Sixteen additional crocodile farms have been approved under an international conservation treaty to export Siamese crocodiles, bringing the total number of recognised farms in Cambodia to 21, according to a government official.

There are 445 registered crocodile farms in Cambodia, according to In Hul, deputy director of the Fisheries Conservation Department at the Agriculture Ministry, but only about 5 percent have recognition from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites).

Siamese crocodiles are critically endangered and only a few hundred remain in the wild, according to Cites, which bans farmers from exporting the animals without permission from the intergovernmental body.http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-crocodile-farms-given-cites-recognition