Siem Reap orders tough, immediate crackdown on illegal timber sites

Siem Reap provincial deputy governor Ngan Phirun has instructed authorities to immediately put a stop to all activities at more than 140 illegal logging sites in or near protected areas and biodiversity corridors in the province to prevent further deforestation. - Siem Reap Provincial Adiminstration

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Siem Reap provincial deputy governor Ngan Phirun has instructed authorities to immediately put a stop to all activities at more than 140 illegal logging sites in or near protected areas and biodiversity corridors in the province to prevent further deforestation.

Phirun announced the operation at a meeting of the technical coordination committee of the Siem Reap provincial council on Dec 23 without specifying which protected areas or corridors the illegal logging or timber processing was taking place at.