Villagers campaign in Kompong Thom to protect Prey Long Forest
Hundreds of villagers living around Prey Long forest have begun a weeklong campaign in the north of Kompong Thom province to protect Prey Long, one of Cambodia’s largest remaining primary forests, the Prey Long People’s Network said yesterday… …The group of villagers planned to protest later this week at Vietnamese rubber company CRCK’s 6,000-hectare concession and at the sawmills in Sandan town that process the logs coming out of Prey Long, Seng Sokheng, a network member, said. He added that they would also hold a public forum on the issues facing the forest…
