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Friday 9 September 2011

Cambodia: ‘Avatar' Rally to Protect Country’s Forest



Written by Sopheap Chak
Global Voices
Posted 8 September 2011

Dressed like the Na'vi tribe from the film Avatar, Cambodian villagers protested the plan to clear the Prey Lang forest to make way for the establishment of plantations and mines. Prey Lang is the “largest primary lowland dry evergreen forest remaining both in Cambodia and on the Indochinese Peninsular.”

Prey Lang is arguably the largest intact area of indigenous land left in Cambodia. Located between the Mekong and Stung Sen Ricers, the forest straddles four provinces (Preah Vihear, Kampong Thom, Kratie, and Stung Treng.)

About 200,000 people, mostly indigenous Kuy (pronounced Koo-ie,) live in 339 villages in six districts surrounding the forest. As many as 350,000 people live in the greater Prey Lang area. Read the full article and pictures here at Global Voices.

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