Monk's Community Forest

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 18 September 2011 | Views [318]

Local children in the forest use slingshots to knock dry resin from the limbs of Rubber Trees. An example of the natural resources that the forest produces that is important to the sustainability of the community.

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On the perimeter of the forest, a small community is under siege from a raging fire, threatening to take the homes and rice fields of the local people. The monk's driving by, stop to assist. This family has loaded a tractor with all of their belongings as the fire burns just a few feet from their home.

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