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The Ministry of Environment expects the number of Asian elephants in Cambodia to increase after park rangers in Mondulkiri province and researchers from World Wildlife Fund for Nature Cambodia (WWF Cambodia) spotted a herd of the animals in Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary on March 16.
The Ministry of Environment and World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Cambodia) are working with relevant parties to establish a secure zone to restore wildlife within the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province as biodiversity in the area has declined.
‘Drastic’ Declines in Cambodia’s Endangered Wildlife 09 February 2021 Share share SREPOK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MONDULKIRI PROVINCE, CAMBODIA — Deep in the deciduous tropical forests on the Srepok River banks, Bun Tropin has a routine as he stations himself at the Mereuch Base for the armed forest rangers of Cambodia’s Ministry of the Environment. The base has a long history of combat dating to the pivotal 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the Vietnam War, given its location at the midpoint of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the route communist-led North Vietnam used for sending weapons, manpo...
Share Environment ministry secretery of state Neth Pheaktra (left) awards Theoun a certificate to recognise his conservation efforts as a forest ranger. Photo supplied Deadly hunter becomes guardian ranger Mon, 25 January 2021 At dawn, Men Theoun packs his supplies – rice, drinking water, a hammock, a rain tent, a plate, bowl and a pot – and carries them on his back as he walks into the forest once again. Theoun grew up deep inside territory controlled by the Khmer Rouge and he learned how to use a gun at a very young age and also how to survive alone in the forest. Years ago he would he...