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Can ecotourism save Cambodia’s ‘ghost parks’?

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2022-02-08

In March 2021, Cambodia signed into law Sub-decree No. 30, which removed official protection from some 127,000 hectares of land formerly included in national parks, reserves and wildlife sanctuaries in Koh Kong province. Purportedly done to grant land rights to local communities, a 2021 Mongabay investigation revealed that land brokers with links to government officials were buying up large expanses of this now-obtainable land.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/can-ecotourism-save-cambodias-ghost-parks/