Angelina Jolie Helped Protect 60,000 Hectares of Forest in Cambodia

Videos circulating on social media appear to show Chinese nationals who have leased land for agricultural purposes in the Koson district of Kashkadarya region catching frogs, removing their skin, and subsequently frying and eating them. The footage has attracted public attention and raised questions about the treatment of wild animals, the conservation of biodiversity, and the regulations governing the capture and use of wildlife.

The head of the Ecology Department in Jomboy District, Samarkand Region, was caught red-handed while accepting a monoblock computer as a bribe. In exchange, he had promised not to take action over the illegal felling of trees, to reduce the amount of environmental damage assessed, and to help secure the release of a truck from an impound lot.

Canada is widely regarded as one of the most lake-rich countries in the world. According to some scientific estimates, more than half of the world’s lakes are located within its borders. The country is home to millions of lakes of different sizes, varying in surface area, depth, and geological origin.

Once roaming freely across the vast Kyzylkum Desert and the Ustyurt Plateau, the Asiatic cheetah can no longer be found in the wild in Uzbekistan. One of the fastest land mammals in the world disappeared from the country’s natural landscapes decades ago. Today, the last known population of the Asiatic cheetah in the wild survives in Iran. However, this rare subspecies remains at an extremely high risk of extinction.