This link was published on 26 August 2015

Industrial concessions causing massive deforestation in Cambodia

A new report from Forest Trends has found agricultural concessions in Cambodia provide entry points for destructive logging of natural forests, where some concessions are even located inside designated protected areas. This indicates a recent shift for Cambodian forests, which were previously being encroached by smallholder farmers. The landowners working these concessions are now much larger companies, opening access to previously inaccessible land. The report questions the levels of corruption and transparency within Cambodia - particularly at the point where concessions are identified and awarded – and calls for a logging moratorium while a full legal assessment is done on all designated forest land.

  • Mongabay
  • Deforestation
  • Forests
  • Logging
  • Forest Trends
  • agricultural concessions
  • logging moratorium
  • Industrial concessions