Twitcher tours: why birdwatching in Cambodia is expected to take flight in a post-Covid world
Sikol San freezes mid-sentence. The guide s eyes dart towards the tuft of a coconut tree on the edge of a rice field. He adjusts his spotting scope to hone in on a small black bird with a forked tail perched on a palm.
The co-founder of the Cambodia Bird Guide Association (CBGA), Sikol San starts relating details about the migratory black drongo, which spends September to May in Cambodia. It is one of 40 to 60 species of bird regularly seen at this rural patch of land on the outskirts of Siem Reap, he says.
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The international wildlife trade is causing more than a 60 per cent fall in species abundance, a new study reveals.
An international team of researchers, including experts from the University of Sheffield, performed a meta-analysis of the wildlife trade from 31 studies.
They found a 62 per cent fall in species abundance overall, as well as an 80 per cent decline in abundance specifically for endangered species, due to both legal and illegal trade.
There was also even declines as high as 56 per cent in protected areas, according to the experts, who say current protective measures fail animal species in the wild.
Unsustainable harvesting, including hunting, trapping, fishing and logging – which often occurs in protected areas – is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity.
Revolting yob, EncroChat dealer and brazen fraudster jailed this week
An overview of the most serious cases linked to Merseyside over the last seven days
These are the faces of 11 criminals locked up for crimes linked to Merseyside this past week.
One judge had to deal with a university worker who fled abroad after he was caught with child sex abuse images.
A court heard about a cowardly thug who battered his own cousin, leaving him with horrific injuries, and a drug-addled young man who attacked a neighbour with a shopping bag full of excrement.
Judges had to sentence two separate drug dealers who both lived lavish lifestyles thanks to trading in misery until police hacked the secret phone network EncroChat and revealed their crimes.
Brazen shoplifter stole over £180 of chocolate in full view of staff and customers
Colin Poole, 39, also stole meat in his two day stealing spree
Colin Poole, 39, of no fixed abode. (Image: cheshirepolice)
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