With less than 30% of Greater Mekong’s forests remaining, new WWF report highlights efforts by people and communities trying to stop the devastation.
Tag: deforestation
Southeast Asian forest loss much greater than expected, with negative implications for climate
The findings are important: they raise questions about assumptions made in global climate change projections as well as future environmental conditions in the region.
Cambodia: saving forests a matter of life and death
It is just a matter of time until it all disappears, given the level of greed involved.
Environmental Monks Need International Support
In Thailand and Cambodia rural monks often “ordain” trees, but illegal loggers and corrupt government officials don’t respect such religious traditions.
Cambodia, Laos losing the last of their trees
Despite official pledges to halt the trade, smugglers in Cambodia and Laos are finding ways to illegally ship timber to Vietnam. The precious hardwood is often used in furniture factories that ship their products largely to China.
In a threatened Cambodian forest, hand-in-hand push to protect land and people
Cambodia’s deforestation rate is one of the fastest in the world, endangering wildlife as well as cultures that have long drawn on the forests for their livelihoods
Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive
Burma’s exporting ecological destruction along with its genocide of the Rohingya.
Cambodia continues to fuel Vietnam timber trade
Cambodian Human Rights Task Force, described the timber trade with Vietnam as “mafia” business, which was destroying Cambodia’s environment.
Deforestation in Cambodia linked to ill health in children
Study finds loss of dense forest cover in Cambodia is associated with an increased risk of diarrhea, acute respiratory infection and fever in children younger than five years.
The high price we pay for deforestation
Floods in many countries are taking a huge toll on life and property; afforestation is one way to address the crisis