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Protected forest ‘is finished’
- 11 August 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest
- agro-industrial development / agro-industry / An Mady Group Co Ltd / Boeung Per / Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary / business / Chhut Vuthy / Chhut Vuthy Director of the Natural Resources Protection Group / concession land / concessions / Development / Director of the Natural Resources Protection Group / Director of the Natural Resources Protection Group Chhut Vuthy / fishing cat / Forest / Government / government-backed appropriation / government-backed appropriations / Hun Sen / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom Province / Kui / Kui ethnic minority / Kulen Promtep / Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary / land / Land concessions / Lim Heng / Mekong Rubber Co / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Environment Secretary of State Thuk Kroeun Vutha / muntjac deer / natural resources / Natural Resources Protection Group / Okhna An Mady / Plantations / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Community Network for Action / Preah Vihear Province / Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district / prime minister / private land / Protected land / reclassified / resin / resin trees / resources / Romny / Romny commune / Romny commune of Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district / Rovieng / Rovieng District / Royal Decree / rubber / rubber plantations / Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment Thuk Kroeun Vutha / Sovanpaum Co / threatened species / Thuk Kroeun Vutha / Thuk Kroeun Vutha Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment / timber / trees / Try Pheap Import Export Co Ltd / Wildlife Sanctuary
In the latest government backed appropriation of protected land, nearly 20,000 hectares of the Boeung Per wildlife sanctuary have been reclassified as state private land for agro-industrial development. Two sub-decrees, obtained by The Post this week and initialed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July ...
Forest on the auction block
- 9 August 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest / Siem Reap
- Adhoc / Adhoc head of land programme Ouch Leng / agricultural development / Agriculture & Agri-business / Anlong Veng / Anlong Veng District / businessmen / Chut Wutty / Chut Wutty director of the Natural Resource Protection Group / compensation / concessions / developing agriculture / Development / diverse species / environment / environmental impact / environmental impact assessments / Forest / forest areas / Government / Hun Sen / illegal loging / Illegal poaching / Kulen Promptep / Kulen Promptep Sanctuary / land / Land concessions / law / leases / logging / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Environment secretary of state Thuk Kreun Vutha / National Park / Natural Resource Protection Group / Natural Resource Protection Group director Chut Wutty / NGOs / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Oddar Meanchey's Anlong Veng District / Ouch Leng / Ouch Leng head of the land programme at Adhoc / Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary / poaching / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / prime minister / Private Companies / private firms / reclassified / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / state / state private land / Thuk Kreun Vutha / Thuk Kreun Vutha secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment / token crops / villagers / wildlife / Wildlife Sanctuary
Almost 30,000 hectares of a wildlife sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey, Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces have been reclassified as state private land for agricultural development, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 22 reclassify land ...
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