EU asks gov’t to cancel Mondulkiri border crossing plan
The EU has called on the government to kill plans for a controversial border checkpoint in the Mondulkiri Protected Forest that has drawn the ire of conservationists since it was first mooted two years ago. At a meeting with Interior Minister Sar Kheng on August 9, EU Ambassador George Edgar said the forest, which has seen significant EU funding in support of local communities and conservation groups, was an “important area in terms of biodiversity”. “The recommendation from the EU was to cancel plans – which we understand are currently suspended – for a road that would go through the core zone of the Mondulkiri Protected Forest,” Edgar said in a statement on August 10.
