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John,
Fearless activists are exposing illegal timber trafficking operations that
are tearing down Cambodian forests home to endangered species like the
charismatic sun bear.
Their work is so effective that authorities have launched a brutal
crackdown, throwing these nature defenders in jail…or worse.
Now, they urgently need our help.
Six of them were just recently released from jail after being accused of
unauthorized entry into Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park. But ALL their
equipment was stolen by police and they desperately need to buy new drones
and night cameras to collect evidence of forest destruction, and pay for
gasoline and food to carry out expeditions deep in the forest.
If all of us chip in what we can, we can send them the cash they need –
and keep up our work to protect forests everywhere.
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Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park is a national treasure in Cambodia, home
to the near-extinct giant ibis bird and the clouded leopard. New species
are STILL being discovered in this wildlife haven!
Indigenous people also rely on the forest for clean water, food, and
medicinal plants. But it’s fast disappearing.
Cambodia is suffering from one of the highest deforestation rates in the
world, losing 64% of its tree cover in the last two decades. And 2023 was
the worst deforestation year ever for the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National
Park.
Rampant illegal logging facilitated by a murky web of corrupt government
officials is to blame and brave activists are working tirelessly to prove
it by collecting evidence via drone and satellite imagery.
But forest defenders are paying a high price. Time and again,
environmentalists are being arrested on trumped up charges and silenced
for their work. They're risking everything to save Cambodia’s forests and
need all the help they can get.
That’s where we come in. Together, we can supercharge their efforts by
helping them buy the equipment they desperately need to keep exposing
rogue actors illegally destroying Cambodia’s forests, build strong cases
to demand robust forest protections – and keep up our campaigns fighting
for wild places everywhere.
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Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for
people and the planet.
Thanks for all that you do,
Miriam and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Cambodia denies re-entry to Mongabay journalist who reported on illegal
logging Mongabay 03 February 2025
[ [link removed] ]Statement on Mongabay journalist Gerald Flynn’s blacklisting from
Cambodia following his reporting on illegal logging Mongabay 03 February
2025
[ [link removed] ]Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across
Cambodia Mongabay 17 April 2024
[ [link removed] ]Six activists arrested in Cambodia while investigating illegal
logging Mongabay 25 November 2024
[ [link removed] ]Illegal logging threatens Cambodia’s indigenous people, says
Amnesty The Guardian 28 January 2024
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