Cambodian leader U-turns on rare dolphin conservation law | The Malaysian Insight

Cambodian leader Hun Sen cancels a law he created just two months ago to protect critically endangered Mekong dolphins as the mammals continue to die from illegal fishing activities. – EPA pic, April 27, 2023.

CAMBODIAN leader Hun Sen today cancelled a law he created just two months ago to protect critically endangered Mekong dolphins as the mammals continue to die from illegal fishing activities. The population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the river Mekong has dwindled from 200, when the first census was taken in 1997, to just 89 in 2020 largely due to illegal fishing and habitat loss.

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