Officials: Game Hunting not to Affect Hill Tribes
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Officials said that a hunting reserve planned for Ratankkiri province will not affect the lives of indigenous people living in the area. Dany Chheang, deputy director of the Forestry Administration’s wildlife protection office said that money from the hunting reserve would be a boon to the nation and the province. “We are not affecting the land of the indigenous people. We are not taking their treasury,” he added.
Graeme Brown, Ratanakkiri Coordinator for Community Forestry International, claimed that eco-tourism projects had not often benefited the indigenous people of the province.
