Phnom Penh Post
THE government has approved a sub-decree reclassifying more than 1,000 hectares of protected land in Koh Kong province as social land concessions, officials said.
The sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 31, has turned more than a 1,000 hectares of Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary in Khemarak Phomin Ville’s Stung Veng commune over to housing and agricultural land for local residents.
Photo by: Sebastian Strangio The 25,897-hectare Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1993, encompasses some of the world’s last intact mangrove coastal ecosystems.
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