Greed for land consumes lakes, forests: Environment 2022
<p>Timber, monkeys, orchids, sand: Cambodia’s protected areas and natural resources continue to be a lucrative source of income, in spite of all the promises (and international funding) to protect them. Above all else, the hunger for land has consumed Cambodians and foreigners alike, triggering a constant ...p>
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/greed-for-land-consumes-lakes-forests-environment-2022/
GDP seeking solution to Ratanakkiri prison land dispute
<p>The General Department of prisons (GDp) is planning to establish an ad-hoc working group to cooperate with the Ratanakkiri provincial Administration to find a solution to a land dispute concerning the provincial prison. The announcement followed a December report by a local online media outlet on ...p>
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-seeking-solution-ratanakkiri-prison-land-dispute
China remains the largest export market for Cambodia
<p> The CCFTA, signed in October 2020 and effective since January 2022, was initiated by Cambodian officials with the aim of broadening its trade relations and export markets in China in response to the economic fallout caused by the pandemic, local flooding, and economic pressures and ...p>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501320543/china-remains-the-largest-export-market-for-cambodia/
ANA replanting vacated Angkor land
<p>ApSARA National Authority (ANA) said that since last December, 22,963 saplings have been planted on the land formerly occupied by inhabitants who have now relocate to the newly formed development areas of pak Snung and Run Ta Ek in Siem Reap province. It said 27,481 ...p>
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-replanting-vacated-angkor-land
Media release on Cambodia - Australia partnership for resilient economic development
<p>On 17 September 2022, Australian Embassy phnom penh issued a media release on Cambodia – Australia partnership for resilient economic development. CAp-RED is a five-year partnership that is built on more than a decade of Australia’s support to Cambodian agriculture and infrastructure through the now ...p>
Australian Embassy Phnom Penh
Fears grow as draft laws leave out ‘indigenous,’ allow hunting
<p>Changes to forestry and protected area laws are proceeding without enough public input, communities say, as drafts introduce hunting licenses and remove wording about ethnic minorities. The country’s protected Areas Law and Forestry Law are being amended by the environment and agriculture ministries, respectively, sparking growing ...p>
Keat Soriththeavy
https://vodenglish.news/fears-grow-as-draft-laws-leave-out-indigenous-allow-hunting/
Chinese investors returning: Cambodia should learn the lesson of money laundering risks
<p>The real estate industry in Cambodia has been identified as a high-risk sector for money laundering due to a number of factors. In recent years, the industry has experienced substantial growth, which has attracted foreign investors, particularly from China. This has led to a substantial influx ...p>
Manghout Ki
https://cambodianess.com/article/chinese-investors-returning-cambodia-should-learn-the-lesson-of-money-laundering-risks
Press release of the spokesperson of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the Kem Sokha verdict
<p>On 3 March 2023, the phnom penh Municipal Court spokesman released a public press release announcing the verdict in the criminal case of Mr. Kem Sokha, who is accused of conspiring with foreigners and will be punished per Articles 439 and 443 of the Criminal ...p>
Phnom Penh Municipal Court
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation sets new benchmarks for modernization
<p>On December 25, a five-year plan of action (2023-2027) to deepen economic and social cooperation was jointly endorsed by leaders of six Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) states including China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam at the fourth LMC Leaders’ Meeting, virtually held under the theme ...p>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416587/lancang-mekong-cooperation-sets-new-benchmarks-for-modernization/
Announcement on the removal of the CamDigiKey account requests submitted through the CamDigikey mobile application after “Return” to correct information for over 3 months
<p>Techo Startup Center (TSC) would like to inform the public that: as of May 15, 2023, TSC has approved 22,656 user’s requests to create a CamDigiKey account (for individual users) submitted through the CamDigiKey mobile application, in which each request is approved (successful) within 8 ...p>
Techo Startup Center
Kingdom enhances salt marsh management in Kampot-Kep
<p>prime Minister Hun Manet has urged Kampot and Kep provincial authorities to diligently manage and preserve salt marshes to sustain and enhance salt production. Manet emphasised the necessity of managing and conserving salt marshes, given the government’s classification of the product as a strategic commodity, during ...p>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-enhances-salt-marsh-management-in-kampot-kep
Ministry plans ‘Waste Sorting’ campaign for 2025 clean-up goal
<p>The Ministry of Environment is set to launch its third nationwide campaign to encourage proper “Waste Sorting” to make the environment cleaner. ...p>
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521396/ministry-plans-waste-sorting-campaign-for-2025-clean-up-goal/
Govt, JICA sign $57.5 million deal to improve NR 5
<p>The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Friday signed a $55 million loan agreement to improve the National Road 5 (NR 5) and a $2.5 million grant agreement to boost the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS). ...p>
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501526838/govt-jica-sign-57-5-million-deal-to-improve-nr-5/
Government establishes sub-committee on universal health coverage
<p>The government is establishing a Sub-committee on Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia to direct, coordinate, monitor and review all policies, strategies and action plans set out in the “Roadmap for Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia 2024-2035” policy planning document. ...p>
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529683/government-establishes-sub-committee-on-universal-health-coverage/
Press release on Mekong countries and US adopt new three-year action plan
<p>On 30 July 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Mekong countries and US adopt new three-year action plan on their official social media site.According to the press, His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy prime Minister and Minister ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation
Press release: Mekong-ROK cooperation elevates inclusive and sustainable development in the Mekong sub-region
<p>On 28 July 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Mekong-ROK Cooperation Elevates Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Sub-Region on their official social media site.According to the press, His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy prime Minister, ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation
Protected forest
<p>protected Forests are generally established under individual sub-decrees, specifically for the purpose of protecting biodiversity and conservation. They are home to many endangered or threatened species. ...p>
June Textile Reps Solicit Aid from UN Labor Org
<p>Representatives of the former employees of the June Textile Factory in phnom penh on Friday wrote to the International Labor Organization asking for help after they claimed the factory failed to make severance payments won by an Arbitration Council decision two weeks ago. Mr ...p>
Climate plan has Kingdom seeing REDD
<p>The Forestry Administration has teamed up with the Cambodian Wildlife Conservation Society and Forest Carbon to develop a large-scale REDD project in eastern Cambodia, officials said yesterday. REDD – or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, a UN initiative – is one of the ...p>
Bridget Di Certo
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011102752383/National-news/climate-plan-has-kingdom-seeing-redd.html
Pursat Pheapimex protest
<p>About 300 people from six villages in pursat province’s Kbal Trach commune protested yesterday outside pheapimex Group’s Krakor district office, the latest confrontation in a land dispute that stretches back 13 years. Villager representative Duok Sary said they had come to demand that the company ...p>
May Tittihara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-pheapimex-protest
