Cambodian PM scraps development project threatening wildlife sanctuary

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PHNOM PENH, Aug 7 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday cancelled a controversial satellite-city development around a wildlife sanctuary and zoo near the capital following...

PHNOM PENH, Aug 7 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday cancelled a controversial satellite-city development around a wildlife sanctuary and zoo near the capital following growing online appeals to halt the project.

Developers last week started razing privatised areas around the more than 2,000-hectare Phnom Tamao forest area, an hour drive from capital Phnom Penh, and home to many rare and endangered wildlife including sambar deer at the zoo. But on Sunday morning, strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the project stopped and thanked compatriots for their “constructive comments” and requests to conserve the forest around the Phnom Tamao zoo.

He said that the forest around the zoo must be preserved, ordering the companies to replant trees on dozens of hectares of land they have already cleared.

 

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