A VISIT TO THE PROTECTED AREAS OF THE AKHAS IN LAOS by ALANN DE VUYST

7/23/2019 A VISIT TO THE PROTECTED AREAS OF THE AKHAS IN LAOS by ALANN DE VUYST

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yjv` Hm`h~ hef @gcei~ je h arjdefoz yhz% Gdhejei/ v`hv ~cgd ca v`dg hnvthooz jeqjvdf gd/ ~cv`dz nctof `hqd gcrd Ohc y`j~mdz vc frjem/ acr y`jn` J yctof |hz acr ca nctr~d% Y`de Jrdhoj{df v`j~/ J ghfd decti` dpnt~d~ ~c v`hv J nctof fc gz cye v`jei/ ojmd vhmjei |jnvtrd~ cr~vrjmjei t| h nceqdr~hvjce%V`d ghzcr hef cv`dr bji yji~ ydrd nhrrjdf ce dod|`hev n`hjr~ bz h irct| ca zctei gde%Dqdrzced |hrvjdf tevjo qdrz ohvd% Acr gd v`d ecj~d hef frtemde |dc|od yh~ vcc gtn` vc bhrd/ ~cJ ecv ~jv fcye yjv` zctei~vdr~/ y`c yctof `hqd caadrdf gd accf hef frjem~ je rdvtre acr v`dt~tho xtd~vjce~ ca/ @cy hrd zct3 Y`drd hrd zct arcg3/ Y`hv~ zctr ehgd3 V`j~ yctof `hqd

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Hihje h zctei bcz vrjdf vc ~doo `j~ bdhtvjato `crebjoo `dhf% J vrjdf ~yh||jei jv acr gz ~vhjeod~~~vddo ~yjvn`bohfd mejad% V`dz hoo `hf h occm hv jv/ btv je v`d def v`dz |rdadrrdf nh~`/ bh`v crMj|/ cr dqde fcoohr~%

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~ji`v ca gz ehmdf btg/ `d h~mdf gd vc idv frd~~df/ hef yd gcqdf ce% Bz v`rdd hg yd hrrjqdfhv Ehghz%V`drd jefddf/ yd ydrd ghfd qdrz ydoo% @drd vcc/ v`d Dtrc|dhe Ncggj~~jce `hf h yhvdr vh|je~vhoodf/ v`d ~vhr~ ca v`d DT oci xtjvd qj~jbod btv ahfjei% J v`jem DT ~|ce~crdf jv btv v`d

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V`drd ydrd gcrd ~oc|d~ t| hef fcye hihje% Bdacrd yd rdhn`df v`d qjoohid ca ^tdd/ y`drd ydyctof ecv ~vhz/ h~ `d fjfev mecy hezbcfz v`drd/ yd `hf nojgbdf ~cgd `ji`dr acrd~vohef/y`jn` yh~ gtn` frjdr% @drd yd cb~drqdf hef oj~vdedf vc bjrf~/ hef Mc~~c ~vhrvdf `tggjeiHm`h ~cei% @d yh~ h iccf ohf/ `do|ato hef ycrv` `j~ gcedz% J yh~ icjei vc |hz `jg v`d acrvzfcoohr~ v`hv Ecoc yctof idv arcg v`d hidenz% Gz ~`cd~ yctofev oh~v h fhz oceidr/ Mc~~c ~hjf%

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V`dz yjoo ajef ctv acr v`dg~doqd~/ ~ccedr cr ohvdr/ y`jn` VQ |rcirhg~ vc yhvn` hef y`jn`ecv% Yd ho~c ijqd v`dg hfqjnd hef vrz vc ~vc| v`dg btrejei v`d acrd~v/ btv jv j~ h |rckdnv caocei brdhv`/ `d ~hjf%J yh~ ncg|odvdoz ~`hvvdrdf/ hef ~c Mc~~c ~hjf v`hv yd nctof ic ce h vrtnm vc Gthei ~jei/

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