Poor decision making when trying to make a fast dollar can have serious consequences, as John Bunthoeun from Oddar Meanchey discovered. Formally an illegal logger, he gave it up after a series of near fatal accidents.
APSARA National Authority (ANA) on July 7 announced that it had distributed a total of 6,350 saplings between June 27 and July 5 to monks, local authorities and the public to plant at Buddhist pagodas, schools and other sites.
The Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity conducted a training course on Buddhism and the environment for 25 monks and local community members in the Sorng Rukhavorn Community Forest from February 22 to 26.
During a visit to inspect the management of natural resources and biodiversity in protected areas in Oddar Meanchey province on February 13, Minister of Environment Say Samal called on stakeholders to cooperate more and increase the effectiveness of the protection of conservation areas.