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Author Archives: Chris Humphrey

Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

Cambodian sanctuary ravaged by logging

by Chris Humphrey May 5, 2019February 18, 2020

As you approach Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, five hours north of Phnom Penh, it’s difficult to tell exactly where the park begins. There is no audience of trees to greet you, no sign to welcome you. In many areas, there are no trees at all, the land more reminiscent of parched African savannah than Southeast […]

去年7月老撾南部阿塔佩省的大壩坍塌破壞了Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy水壩以南的森林和附近的村莊。 大壩建設商和政府缺乏適當的補償可能也導致非法採伐個案增加。相片:Chris Humphrey
Posted inAT Finance, Laos

老撾大壩倒塌摧毀南部受保護森林

by Chris Humphrey January 2, 2019February 18, 2020
The dam collapse in Attapeu in southern Laos in July devastated forests south of the Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy dam as well as nearby villages. Lack of proper compensation from dam builders and the government may have also caused a rise in illegal logging. Photo: Chris Humphrey
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Greater Bay Area, Laos, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Deadly dam collapse hit protected forests in southern Laos

by Chris Humphrey January 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Loggers get ready to take logs away on the China-Vietnam border village of Dongzhong in this file photo from 2003. The EU is working on a deal to buy verifiable timber from Vietnam but the industry is still riddled with corruption. Photo: AFP / Peter Parks
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Laos, Malaysia, Shanghai, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

by Chris Humphrey December 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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