MORE than 300 people took part in the fifth annual Crane Festival in Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in southeastern Kampot province recently to build public support for the conservation of the “venerable” sarus crane and in observation of World Migratory Bird Day five days earlier, according to NatureLife Cambodia.
The event was held on Thursday at Koh Tnort Primary School in the namesake village of Prek Kroes commune and attended by Kampong Trach district authorities and other officials, the NatureLife Cambodia CEO, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Ltd (WWT) country director, and NGO representatives, NatureLife Cambodia said in a statement on Friday.