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Hundreds Protest Over Forest Land Seizures

14 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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More than 700 villagers from five provinces yesterday protested in front of the provincial government headquarters in Kompong Chhnang after losing their community forests to large agro-industry firms. Organized by the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly- a network of communities that includes forestry and land activists as ...

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Ethnic Banong Thwart Group of Illegal Loggers in Mondolkiri

31 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Social development
Banong / Banong ethic minority / Banong graveyard / Bosra commune / community forest / deforestation / ethic minority villagers / forest clearing / Forests / illegal logging / illegal timber trade / Indigenous Communities / Kompong Cham / Kompong Cham Province / logging / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri District Governor Nguon Saran / Mondolkiri Province / NFTPs / Nguon Saran / Non Forest Timber Products / Poulu Forestry Community / Preach Chreda district / Protected areas / state land / timber

More than 100 Banong ethic minority villagers in Mondolkiri province on Wednesday stopped and briefly apprehended a group of 11 outsiders who they say were caught illegally logging timber in the area, villagers said yesterday. The villagers say that they took it upon themselves to stop ...

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Activists call on government to adopt forest law

Members of the Prey Lang Community Network yesterday called on the government to approve a forest preservation sub-decree that has been in draft form since 2011. Hoeun Sopheap, representative of the Kampong Thom provincial Prey Lang community, said the sub-decree would help protect the biodiversity of ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012360924/National/activists-call-on-government-to-adopt-forest-law.html

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