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WCS discover two nesting colonies of lesser adjutants
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia announced that it had recently found two breeding colonies of lesser adjutants – one containing five nests and the other two – in the north of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri province, as the September-November nesting season rolls on. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wcs-discover-two-nesting-colonies-lesser-adjutants
Preah Vihear cattle vaccinated to stop spread of disease
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia) and Preah Vihear provincial authorities launched a vaccination campaign to protect around 600 cows and buffaloes from being infected with Haemorrhagic Septicemia, a highly fatal bacterial disease affecting the respiratory system, in four villages in Kulen and Chheb districts. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-cattle-vaccinated-stop-spread-disease
Ibis Rice exports on horizon
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says its Ibis Rice project has recorded a production surplus for the first time in its five-year history, prompting a bid to export the boutique product overseas. Concentrated in Preah Vihear province, Ibis Rice farmers produced more than 435 tonnes of ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ibis-rice-exports-horizon
Crane makes itself at home
A growing number of red-headed Sarus cranes are reportedly flocking west from Vietnam to a protected sanctuary in Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district, and conservationists observing the trend aren’t sure why. The Tuoitrenews website reported on Saturday that unusually large numbers of the birds, which are classified as ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crane-makes-itself-home
Grasslands present dilemma
A week after British researchers released a study warning that the nation’s grasslands would soon be lost if drastic action was not taken to protect them, some agricultural experts have called for moderation, noting that the intensive rice cultivation blamed for the grasslands’ destruction is ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664676/National/grasslands-present-dilemma.html