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Happy to see my photo on the bird meat trade in Cambodia recognized in this year's Bird Photographer of the Year competition! Yellow bitterns and other waterbirds on sale in downtown Phnom Penh - our investigation found #birds available across most markets of the capital and several provinces 🌏

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Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures

theguardian.comWinners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in picturesPhotographers from all over the world entered more than 24,000 images into the world’s largest bird photography competition, with an image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface taking the grand prize

Yann Bigant

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Southeast Asia as whole really needs to look into the protection of #birds beyond protected areas - notably in farmland and wetlands 🌏 Full investigation dialogue.earth/en/nature/bi...

dialogue.earthBird hunting in Cambodia driven by poverty and lax enforcementConservationists are raising the alarm on an overlooked crisis across the country and Southeast Asia

23/9/26, 11:40 am3 reposts7 likes

Yann Bigant

@yannbigant.com

Protecting #birds starts by banning certain tools like mist nets from physical and online markets, strengthening laws, *enforcing* them (ahem Cambodia) and supporting economic alternatives in hunting communities 🌏