Oddar Meanchey villagers told to leave tourist site
The governor of Samrong city, Oddar Meanchey province, issued a letter on Tuesday, ordering villagers to remove huts, houses and other structures from the Roluos Thom Natural Eco Tourist Site, after allegedly moving onto the land illegally. ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-villagers-told-leave-tourist-site
Authority protecting forests
The Apsara Authority is stepping up its efforts to manage and maintain forest cover surrounding the Angkor World Heritage Site in Siem Reap province. At a meeting with about 250 officials and staff members of the authority’s forestry department on Wednesday, Hang Peou, deputy director-general ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50511480/authority-protecting-forests/
Heritage cities to boost tourism
Cambodia wants Unesco recognition for Kampot, Kratie and Battambang cities and hopes they would be considered by the UN organisation to be recognized as World Heritage sites when the kingdom files its application next June. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38062/heritage-cities-to-boost-tourism/
Over 1,000 constructions inspected, 27 demolished
Authorities demolished 27 constructions that were found to have posed a high risk to safety. They ordered another 636 sites to sign contracts agreeing to comply with legal procedures this year, a government report said on Wednesday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-1000-constructions-inspected-27-demolished
ANA fells 100 trees too close to ancient sites
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) will fell and remove more than 100 trees from three important temple sites and some other areas in Prasat Bakong district and Siem Reap town, as they have a high risk of damaging temple grounds and important sites in the ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-fells-100-trees-too-close-ancient-sites
Illegal logging at Areng continues with lack of action by local authorities
Areng, an ecotourism site in Koh Kong’s Thmor Bang district, is being threatened by logging. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/illegal-logging-at-areng-continues-with-lack-of-action-by-local-authorities/
Ex-Cambodge Soir Journalists Launch News Website
Asia-Info, an online French news site with journalists based in Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia focusing on travel and regional issues, launched on Saturday. The website is the brainchild of Jerome Moriniere and Frederic Amat, two former editors of Cambodge Soir—the weekly French-language newspaper that ...
Gold mine waste blamed for deadly poisoning in Cambodia
Experts from the ministry examined the water in the river of Prek Te in Kratie and found chromium and cyanide. The substances were found at various mining sites between Kratie and neighboring Mondulkiri and the ministry believed that they were improperly handled and that rain ...
Radio Free Asia staff
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/water-toxic-05172018161901.html
Foreign tourists gradually return to famed Angkor in Cambodia
Sao En, a souvenir vendor at the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia, is delighted to see many foreign tourists visiting the ancient site again. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501204363/foreign-tourists-gradually-return-to-famed-angkor-in-cambodia/
Ministry plans to create an eco-tourism corridor in Tboung Khmum
The Ministry of Environment plans to turn the former Banteay Chak Sdech Korn into a historical eco-tourism area in Tboung Khmum province after Environment Minister Eang Sophalleth explored the potential of attracting tourists to boost the province’s economy. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358684/ministry-plans-to-create-an-eco-tourism-corridor-in-tboung-khmum/
Koh Ker Temple set to be listed as World Heritage Site
Koh Ker Temple, a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 km away from Siem Reap and an ancient capital of the Khmer Empire is set to be listed as a World Heritage site. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321430/koh-ker-temple-set-to-be-listed-as-world-heritage-site/
Chinese company developing goldmines in protected forest
A new report has revealed that a Chinese company is involved in large-scale gold mining in protected Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary (PLWS), threatening the environment and the lives of local people. ...
Thang Sinorn
https://kiripost.com/stories/chinese-company-developing-gold-mines-in-protected-forest
Ramsar site status for Cambodia’s Stung Sen wetland helps protect habitat of threatened species
A conservationist group said on Wednesday that a recent Ramsar site status for Cambodia’s Stung Sen wetland is crucial to help protect the habitat of a number of globally near-threatened species. The rich and biologically diverse Stung Sen wetland has been designated as a unique ...
Xuxin
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/18/c_137986395.htm
German envoy attends Prek Toal opening
The Ministry of Environment inaugurated the Prek Toal Ramsar-site Core Area Management Centre building in Battambang province on February 18, with German ambassador Christian Berger in attendance. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/german-envoy-attends-prek-toal-opening
Heritage site revamp aims to boost tourism
Historian and travel industry experts believe the redevelopment of the Luong Preah Sdach Korn Heritage Site in Ponhea Kraek district into a cultural and historical resort will enhance tourism and sustainability in Tbong Khmum province. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heritage-site-revamp-aims-boost-tourism
Infrastructure work underway for displaced Angkor park residents
A working group from the Ministry of Environment and the APSARA National Authority (ANA) has prepared 95ha of land in the new Run Ta Ek village for development, as nearly 1,000 families prepare to relocate from the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-work-underway-displaced-angkor-park-residents
Bird conservation meeting held
The Asean Network on Wetlands and Migratory Water Birds Conservation (Asean Flyway Network) held a second meeting earlier this month to share input which is vital to implement Phase II of the Improving Biodiversity Conservation of Wetlands and Migratory Water Birds in the Asean Region ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bird-conservation-meeting-held
Land protestors curse court
Residents of property development site Boeung Kok gathered Monday in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court to put a curse on court officials. Representative Heng Mom asked the court to review the case of Youm Bopha, sentenced to three years in prison for attempted violence on ...
Apsara says it is dealing with Angkor pollution
The destructive threat posed to Angkor Wat by pollution is being taken seriously, the Apsara Authority said in a statement it released Friday in response to recent media coverage of the issue. Responding to an article initially published by GlobalPost under the headline “In Cambodia, toxic ...
Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/apsara-says-it-is-dealing-with-angkor-pollution-65046/
Railway families file separate complaint against ADB bank
Another group of families living along Cambodia’s dilapidated railway tracks is filing a complaint with the compliance review panel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), accusing the lender of failing to abide by its own resettlement policies. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-families-file-separate-complaint-against-adb-bank-92933/