Rattanikiri, Mondulkiri: Went there five years ago, touring around with knowledgeable local guides. Devastating.
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese companies actively eliminating the natural resources with the help of their Khmer friends.
Can't be bothered to have another look, too saddening.
Try Pheap: “But in 300 years, the trees will still be [in the museum] . . . All kinds of timber will be displayed in the museum . . . and all Cambodians who do not know about the trees can go there to study."
Should be the logger baron okna excellencies that are on display.
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You should put a proper emoticon when you're making subtle jokes like this or someone might think you're serious. Try this one next time.Florida wrote:Trees are over-rated.
They are a major source of pollution. They give off
a lot of those greenhouse gasses. The elephant in the room
on greenhouse gas emissions.
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The interesting thing about Florida is that you never quite know if he’s just completely batshit crazy, or on the other hand is trying to make a sophisticated but sort of misguided point about something like the albedo effect.Jacked Camry wrote:You should put a proper emoticon when you're making subtle jokes like this or someone might think you're serious. Try this one next time.Florida wrote:Trees are over-rated.
They are a major source of pollution. They give off
a lot of those greenhouse gasses. The elephant in the room
on greenhouse gas emissions.
What I know for sure is, I wish I’d taken his advice on Naga Corp stock way back when, for which he was also roundly dismissed as a lunatic.
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Kampong Thom too is being cut down.
We saw it in Thailand some decades ago, and more recently in Vietnam and perhaps in Myanmar in the future. We see it everywhere. They'll cut until they can't efficiently cut anymore (up mountains, too many protesters, etc.)
It is a source of national capital that government / military officials use to reinvest in Cambodia. Last I heard, the official word is that logging illegally is tolerated but frowned upon (for the bad press it brings), but if the proceeds are invested in Cambodia (usually some less-than-successful real estate project / office / apartment building) then it's ok.
As I said before, they are essentially transplanting a forest of trees and making a forest of high rise (8+ story) buildings in PP. A forest of high rises is what they want! It'll eventually pay off, they know.
So they (usually govt officials / officers) have to park and invest the money somewhere in Cambodia and they won't be attacked later for it. The idea is that, they are making lots of money and helping to modernize Cambodia as well.
Rent is a steady stream of income. Forests are usually wilderness and are not a large, high-status steady stream of income ...
So if you see some lazy Khmers in a nice place, they think they're set for the next few years, and for have to work hard until then. It's a learning curve, definitely.
It's kind of like Arabs and their oil, but the Arabs have a lot more oil than Cambodians have trees. You know how lazy Arabs are. They both know one day the gravy train will end, so they better enjoy it while they can and invest it back into Cambodia to profit in the future as well.
We saw it in Thailand some decades ago, and more recently in Vietnam and perhaps in Myanmar in the future. We see it everywhere. They'll cut until they can't efficiently cut anymore (up mountains, too many protesters, etc.)
It is a source of national capital that government / military officials use to reinvest in Cambodia. Last I heard, the official word is that logging illegally is tolerated but frowned upon (for the bad press it brings), but if the proceeds are invested in Cambodia (usually some less-than-successful real estate project / office / apartment building) then it's ok.
As I said before, they are essentially transplanting a forest of trees and making a forest of high rise (8+ story) buildings in PP. A forest of high rises is what they want! It'll eventually pay off, they know.
So they (usually govt officials / officers) have to park and invest the money somewhere in Cambodia and they won't be attacked later for it. The idea is that, they are making lots of money and helping to modernize Cambodia as well.
Rent is a steady stream of income. Forests are usually wilderness and are not a large, high-status steady stream of income ...
So if you see some lazy Khmers in a nice place, they think they're set for the next few years, and for have to work hard until then. It's a learning curve, definitely.
It's kind of like Arabs and their oil, but the Arabs have a lot more oil than Cambodians have trees. You know how lazy Arabs are. They both know one day the gravy train will end, so they better enjoy it while they can and invest it back into Cambodia to profit in the future as well.
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I managed to finish Strangios book the other day, but was so depressing I had to shut it many times over.
Strangio makes the point that the rape of Cambodia's resources, whether it be gems, sand or timber has become so hopelessly interlinked with the political patronage network, that it has grown outside the control of any single entity or person, Iron Man included.
A kind of very Asian Skynet.
Strangio makes the point that the rape of Cambodia's resources, whether it be gems, sand or timber has become so hopelessly interlinked with the political patronage network, that it has grown outside the control of any single entity or person, Iron Man included.
A kind of very Asian Skynet.
Haha - my money’s on Playboy
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Here is a report about air quality in southeast Asia... ...the trend continues...
The air has been really bad for the past six weeks all over Cambodia...
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/s ... nal-report
...as the rich onkha says in the OP phnom post article, (see first post) "only god can judge us..."
The air has been really bad for the past six weeks all over Cambodia...
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/s ... nal-report
...as the rich onkha says in the OP phnom post article, (see first post) "only god can judge us..."
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
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Might explain why i’ve had a sore throat for the past monthOrichá wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:03 amHere is a report about air quality in southeast Asia... ...the trend continues...
The air has been really bad for the past six weeks all over Cambodia...
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/s ... nal-report
...as the rich onkha says in the OP phnom post article, (see first post) "only god can judge us..."
Right. Check out Battambang last night. Getting worse. Not quite a London particular, but on the way.
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I don't usually notice, but I am taking salbumatol tablets to relieve the bronchial pressure... I thought my asthma days were over...
Have a look at this link, AirVisual Earth charts global air quality live: fabulous but terrifying!
https://www.iqair.com/earth
BROWN and GREEN are bad, BLUE is clear... the app gives precise numbers measured from thousands of points around the world ... (...an android app also available, and you can input your locale and get hourly updates...)
...this is the "live" internet version:
Have a look at this link, AirVisual Earth charts global air quality live: fabulous but terrifying!
https://www.iqair.com/earth
BROWN and GREEN are bad, BLUE is clear... the app gives precise numbers measured from thousands of points around the world ... (...an android app also available, and you can input your locale and get hourly updates...)
...this is the "live" internet version:
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
...Hannah Arendt
...Hannah Arendt