Deforestation for profit in Cambodia

Efforts to protect forests come crashing down as locals see gold in felling trees.

Ta Bos – The Cambodian rosewood had stood for hundreds of years, but its value finally proved too hard to resist and the giant tree came crashing down – inside a protected forest.

Read the full story: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/deforestation-for-profit-in-cambodia

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