International Animal RescueMon 10 November 2008 UK — Asia
A conservation initiative has been launched in Eastern Cambodia which will help to prevent the destruction of wildlife in an area of 1.5 million acres, Contract Magazine has reported.
Humanscale, in partnership with the Cambodian government, will fund patrols in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, whose wildlife currently faces dangers from illegal poachers, loggers and squatters.
In addition, the scheme will establish a mobile enforcement unit to reduce the illegal trade in tiger and tiger prey in Mondulkiri province, which is an adjacent sanctuary home to leopards, Asian elephants, wild water buffalo and other species only indigenous to Eastern Cambodia.
Robert King, Humanscale's founder and chief executive, told Contract Magazine: "The truth is, having zero environmental impact isn't good enough anymore.
"Unless others take action soon, we may very well lose important eco-regions like those in Eastern Cambodia forever.
"Cambodia currently has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world and since 1970 its primary rainforest cover fell from over 70 per cent to just 3.1 per cent in 2007.
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