Original report from Washington
10 August 2009
Environmental watchdogs say they are concerned Cambodia could be jeopardizing wildlife habitat with government forestry concessions and the illegal trade of timber and wildlife.
Nicholas Sorenson, a special projects director for the Wildlife Alliance, based in Washington, gave a video demonstration recently showing wild animals under the protection of the group in Cambodia.
As the country emerged from the Khmer Rouge and the decades of civil war that followed, wildlife and forests were descended upon, he told VOA Khmer in an interview.
“Wildlife was hunted, tigers were hunted, trees were cut down,” he said. “And you know, corruption ultimately is the No. 1 thing to blame.”
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