Friday, 07 January 2011
| Bun Saluot says that logging and hunting of wildlife has decreased in a forested area in northwestern Cambodia since he and his associates began more than 10 years ago draping ancient and large trees with orange and saffron cloth. He is the director of a Buddhist forestry association in Banteay Meanchey province. He said that local villagers and farmers initially opposed the action but eventually grew to appreciate it as they gained understanding that their livelihoods were tied to a healthy natural environment. ''Robed trees make this forest sacred and powerful,'' he said. (Pich Samnang, Banteay Meanchey province, VOA Khmer) |
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