The forests of the Mekong region have become a battleground as rangers try to stay poachers from driving the Siamese rosewood tree to extinction
It’s dawn in Thailand’s Eastern forest,and the sound of combat boots echoes through the jungle mist at Ta Phraya national park’s headquarters.
The stomping boots belong to forest rangers on a counter-poaching tactics course. They are training with Hasadin, a team of elite rangers formed in June 2015, and whose mission is to stay the Siamese rosewood tree from being driven to extinction by poachers.
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Source: theguardian.com