🔫 Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

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Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rain poured down in torrential sheets as Ouk Mao guided reporters through the winding dirt tracks that were, in August, rutted with deep trenches of mud and rainwater as Cambodia’s wet season began in earnest.

^{Isabel Esterman (Conservation news)}

🌳 California city approves development project near Earth's oldest living oak tree

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California city OK's project near world's oldest oak tree

The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.

^{Noah Haggerty (Los Angeles Times)}