GEF aids fishing communities in adapting to climate change
A five-year project known as CamAdapt, which aims to help coastal fishing communities and ecosystems in four coastal provinces – Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk – adapt to climate change, is expected to start early next year. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gef-aids-fishing-communities-adapting-climate-change
Chinese project in Cambodia raises alarms of military build-up
While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military build-up in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia. Dara Sakor, a new China-backed coastal resort in Koh Kong ...
Kyodo News
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1728967/chinese-project-in-cambodia-raises-alarms-of-military-build-up
Eating to extinction—urban appetite for bushmeat sparks wildlife crisis in Cambodia
From baby elephants to sun bears and pangolins, escalating demand for bushmeat in towns and cities is taking an increasingly heavy toll on some of Cambodia’s most endangered wildlife. ...
Tim Knight
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-extinctionurban-appetite-bushmeat-wildlife-crisis.html
CMAA reports increase in landmine incidents
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority has estimated that the number of mine casualties has increased in the first eight months of this year when compared to the same period last year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536527/cmaa-reports-increase-in-landmine-incidents/
Indonesian businesses look for local partners
Some 80 businessmen from Cambodia and Indonesia gathered at a trade fair in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to forge partnerships and explore ways to boost bilateral trade. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesian-businesses-look-local-partners
Chinese group vows to educate on the law
At a bilateral meeting between Preah Sihanouk province and a delegation of China’s Ministry of Public Security on Friday, the latter committed to educate its nationals to strictly respect Cambodian laws. Provincial administration spokesman Kheang Phearum said on Monday that during the meeting, the administration ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-group-vows-educate-law
Kingdom on track for sustainable development
Government officials yesterday highlighted achievements on the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development, and pledged to continue tackling some issues regarding migration, urbanisation, and human resource development to achieve sustainable development goals. The ICPD was a long-term, 15-point action plan adopted by the ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50650924/kingdom-on-track-for-sustainable-development/
Meeting held to discuss Lango amendments
During a meeting on the revision of the Law on Non-Governmental Organisations yesterday, the Interior Ministry said it will address concerns raised by civil society groups, but it remains unclear how many articles will be revised. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657108/meeting-held-to-discuss-lango-amendments/
Fujian investors eyeing P Sihanouk province
During a meeting with Minister of Industry and Handicraft Cham Prasidh on Thursday in Phnom Penh, Fujian Provincial Federation of Entrepreneurs and Enterprises deputy secretary-general Wei Zheng said the association is eyeing potential areas for investment. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fujian-investors-eyeing-p-sihanouk-province
Entertainment and Investment expo slated for early next year
The third edition of the Asia Entertainment and Investment Expo, also known as AGE Cambodia 2020, will be held at Sokha Beach Resort in Sihanoukville on March 26 and 27, according to the official website for the event. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661036/entertainment-and-investment-expo-slated-for-early-next-year/
SIM card crackdown
Anyone who purchased a mobile phone SIM card without providing appropriate ID can expect to see those phone numbers terminated, while any retailer selling SIM cards without collecting identification documents faces arrest, the government announced yesterday. The crackdown, which begins today, will see any retailer ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sim-card-crackdown
Charting the next seven years of environmental policy
Work began yesterday on Cambodia’s first national environmental plan in more than a decade. Once completed, the National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) will form the backbone of Cambodia’s environmental policy until 2023. The far-reaching plan – which is expected to be put into ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17414/charting-the-next-seven-years-of-environmental-policy/
Charting the next seven years of environmental policy
Work began yesterday on Cambodia’s first national environmental plan in more than a decade. Once completed, the National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) will form the backbone of Cambodia’s environmental policy until 2023. The far-reaching plan – which is expected to be put into ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17414/charting-the-next-seven-years-of-environmental-policy/
Massage workers strike in Siem Reap
More than 70 workers from a Korean-owned massage centre in the tourist hub of Siem Reap protested in front of their workplace yesterday, demanding a basic wage of $177 per month and a $100 yearly health bonus.Workers from the Alaska Massage Center have been on ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/massage-workers-strike-siem-reap
Gender-based pay gap persists: Oxfam study
Asia’s economic success has been carried on the shoulders of poor women, whose higher load of work has been unequally compensated and undervalued, according to an Oxfam report released on Tuesday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-based-pay-gap-persists-oxfam-study
Police in clean up operation
Provincial police seized a large quantity of liquid detergent from an unauthorized chemical manufacturer in Sihanoukville’s capital yesterday. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27218/police-in-clean-up-operation/
Outbreak of pig disease ‘over’
Cambodia is now free of “blue-ear” pig disease, which had infected more than 4,000 pigs in five provinces last month, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16102/outbreak-of-pig-disease----over---/
Korea Gives $13 mil for Flood Project
Korea will provide a $13.3 million concessional loan to renovate the Stung Siem Reap Phase II flood mitigation project after a deal signed yesterday between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Export and Import Bank. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23335/korea-gives--13-mil--for-flood-project/
Mine site in crosshairs
Officials in Ratanakkiri province are preparing to take action against an illegal mining site that is said to have been operating since at least 2006 as part of ongoing efforts to reform the sector.Hun Bunthan, director of the province’s Mines and Energy Department, said that ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mine-site-crosshairs
ADB supports Cambodia’s push to develop new environmental plan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the government of Cambodia to develop a National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) to help the country achieve its sustainable development goals. ...
The FINANCIAL News Staff
http://www.finchannel.com/index.php/business/item/51340-adb-supports-cambodia-s-push-to-develop-new-environmental-plan