The Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FaO) is teaming up with Cambodia’s Fisheries administration (Fia) to strengthen the country’s efforts against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%85%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%8b%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%92%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new US ambassador to Cambodia, William a. Heidt, says the US is currently looking at how much it can contribute to the Khmer Rouge tribunal. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-seeks-to-continue-funding-for-khmer-rouge-tribunal-ambassador-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years. Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries administration (Fia), predicted that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rosy-official-forecasts-fail-to-lift-freshwater-fishermens-hopes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Justice to expedite the establishment of a commercial court and to operationalise it as soon as this year. This is to ensure the resolution of trade and business disputes and to improve the investment and business climate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-for-quick-establishment-of-commercial-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hAs reiterAted its demAnds thAt fishermen stop All fishing Activity including the use of nets, hooks And illegAl fishing equipment in the dolphin conservAtion zone in Stung Treng province to ensure the sustAinAbility of the endAngered species And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adult-mAle-dolphin-found-deAd-from-fishing-net-in-stung-treng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After being delAyed twice, construction of the New Siem ReAp InternAtionAl Airport (NSRIA) is expected to stArt in eArly 2014, A senior government officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Tek Reth SAmrAch, chAirmAn of the NSRIA steering committee, sAid A detAiled plAn must be completed by the Airport’s two <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/construction-of-new-Airport-plAnned-for-2014/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The UN Food and agriculture Organisation (FaO) is forecasting that 44 percent of Cambodia’s total rice exports will be smuggled out of the country through informal channels this year, a persistent problem that weighs down profits and threatens to cripple the industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-data-show-nearly-half-of-kingdoms-rice-exports-undocumented/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has been asked to accelerate the final negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty with the United States to pave the way for more american investment in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-ambassador-urges-investment-treaty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Conservationist working groups have urged participation in protecting and conserving important coral habitats following the first-ever observation of coral reef spawning in Cambodian seawaters. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coral-spawning-observed-in-cambodian-waters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bonna Realty Group yesterday signed an agreement with the National 6a Investment, a Malaysian real estate developer, to be an authorised sales agent for a 10-storey condominium that is currently being constructed and is expected to be finished by the end of 2014. The National 6a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bonna-reality-inks-deal-with-malaysian-real-estate-developer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Oil production in Cambodia may not begin until 2016, or at least three years after the originally appointed date, Chevron officials reportedly said at a Ministry of Environment meeting on Friday. Government officials yesterday confirmed the feasibility of the time frame. If Chevron Overseas Petroleum Cambodia gained <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chevron-aims-for-2016/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The tiny liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini causes damage out of all proportion to its size. Consumed as cysts within raw fish by people in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, it causes the tropical disease, Opisthorciasis, putting its victims at risk of cancer. Despite affecting millions of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/genes-of-carcinogenic-liver-fluke-revealed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government will introduce a food-safety law later this year that would see the Kingdom adopt a set of national food safety standards and ensure greater coordination across ministries, according to a health official. aing Hoksrun, chief of the food bureau at the Department of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-safety-needs-tightening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Cambodian soldiers sustained injuries after accidentally setting off a buried anti-personnel mine in Pailin on Sunday. The soldiers were stationed at the a3 military camp based in Chheu Krom village, on the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/buried-mine-injures-pair-of-soldiers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 villAgers embroiled in A lAnd dispute in Phnom Penh’s Chroy ChAngvAr district gAthered on NAtionAl RoAd 6A At 7Am yesterdAy, blocking the roAd with wooden beds And their bodies for three hours. The protest stems from A December 15 court injunction ordering 30 villAgers <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beds-block-busy-roAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A report bAsed on interviews with 54 children hAs exposed criticAl fAilings in CAmbodiA’s judiciAl system, recounting stories of unpleAsAnt experiences in the presence of police, doctors And court rooms. UNICEF And HAgAr, A child rights NGO bAsed in CAmbodiA, releAsed WednesdAy “A System Just for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/report-exposes-cAmbodiAs-fAilure-of-children/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia Programme (WCS) has said it safely released 35 Cantor’s giant softshell turtle hatchlings into the wild along the Mekong River on February 17, in Kratie province’s northernmost district of Sambor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wcs-releases-35-cantors-giant-softshell-turtles-into-the-wild/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

No ground was broken in May on the New Siem Reap International airport (NSRIa), a US$1 billion Korean investment, and officials say no definite date has been set for work on the project as the developer looks for new partners. NSRIa Co Ltd, an equal joint <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reaps-us1bn-airport-delayed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The international community has been urged to stand by its commitment to support the development of the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries while in Cambodia &ndash; despite its rapid economic growth &ndash; the United Nations warns of environmental risks that could undermine sustainable development.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-urges-sustainable-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Patrick Heuveline sat among villagers in Cambodia, showing them photos of his daughter to establish common ground with a group of people whose culture he had yet to fully understand.Heuveline, a UCLa sociology professor since 2007, has now spent about 15 years studying the effects <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/professor-studies-impact-of-khmer-rouge-regime-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>