"Boutum Sakor National Park" is across the bay from Sihanoukville... Googling recent satellite images of the park reveals serious and organized deforestation right in the middle of the park. Obviously, this is no "secret poaching" -- an inside job -- for sure...
There are no roads to highway 48 from the big clear-cut in the middle of the park, but only one long road due west to a coastal point. They are taking the wood out by boat, most likely to Thailand and/or Vietnam directly, and then on to China and elsewhere. Have a look at these photos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botum_Sakor_National_Park
Boutum Sakor Park Deforestation
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Boutum Sakor Park Deforestation
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The 20km2 hole is a tad under 1% of the total reserve. That doesn't sound like much but a hole that big is just vandalism, and yet another example of the lack of any sustainability concept.
A less considered consequence is the volume of water that has to be managed now that the contour and natural drainage has been negatively altered. Not sure what the elevation of the affected area would be, though.
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This is what many predicted when the Chinese were awarded two huge concessions in the area totaling 45,000 hectares. When I look at this area on Google Earth it says the image data is from 2012 so god knows what it's like now.
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