Local rights group Licadho said that the government granted an economic land concession in the area in 2022, even though it contravened a 2012 moratorium on new concessions, which have been linked to mass evictions, rapid deforestation and extraction of resources.
Cambodian environmental activists investigating illegal logging are freed from detention
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Ouch Leng, who was awarded a 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, was arrested Saturday in northeastern Stung Treng province, the rights group Licadho said in a statement.
Ouch Leng, prominent Cambodia environmentalist, arrested while investigating illegal logging
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