WWF's wildlife photo booklet tighers
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Environment Ministry yesterday inaugurated a booklet 76 pages thick Description from tighers Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri goal in educating the public about the benefits of protecting wildlife and against illegal hunting.
The booklet, which has spent a year compiling described through imagery and writings from various wildlife species that are victims class. It also showed a large tiger that an NGO wants to bring to live in the western plains of a new country.
Un Chakri spokesman for WWF Cambodia said that his organization has published this book 500 copies in English and 300 English will be distributed in schools, universities and institutes of the state. He added that the organization intends to publish more, but he did not know when.
Mr. Kim Sreng regional department of the Ministry of Environment, said: 'It is very important to be aware that protected areas what natural resources. Ministry of Environment has done a lot, but the media is still limited. The inauguration of the picture book from tighers today presented to the public as well as other institutions that have some kind of animal in the area each.
He added that the information contained in this booklet will help people understand the animals better, and can lead to find prevent illegal hunting. The ministry intends to compile the 41 protected areas.
Tighers was selected first by the WWF Cambodia conservation work in the area, and that he also had too many animals out there . According to Mr. Chakri.
He said that his organization used hidden cameras and photographers to take pictures of those animals, and WWF will provide Wildlife images added to Gallery in the future. The total protected area covers an area of about 6 thousand hectares.
Mr. Kim Sreng also acknowledged that the poachers are still a big challenge.
He said: 'We need at least 3 people to protect 100 hectares of land. But the country is now only 0.3 [100 hectares], so we do not have one.
Speaking at the ceremony yesterday, Jackie Ath, director of WWF Cambodia said the wildlife species in protected areas are under pressure and poachers still the reason why the cause is concerned.
He said: 'There are traps everywhere wildlife running to?'.
