PPMM #22: Highwater Risk analysis &amp; [Forest Cover] Change DetectionPlease consider yourself invited!In honor of the recent Water Festival, let’s re-celebrate it in our own geeky way &ndash; via mapping. WaterSHED Cambodia and 1001 Fountaines took a raincheck but expressed an interest in giving a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ppmm-22-highwater-risk-analysis-forest-cover-change-detection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hidden at the end of a pathway that breaks off from Mao Tse Tung Boulevard in Phnom Penh is a temple of a different kind, where seances are sacrosant and French writer Victor Hugo &ndash; author of Les Miserables &ndash; is considered a saint. Worshippers there practise Caodaism, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sanctuary-from-the-storm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese military members observe as Cambodian sailors attach a neck brace to a patient during a Pacific Partnership knowledge exchange in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Photo by U.S. Pacific Fleet, taken on 21 June 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0Japan, through its official development branch called Japan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/japanese-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of NGOs yesterdAy cAlled for more detAiled informAtion on nAtionAl budgets to be mAde public before their ApprovAl, mAintAining thAt the public hAd A right to know About And comment on the expenditures thAt would ultimAtely Affect their dAy-to-dAy lives. Tek VAnnArA, director of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-cAll-for-open-budget-process/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Military police in Mondolkiri province say they are searching for a guard working for a local rubber company who allegedly injured three villagers Saturday when he fired a bullet in their direction that ricocheted off a rock, prompting questions about the firm’s use of armed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-firm-guard-sought-over-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at Nishiku Enterprise in Bati district of southern Takeo <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Forestry AdministrAtion sAid yesterdAy thAt forestry crime, mostly timber And wildlife, hAs increAsed 19 percent in 2020 compAred to the sAme period in 2019. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/slight-increAse-in-2020-forest-crime-cAses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The crisis in Myanmar has proven beneficial for Kampong Speu as at least 20 entities have relocated to this province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Floods over the past four months in the Kingdom affected more than 45,000 families across 17 provinces, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-affected-45000-families-in-17-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) yesterday met Roeuida El Hage, Representative of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to Cambodia to assess the human rights condition in Cambodia and to strengthen the cooperation between the two human rights organisations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chrc-ohchr-discuss-human-rights-situation-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has dismissed the recent news spread by some media outlets concerning Ream Naval Base. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-foreign-minister-rejects-accusations-concerning-ream-naval-base/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At KAnthA BophA HospitAl, the need for blood hAs grown while the number of blood donors hAs decreAsed since MAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAnthA-bophA-hospitAl-fAces-blood-supply-woes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) has approved 1,679 construction projects nationwide on 2.2 million square metres at about $952 million in the first five months of this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/952-million-construction-projects-approved-in-five-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Trapaing Sangke Community of Kampot province has received two awards from the aSEaN Community, the aSEaN Standard Tourism Community award and the aSEaN Standard Tourism Community Guesthouse award. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trapaing-sangke-community-wins-two-asean-ecotourism-awards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the new mandated government, Cambodia’s policy toward China remains unchanged, based on the spirit of traditional friendship, mutual trust and win-win cooperation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-policy-toward-china-remains-unchanged-says-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government last week approved the construction of a hydroelectric dam and supplemental solar power stations with a total electrical capacity of 220MW, as the Kingdom continues battling a national electricity shortage. according to Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia is currently facing a 400MW power <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hydrodam-solar-power-stations-are-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After the Ministry of LAbour denied A food service union officiAl registrAtion, A union officiAl is crying foul, Asserting thAt Authorities Are discriminAting AgAinst her group &ndAsh; A chArge the government denies. The CAmbodiAn Food And Service Worker FederAtion (CFSWF), A 4,000-member union representing workers in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-union-for-workers-in-food-biz/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new report on illegAl logging in CAmbodiA’s northeAstern forests portrAys A single compAny with essentiAlly A monopoly on the illicit trAde. Tek VAnnArA, executive director of NGO Forum, sAid the report could be A tool to find A solution to combAt deforestAtion. “We <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-northeAst-one-compAny-controls-neArly-All-illegAl-logging-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A blAze Authorities hAve Attributed to A forest fire ripped through A neArly 4,000-cubic-metre timber stockpile on A sociAl lAnd concession in PreAh ViheAr’s Kulen district on the weekend, Although the compAny yesterdAy sAid it suspected A cAse of Arson. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preAh-viheAr-blAze-rAzes-timber/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Shanghai-listed Guangzhou Yuetai Group will purchase $49.2 million in assets in Cambodia by buying a 45 percent stake in a local property development firm and a 19 percent stake in a Cambodian import-export company, the company said in a filing yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-snaps-up-49-2m-in-local-assets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>