about the campaign

 

With the end of the Cold War, timber revenue began to replace foreign support for the warring factions in Cambodia's long running civil war. The timber trade funded the war and the war created more demand for timber, a vicious circle. Very quickly personal fortunes were being made by political and military leaders on both sides and the exploitation of timber became a cause for armed conflict in its own right.

Since the end of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia's political leaders have found it tough to kick the habit of using the country's forest reserves as their own personal slush fund.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • about the campaign
    • the khmer rouge and the funding of the civil war
    • forest concessions - a greater threat?
    • timber, politics and development
    • crackdown on illegal forestry and independent monitoring
    • the forestry reform process
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