Smugglers’ boats sink in timber chase

3 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Protected forest / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
Sre Ambel River / Wildlife Alliance

Smugglers sank two boats filled with illegally logged rosewood into Koh Kong’s Sre Ambel River as they shook off pursuing rangers from Wildlife Alliance on March 22, the NGO has said. An anonymous informant tipped off rangers in Sre Ambel district to the boats, allegedly filled with timber cut from the southern Cardamom rainforest and bound for Vietnam. ...

 Amelia Woodside and Phak Seangly
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