Kampong Chhnang villagers sent to court for clearing wetland
The names of four Kampong Chhnang villagers were sent to the provincial court on Thursday for further legal action. The villagers are accused of involvement in clearing some 3ha of wetland in Koh Tamov village, in Boribor district’s Koki commune. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-villagers-sent-court-clearing-wetland
Four sent to court for bulldozing wetlands
The Kampong Thom provincial authorities sent four suspects to the provincial court on Monday after they were arrested the day before for clearing an area of flooded forest with a tractor in Khsach Chi Ros village, Kampong Kor commune, Kampong Svay district. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-sent-court-bulldozing-wetlands
Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 percent of all biodiversity
Although coastal and freshwater wetlands – such as swamps, mangroves and marshes – contain 40 per cent of all plant and animal species, many are polluted or degraded due to climate change and human development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232119/revive-and-restore-wetlands-home-to-40-percent-of-all-biodiversity/
CPP officials at odds over white building mural
As Cambodians continue to debate the government’s whitewashing of a street artist’s multistory mural this week, the information minister publicly critiqued the decision on Friday and drew a comparison to the retrograde attitudes of Soviet leaders toward modern art. ...
George Wright and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-officials-at-odds-over-white-building-mural-103507/
Siem Reap orders halt to state land grabs
The Siem Reap provincial administration has ordered its relevant authorities to take legal measures against anyone illegally clearing and grabbing wetland, community land or natural protected areas. It also urged them to immediately stop issuing ownership letters and documents for such land. The announcement, obtained ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-orders-halt-state-land-grabs
Villagers block land survey
Kandal provincial authorities on Sunday attempted to measure wetland in Sa’ang district’s Roka Kpuos commune but were stopped by about 100 villagers who said the measurement overlapped with their flooded land. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-block-land-survey
Prek Toal wetlands sanctuary gets international recognition
Sixteen years after the Ministry of Environment and conservation groups began to protect the Prek Toal wetlands on the western edge of Tonle Sap Lake, the area has been designated a site of global importance. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18304/prek-toal-wetlands-sanctuary-gets-international-recognition/
Cambodia to mark World Wetlands Day in Banteay Meanchey province
Cambodia will observe the World Wetlands Day in Poychar commune, Phnom Srok district, Banteay Meanchey province on Feb 6, the Ministry of Environment said. Organised by the Ministry of Environment in cooperation with Banteay Meanchey provincial administration, the forthcoming celebration will be held at Sok ...
Agence Kampuchea Presse
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50685506/cambodia-to-mark-world-wetlands-day-in-banteay-meanchey-province
Prey Veng’s potential as a Wetland Zone mulled as Protected Natural Area
The Ministry of Environment is planning to include parts of a potential multi-purpose wetland area locally called “Boeungsne-Tuolporn Talei” in Prey Veng province as a protected natural area. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746197/prey-vengs-potential-as-a-wetland-zone-mulled-as-protected-natural-area/
World Wetlands Day marked with calls to action
The Ministry of Environment and several institutions marked February 2, World Wetlands Day with an event that increased public awareness of the value and the role of Wetlands and their current conditions. Presiding over the event in Battambang province, environment ministry secretary of state Srun ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-wetlands-day-marked-calls-action
World Wetlands Day marks the vital importance of Ramsar sites
The Ministry of Environment held World Wetlands Day on February 2 in Pursat province – which is rich in Wetlands – to celebrate the importance of ecosystems and protect biodiversity in local communities. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-wetlands-day-marks-vital-importance-ramsar-sites
Officials told to testify over Tonle Sap wetland clearing
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court has summoned the Preah Netr Preah district governor and Prasat commune chief to testify next month in cases concerning the clearing of three forest areas near the Tonle Sap Lake. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-told-testify-over-tonle-sap-wetland-clearing
Loggers arrested in Kampomg Chhnang
Kampomg Chhnang provincial joint taskforces have detained four suspects and impounded agricultural equipment used to clear forest and wetland in Kampong Leng district. Chin Sophat, the provincial chief of economic crime police, told The Post on Tuesday that the crackdown was part of a three-day ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loggers-arrested-kampomg-chhnang
Wetlands and protected areas in Cambodia comes under scrutiny as its celebrates World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day 2022 is celebrated in Cambodia under the theme of wetland conservation for people and nature. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501018360/wetlands-and-protected-areas-in-cambodia-comes-under-scrutiny-as-its-celebrates-world-wetlands-day/
Nagaworld expansion suspended
The controversial expansion of NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh has been temporarily halted after an inspection of the construction site led Prime Minister Hun Sen to judge that it was interfering with the city’s beauty, according to City Hall. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nagaworld-expansion-suspended-99673/
Borei Keila evictees call for gov’t clarification
About 30 members of the displaced Borei Keila community rallied outside Phnom Penh City Hall on Friday, seeking clarification about the compensation on offer to them amid complaints that municipal authorities have not been keeping the community informed. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/borei-keila-evictees-call-for-govt-clarification-102882/
NGO brings trash problem into greater focus
Phnom Penh’s ever-growing garbage problem is not going away, but on Friday its scope became clearer as the Asia Foundation presented two years of research into the city’s present and future solid waste generation, along with suggestions on how to cope with the mess. ...
Simon Henderson and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-brings-trash-problem-into-greater-focus-91206/
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
30,000ha of wetlands encroached
Nearly 30,000ha of flooded forest land stretching across the six provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake have been illegally occupied or cleared by both ordinary citizens and in some cases public officials acting in a personal capacity. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/30000ha-wetlands-encroached
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