I must be terribly insensitive for ignoring your post, obviously I dont care about the environment. What a rotten world, where so many concerned, caring individuals like the OP are ignored.
31
bun_cha
alaz, I think your best bet is to take that frustration and convert it to action. And if you're already doing something concrete for the environment in Cambodia, maybe this will energize you for an even greater contribution.
bun_cha
------------------------
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (or chaskemp)
A good old boy from Texas
34
manfrommars
Frankly I wouldnt want to comment on what the Cambodians are / are not doing to their country and its natural resources especially as a guest of their nature - both in the past and the future.
It seems to me that the hippies here in the west are not happy until everyone is following their tree hugging agenda. Thats all well and good for the west, as our development to industrialised and modern nations happened mainly over a century ago and so we can rest on our laurels and maybe clean up after ourselves; however to expect a poor nation thats finally got solid enough footing and the wherewithal to grow up somewhat peacably to also follow in our now green & clean footsteps is pathetic, where will that money come from? will you educate the people to want to this, while glossing over the fact that the west went through all this way back when too?
35
hankor
ManfromMars, a most excellent pot, I was thinking somewhere on the same lines, but you nailed it. Excellent stuff!
36
foolsprogress
<blockquote>Quote
<hr>It seems to me that the hippies here in the west are not happy until everyone is following their tree hugging agenda... <hr></blockquote>
From the title of the report alone - “Cambodia’s Family Trees: Illegal logging and the stripping of public assets by Cambodia’s elite” - it should be obvious that tree hugging is not the only or even the most significant issue dealt with. If this report merely addressed 'green' issues like cutting too many trees and killing off endangered species, the Cambodian government wouldn't have given it a second thought, regardless of how critical it was. But that was not the meat of the report or what concerns certain members of the government so much.
37
somsai
Man from Mars welcome to the Thorn Tree. Your bio reads 15 posts in 6 hours, you've been busy.
38
alazaskan
Just returned from a week in the hills of Taiwan, where I live. Phakphon (and what kind of name is that???) -give me break? What exactly do you mean be "superficicially" visiting a country? Would there be a way for me to become a termite and plow underground? A stupid comment.
A bit combative, yes, that post was. But if it got more people to watch the YouTube vid, then it was a success. As for the trying-to-go-native whities out there- keep trying.
Pro tip
Lonely Planet
trusted partner
trusted partner