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Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary rather than just read about it. In short: The Prey Lang Forest (; Khmer: ព្រៃឡង់, Prey Láng pronounced [prɨj lɑŋ]) is a forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Kratie and Stung Treng Provinces in Northern Cambodia. The forest covers an estimated 3,600 square kilometres (1,390 square miles).

Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary — main illustration
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary — illustration

Key takeaways

  • Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Prey Lang Forest (; Khmer: ព្រៃឡង់, Prey Láng pronounced [prɨj lɑŋ]) is a forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Kratie and Stung Treng Provinces in Northern Cambodia. The forest covers an estimated 3,600 square kilometres (1,390 square miles). It is one of Southeast Asia's last remaining lowland evergreen woodlands. It is the largest remaining lowland evergreen forest on the Indochinese peninsula and approximately 200,000 members of ethnic minorities live in or around the Prey Lang.

Protected area Part of the Prey Lang Forest is covered by Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, first created in 2016.

Indigenous communities Prey Lang plays a central role in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Cambodia. Around 200,000 people, mostly members of the indigenous Kuy people, live in districts surrounding Prey Lang, a name which means "Our Forest" in the Kuy language. Prey Lang is an intricate part of their culture and spiritual life and they have depended upon it for generations, collecting resin, building materials, medicine, and food from the forest. Another 700,000 people live within 10 kilometers from Prey Lang, for whom the forest is essential as well.

Deforestation

Prey Lang is under threat from a variety of sources which have put short-sighted economic interests ahead of a nation's long-term well-being. Agribusiness plantations and mining operations are cutting away at the forest, including sensitive core areas. Illegal logging for timber, including luxury wood, is rampant, depriving communities of the resin trees they depend on. It is estimated that up to 250,000 resin trees have been lost to chainsaws. Illegal mining for precious metals and iron ore has also been on the increase, displacing artisanal, environmentally friendly operations. Toxic chemicals are being dumped into Prey Lang waterways, upsetting the area's delicate ecological balance and endangering downstream communities. In addition, new roads are cutting into important and sensitive areas of the forest, and making it easier for unscrupulous actors to illegally clear forest, transport timber, and engage in poaching. The Northern Prey Lang landscape became operational as a REDD+ project in 2018 under Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism, jointly implemented by Conservation International’s Cambodia programme, Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment and Mitsui; Cambodia’s safeguards reporting described 612,525 tonnes of carbon-dioxide-equivalent credits generated through December 2023 under the mechanism.

Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

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Illustrations

Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary illustration
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary: Evidence of Deforestation found by the Prey Lang Community Network.
Evidence of Deforestation found by the Prey Lang Community Network.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

In research
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Environmental justice, Forests of Cambodia, Geography of Kampong Thom province, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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How to study Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in simple terms?

The Prey Lang Forest (; Khmer: ព្រៃឡង់, Prey Láng pronounced [prɨj lɑŋ]) is a forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Kratie and Stung Treng Provinces in Northern Cambodia. The forest covers an estimated 3,600 square kilometres (1,390 square miles).

Why does Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.

Tags

  • Environmental justice
  • Forests of Cambodia
  • Geography of Kampong Thom province
  • Old-growth forests
  • Protected areas of Cambodia
  • Rainforests
  • Wildlife sanctuaries of Cambodia

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