The Center calls for an immediate moratorium on further decontrol actions pending thorough executive and legislative branch reviews of the present procedures and consideration of statutorily mandated safeguards needed to protect against ill-advised initiatives in thisarea.
Aware of these realities, UNESCO is pursuing its activities to protect cultural heritage and calls upon Member States to ratify the international conventions covering thisarea.
The Cambodian government has promised that this month it will begin discussing how to protect the Cardamoms following a report due this week on the first biodiversity survey of the area.