I guess Chinese gamblers and golfers spend more money than eco-tourists!
On 24 May 2012 08:57, Stephen Ambrose <> wrote:
> I came across this news article earlier today. Click on the Reuters link
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> The Cambodian Government has handed over nearly 20 percent of Botum Sakor
> National Park to a Chinese real-estate firm building a massive casino and
> resorts in the middle of pristine rainforest, reports
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/07/us-cambodia-forests-idUSTRE82607N
> 20120307> Reuters. The city-sized resorts, costing $3.8 billion, will
> include a 64 kilometers highway, an airport, hotels, and golf courses.
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> Sakur is home to a number of endangered species including the pileated
> gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Other
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> species include the white winged duck (Asarcornis scutulata), Sunda
> pangolin
> (Manis javanica), Asian slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), Indochinese
> silvered langur (Trachypithecus germaini), hog deer (Axis porcinus), dhole
> (Cuon alpinus), the elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongate), the Siamese
> crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis), and the fishing cat (Prionailurus
> viverrinus).
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> Stephen Ambrose
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