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Cambodia now has 40.5 pct land as protected natural areas

Xinhua, January 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree to create "biodiversity conservation corridors", raising the country's protected land to nearly half of the total territory.

The "biodiversity conservation corridors", covering an area of 1.42 million hectares, was to connect the kingdom's 45 designated protected areas with each other, according to the sub-decree signed by the prime minister on Thursday and released to the media on Friday.

"The creation of the biodiversity conservation corridors is to ensure stability and safety of ecological system areas, flora and fauna, especially critically endangered and vulnerable species," it said.

The new protected corridors were also to maintain environmental stability, protect and preserve natural resources and mitigate climate change and risks of natural disasters, it added.

With the corridors, the Southeast Asian nation has placed a total of 7.32 million hectares, or 40.5 percent of the country's land as protected natural areas. Endit