddles Battambang and Pailin provinces, is jointly protected by the Ministry of Environment and the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP), which was set up by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie. …

 Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samlot-rife-land-grabs

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