Press release on Mekong River dolphin deaths in Kandal province

On 9 August 2023, the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries issued a press release to inform the public after finding a 1.01-meter-long female Irrawaddy dolphin weighing 14.4 kg, about two months old, dead of trapping in nets in Peam village, ...

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Press release on the death of a male dolphin at the Koh Kon Sat Dolphin Sanctuary

On 19 March 2023, the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release on the death of a male dolphin at the Koh Kon Sat Dolphin Sanctuary, Koh Preah commune, Siem Bok district, Stung Treng province.According to experts from ...

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Joint press release: Rare birds population show signs of increase

On 11 January 2023, World Wide Fund for nature Cambodia has posted a joint press release on rare birds population show signs of increase on their official website. According to the press, in 2022, for the fourth year in a row, the census counts show higher ...

World Wide Fund for nature Cambodia

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The forest situation in the Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre

On 04 August 2022, the Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release on the forest situation in the Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre.The Forestry Administration has issued a press release stating that in Phnom Tamao, a ...

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Second national orchid forum

On 03 May 2022, the Ministry of Environment issued an announcement on the second national orchid forum.The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Youth Federation of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, will organize the “Second national orchid forum” on 11 May 2022. ...

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National and World Environment Day on 05 June under the theme "Caring for the planet for our health"

On 02 May 2022, the Ministry of Environment issued an announcement on the National and World Environment Day on 05 June under the theme “Caring for the planet for our health”.The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with Battambang Provincial Administration will celebrate the National and ...

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The Asian Vision Institute and the Ministry of Environment​ signed the MOU on the cooperation on environmental management and sustainable development.

On 27 October 2021, the Asian Vision Institute issued a press release on the Asian Vision Institute and the Ministry of Environment​ signed the MOU on the cooperation on environmental management and sustainable development.The Ministry of Environment, represented by​ H.E. Dr Vann Monyneath, General Secretariat ...

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Statement: Cooperate partnerships report in 2020 “WWF-Cambodia”

On 24 March 2021, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a statement on the cooperation partnerships report in 2020. Generally, the cooperation between WWF and the private sector is taken in three ways such as driving sustainable business practices, communication and awareness-raising activities, and philanthropic relationships.  ...

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WWF: High-risk trade in wildlife threatens ecosystems and risks exposure to zoonotic diseases

On 10 July 2020, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. An estimated 12.3 million snares threaten ...

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Ministry of Environment bans wild orchid trade in the protected areas

On 10 July 2020, the Ministry of Environment publishes a public notice on the ban of wild orchid trade, which are actively collecting in protected areas due to the buzz on social media about high-end purchases. The ministry added that collecting wild orchid from the ...

Ministry of Environment

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First-ever action plan to save Asian elephants in Cambodia launched

On 12 May 2020, the Ministry of Environment and Fauna & Flora International announced a joint press release highlighting a landmark conservation achievement for Cambodia: the launch of the National Elephant Action Plan. This adoption will now guide the conservation of this charismatic species in ...

Fauna & Flora International

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WWF statement on Cambodian government’s decision to suspend hydropower dam development on the Mekong River

On 20 March 2020, World Wide Fund for nature Cambodia (WWF-Cambodia) has issued a statement on Cambodian’s government decision to suspend hydro power dam development along the Mekong river. According to the statement, the decision to suspend hydro power project on the Mekong is the ...

WWF-Cambodia

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Record number of baby Siamese crocodiles – once thought to be extinct – spotted in the wild

On 19 February 2020, the Fauna & Flora International announced that the hatching of ten baby Siamese crocodiles were spotted by conservationists in late January at the sanctuary, a protected part of the Stung Knong river, in Veal Veng district, Pursat province. The statement said ...

Fauna​ &​ Flora​ International

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Apsara authority announces the move of elephants from Angkor temple complex

Apsara authority has announced on 13 November 2019 over the move of elephants from Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex and it will end elephant rides business. Elephant management association will take charge of moving the elephants to a new home –a community forest (BosThom), located in ...

Apsara Authority

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Prey Lang ceremony will be hold in late of March

Prey Lang Community Network will hold the annual Prey Lang ceremony in late March to commemorate and preserve indigenous identities and promote the forest’s potential. According to a PLCN press release on Tuesday, the ceremony and tree blessing will be held from March 26 to 27 ...

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Three new natural protected areas established to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment

On  13 September 2016, the Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to establish three new Natural Protected Areas with a total land area of 27 941.06 hectares to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment. Those three Natural Protected Areas include of ...

Ministry of Environment

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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announces ELCs tax revenues

On 25 July 2016, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  announced that by the end of the first half of this year, Ministry of Agriculture had collected about $600,000 in taxes from economic land concessions (ELCs) from 21 of the 233 private companies that received ...

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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Cambodia's Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary sells first carbon credits

Phonm Penh, Cambodia (July 23, 2016)-The Royal Government of Cambodia, through a long-running partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has sold to Disney the first carbon credits from a climate change mitigation project in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, which encompasses to total area of 292,690 ...

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Educational television program​ on environment produced by Ministry of Environment

The Ministry of Environment and Khmer Mekong Films production are working together to produce an educational television program called “Make it Beautiful” to promote public understanding on environment protection, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation, and living sustainability. This program will be showed on every Sunday ...

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Establishment of 18 natural protected areas under the management of Ministry of Environment

On 9 May 2016, Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen signed on sub-decree on the establishment of 18 natural protected areas (NPA), with a total land area of 2,674,503 hectares, to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment. Prey Lang, one of the 18 ...

Ministry of Environment

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National consultation workshop on "Putting five protected forests as natural protected areas"

Ministry of Environment cooperated with Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to organize a National Consultation Workshop on “Putting Prey Lang, Southern Cardamoms Corridor, Prey Preah Roka, Prey Simphan and Prey Vansay as natural protected areas” on April 25, 2016 at the Hotel Sofitel Phnom Penh ...

Ministry of Environment

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The Ministry of Environment will allocate five forest areas under the protected forests and forest conservation

The Ministry of Environment will allocate five production forests namely Prey Long, Southern Cardamoms Corridor, Prey Preah Roka, Prey Simphan and Prey Vansay which claims a total of 950.000 hectares under the protected forests and forest conservation. ...

Ministry of Environment

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Guidelines on the prevention of forest fire

The ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries has identified guidelines on the  prevention of forest fire amid arrival of dry season. All seven point guidelines have identified the main causes and actions leading to forest fire, relevant regulations and legal actions against offenders. The ministry ...

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LICADHO opens up its land concessions data, urges full transparency from the government

The Cambodian League for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) is today releasing to the public its land concession dataset and urges the government to follow suit by publicly disclosing details of all land concessions granted in Cambodia. The information released is the ...

Cambodian League for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)

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