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Earth movers clear land next to the Try Pheap Boeng Tonle Merech rubber plantation in the Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia. It is a sanctuary in name only as most of the land has been sold by the government for agricultural concessions. According to the Khymer Times, "Cambodia exported 282,071 tons of dry rubber in 2019...The Southeast Asian nation made a gross revenue of roughly 377 million U.S. dollars from exports of the commodity last year [2019]." Exports are mainly to countries such as China, Singapore and Malaysia. The South East Asian country has one of the fastest rates of deforestation in the world and it is estimated only 3% of primary forest is left throughout the country. Forest clearance is fuelled by demand for agricultural land and high value species of tree for the Asian furniture market.
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![Earth movers clear land next to the Try Pheap Boeng Tonle Merech rubber plantation in the Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia. It is a sanctuary in name only as most of the land has been sold by the government for agricultural concessions. According to the Khymer Times, "Cambodia exported 282,071 tons of dry rubber in 2019...The Southeast Asian nation made a gross revenue of roughly 377 million U.S. dollars from exports of the commodity last year [2019]." Exports are mainly to countries such as China, Singapore and Malaysia. The South East Asian country has one of the fastest rates of deforestation in the world and it is estimated only 3% of primary forest is left throughout the country. Forest clearance is fuelled by demand for agricultural land and high value species of tree for the Asian furniture market.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000uT9PFynwYYk/fit=1000x750/Cambodia-Burning-Sean-Gallagher-20-02-288.jpg)
