Cambodia tiger plan sparks roaring match over wisdom of aid
Financial Times | 1 May 2016
A plan to restore tigers to Cambodia’s dwindling forests has
triggered a roar of disapproval from opponents who fear it could be the latest
international aid project to backfire in the donor-dependent Southeast Asian autocracy.
Supporters of the possible $50m venture claim it
could help revive a ravaged “global biodiversity hotspot” to its former health.
But some conservationists say the Cambodia initiative is flawed because of the
danger tigers could again be killed by poachers — or even start attacking
livestock and people because of a lack of wild prey.
The only beneficiary, they argue, may be Hun
Sen, whose 31-year premiership has been sustained by foreign aid and a
reputation for wiliness to rival any big cat.
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