[Use Case] BeTreed Cambodia

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Local organization trying to prevent illegal logging through community engagement and patrols. It would be interesting to monitor the changes from farming and development projects in the areas around the Phnom Thnout-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary

https://www.google.com/maps/place/BeTreed+Adventures/@13.497363,104.716278,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb1b246eb4b4981f5?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_0aawqYD-AhV-7zgGHWZTA44Q_BJ6BAhWEAg

"Farmland borders both Phnom Tnout and the ‘core area’ within the sanctuary, a zone which includes the park’s most pristine wildlife habitat. Farms that existed before the wildlife sanctuary was designated in 2017 were allowed to remain. But the lack of a buffer zone between farms and forest hurts conservation and increases human-wildlife conflict, said Davis, who believes saving animals from snares and gunshots requires fencing off.

In the last six months, excavators have dug 17 kilometres of the perimeter of the core area. The impact of the trench’s construction on the forest and wildlife movement is unquestionable. About a quarter of the trench so far has gone through dense forest, which Davis called “an unavoidable loss.” In the excavator's wake, conservationists have been planting bamboo along the ditch in the hopes a natural barrier eventually regrows."

https://kiripost.com/stories/silent-forests-to-save-wildlife-in-cambodia-conservationists-attempt-a-last-ditch-effort