[2] 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.

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.

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.

Illegal logging for timber, including luxury wood, is rampant, depriving communities of the resin trees they depend on.

Toxic chemicals are being dumped into Prey Lang waterways, upsetting the area's delicate ecological balance and endangering downstream communities.