Cambodia’s Angkor World Heritage site is a source of resilience, humanity and innovation
This year, as the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, it also marks the 30th anniversary of Angkor being inscribed as a World Heritage Site. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093232/cambodias-angkor-world-heritage-site-is-a-source-of-resilience-humanity-and-innovation/
Press release: Stung Sen was internationally recognized as a fifth Ramsar Site in Cambodia
On 06 November 2018, Ministry of Environment issued a press release announcing to the public that Stung Sen, which is the tallest and pristine seasonally flooded freshwater swamp forest of the Tonle Sap Great Lake, has been designated as a Wetland of International Importance (also known ...
Ministry of Environment
Prek Toal was recognized as a new Ramsar Site
South-East Asia’s largest waterbird colony, the 21,342 hectares Prek Toal (Ramsar Site no. 2245 http://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2245) has been designated as a Wetland of International Importance (also known as a ‘Ramsar Site’), by the Royal Government of Cambodia and recognized by the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention ...
Ministry of Environment
Kampot karsts listed as natural heritage sites
Three areas in Kampot province are now inscribed on the natural heritage list including Phnom Totong, Phnom Toch and Phnom Preah Kuhear Luong (Luong Cave). ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807839/kampot-karsts-listed-as-natural-heritage-sites/
Over 900 ancient sites spotted across B Meanchey since 2019
At least 911 ancient historical sites have been discovered across Banteay Meanchey province since 2019, including ancient temples, graveyards, man-made ponds and roads, according to the provincial department of culture and fine arts. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-900-ancient-sites-spotted-across-b-meanchey-2019
Nine mountains listed as natural heritage sites
The government designated nearly 3,500 hectares of forest land in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces as natural heritage sites in a bid to facilitate the protection of biodiversity and natural ecosystems in the Kingdom for future generations. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727190/nine-mountains-listed-as-natural-heritage-sites/
Seven more areas inscribed as natural heritage sites
Cambodia has listed seven more areas as natural heritage sites, according to separate sub-decrees. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728299/seven-more-areas-inscribed-as-natural-heritage-sites/
Best tourism communities to be chosen in new contest
The Ministry of Tourism recently announced a new contest to find the best community-based tourism sites in the Kingdom and has called on villages and communities around the country to submit their application. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50492441/best-tourism-communities-to-be-chosen-in-new-contest/
Authorities remove construction material rubbish from sidewalks
Authorities in Preah Sihanouk province on Saturday removed leftover construction materials littered on public sidewalks after more than a dozen companies failed to meet a December 20 deadline to clean up. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50562240/authorities-remove-construction-material-rubbish-from-sidewalks/
Kampong Thom wetland picked as the latest Ramsar Site
The Stung Sen wetland has become the Kingdom’s latest Ramsar Site, said the Ministry of Environment. The seasonally-flooded 9,293ha freshwater swamp, located along the southeastern edge of the Tonle Sap great lake in Kampong Thom province, was declared Cambodia’s fifth Ramsar Site on Friday under ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thom-wetland-picked-latest-ramsar-site
First families get land titles in criticized world bank project
The government has handed out the first 250 land titles to the more than 3,000 families in a World Bank-funded project for poor Cambodians that has been criticized by a local rights group for sticking many of those families with unusable land. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-families-get-land-titles-in-criticized-world-bank-project-99698/
Working underground in Ratanakkiri
Both the miners and brokers at the mining site said the land on which the mining is conducted costs roughly $10,000 per hectare per year in a deal between the rubber plantation owner and a gemstone businessman who they referred to as the “boss”. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098126/working-underground-ratanakkiri/
Ministry lists heritage preservation efforts
More than 6,000 archaeological and cultural heritage sites have been registered across the Kingdom, among other achievements, according to the Culture and Fine Arts Ministry. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710421/ministry-lists-heritage-preservation-efforts/
‘Stop land grabs at archaeological sites’
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said last year, it cracked down on 18 cases of land grabs at archaeological sites, while 6,617 archaeological sites including burial places, ancient temples, ancient pagodas and irrigation systems across the country were registered for conservation. ...
Khorn Savi
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-land-grabs-archaeological-sites
Banteay Meanchey eyes mountains as potential natural heritage areas
Banteay Meanchey Provincial authorities are studying nine mountains in Malai, Preah Netr Preah, and Mongkol Borei districts, including Sisophon town, with the intention of listing them as natural heritage sites once the study is complete and a number of details have been settled. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-eyes-mountains-potential-natural-heritage-areas
Registration of Koh Ker Temple as UN heritage site expected by July
The Ministry of Culture is waiting for UNESCO to visit Koh Ker Temple to complete the registration to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...
B Meanchey hill excavation banned
Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province banned all activity related to excavation on Phnom Bak in Sisophon town to preserve it as a natural heritage site. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b-meanchey-hill-excavation-banned
People say that the historical and tourist area in Angkor Borei district may loss
Residents say that historical and tourist sites may be lost after a large-scale looting of Phnom Borei, while Angkor Borei district authorities have denied that the authorities have opened their hands to excavating Phnom Borei and sell it to private dealers as mentioned by citizens. ...
Kheang Sokmean
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/some-people-say-that-historical-and-tourist-area-may-face-loss-after-the-phnom-borey-quarry/
Prek Kampi potential Natural World Heritage Site
The Ministry of Environment is currently considering putting Prek Kampi on a tentative list to send to UNESCO, to potentially become a Natural World Heritage Site. ...
Sok Srey Lux
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50760476/prek-kampi-potential-natural-world-heritage-site/
APSARA Authority to install automatic water management station at Angkor site in collaboration with the SIAVB, France
Dr. Hang Peou, Director General of APSARA National Authority, met on May 21 at the headquarters of the SIAVB, France, with Jean-Michel Bordes, Director General of SIAVB, Jacques Bellier, President of AGERA, and technical officers of various institutions of the project “Siem Reap Angkor Water ...
