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India, which has 70 per cent of the global wild tiger population, is considering translocating some big cats to Cambodia. The country declared tigers ‘functionally extinct’ in 2016 and is making efforts to reintroduce the carnivores

India is considering translocating some tigers to Cambodia. How did the tiger go extinct in Cambodia and why is it trying to reintroduce them from India?

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Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina offered his support for another new project by the South Korea-based Asian Forest Cooperation Organisation (AFoCO) focusing on nature park in Siem Reap.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network where Gerald Flynn is a fellow.   SIEM PANG, Cambodia — “Us locals cannot source benefits from the forest anymore, only the Oknhas can find benefits in the forest now,” Samnang* said one afternoon in January, using a Khmer word for tycoons. His farm […]

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that the laws will soon be amended to allow people to raise rare animals, citing a recent case where peacocks were seized from a family in Kampong Chhnang province.

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that the laws will soon be amended to allow people to raise rare animals, citing a recent case where peacocks were seized from a family in Kampong Chhnang province. “If they are breaking the law, then my very own family would be the first to be convicted,” he said of his own family members’ love for animals.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 28 suggested an amendment to the law governing wildlife protection that would pave the way for citizens to raise “rare” species following heated debates about a peacock confiscation case in Kampong Chhnang province.

Sen Sovann hasn’t been charged but records show a relationship with an indicted executive in the case.

Hanoi, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam expects to reach estimated record revenue of 18 billion dollars in 2023 from exports of wood products.