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Cardamoms
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Cardamoms, mountains, Thailand and Cambodia

Cardamoms (kär`dəməmz), Thai Banthat, Khmer Kravanh, mountain group extending c.100 mi (160 km) along the Thai-Cambodian border, E of Chanthaburi, SE Thailand. The mountains receive monsoon rains and have a dense vegetation cover. A Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge , name given to native Cambodian Communists. Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, began a large-scale insurgency against government forces in 1970, quickly gaining control over more than two thirds of the country.
..... Click the link for more information.  stronghold in the late 20th cent., the Cambodian Cardamoms remain relatively undeveloped and preserve many unusual species. Some 2.44 million acres (809,000 hectares) in the Cardamoms are part of a protected forest and two wildlife sancturies,
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Although, after 30 years of war and civil unrest in Cambodia, the Cardamom Mountains are now home to only 200 to 300 elephants, we believe that the habitat, with protection, could easily support several thousand.
Species conservation under Appendix I by Tieger, Maggie / Endangered Species Update
Cambodia -- The central Cardamom Mountains may soon become the centerpiece of a 2.
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The survey has produced powerful evidence of the outstanding national, regional and global importance of the Cardamom Mountains for wildlife conservation,'' Jenny Daltry, leader of the FFI team, said in urging the Cambodian government to protect a wide range of animal life in the area from commercial exploitation.
Rare animal species found in southwestern Cambodia by Asian Economic News
 
 
 
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