Biodiversity
Animals
First phase of Zero-Snaring campaign wraps up
The Zero-Snaring campaign, initiated and led by the Ministry of Environment, with the cooperation and support from conservation organisations, was wrapped up with rallies in Kratie, Stung Treng, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom. The campaign ran from March to September, 2022. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/first-phase-zero-snaring-campaign-wraps
Mekong conservation heroes recognised
Six Cambodian conservationists have been recognized as “Mekong Conservation Heroes” by the Wonders of the Mekong project for their environmental activities. Their actions include work on endangered species such as the Irrawaddy dolphin, Mekong giant catfish, and giant softshell turtle, as well as outreach and ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-conservation-heroes-recognised
Preah Vihear irrigation pond project promising
The Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP) has dug a total of three ponds as part of its pilot project on wildlife-friendly community irrigation ponds in the Kulen Prom Tep protected area in Preah Vihear province, where most residents depend on agriculture and often face water ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-irrigation-pond-project-promising
Fishing cat recorded in Boeung Tonle Chhmar Ramsar Lake
Rangers at Boeung Tonle Chhmar Ramsar lake has spotted a fishing cat during their monthly patrol earlier this month, according to NatureLife Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175875/fishing-cat-recorded-in-boeung-tonle-chhmar-ramsar-lake/
Zero Snaring campaign underway in M’kiri
The first province to see the latest “Stop Wildlife Trafficking” campaign, an extension of the successful zero snaring campaign, was Mondulkiri province in the northeast of Cambodia, an area which is rich in natural resources and wildlife in protected areas. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zero-snaring-campaign-underway-mkiri
‘Zero Wild Meat’ campaign launched in Mondulkiri
Admitting concern over the decline of species in the country’s protected areas, the government, World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Cambodia) and partners have launched the “Zero Wild Meat” campaign to stop the consumption and trafficking of wildlife meat, or bush meat, in the country. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173334/zero-wild-meat-campaign-launched-in-mondulkiri/
Ministry, WWF launch anti-bushmeat campaign in Mondulkiri
The Ministry of Environment and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have co-organised a campaign to stop wildlife trafficking in Mondulkiri province with the purpose of protecting Cambodia’s wildlife resources and contribute to the protection of public health, with experts saying that bushmeat consumption ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-wwf-launch-anti-bushmeat-campaign-mondulkiri
Conservation team detects 97 bird species in Cardamoms
A biodiversity research team from Conservation International (CI) Cambodia, in collaboration with Ministry of Environment specialists, is identifying bird calls recorded in the field by analysing the data collected from nearly 100 bird species. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservation-team-detects-97-bird-species-cardamoms
Another Mekong dolphin calf recorded this year
An estimated two-week-old dolphin calf was spotted in Kampi deep pool in Kratie province, according to the Fisheries Administration. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501162193/another-mekong-dolphin-calf-recorded-this-year/
Zero-snaring campaign set to intensify
Over three million people have been made aware of the zero-snaring campaign through more than 300 news articles and social media posts spread out since its launch, according to a senior Ministry of Environment official. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zero-snaring-campaign-set-intensify
Snaring remains a threat to wildlife
The number of endangered animals in Srepok and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries in Mondulkiri province is still declining remarkably due to snares and the use of shotguns and hounds, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snaring-remains-threat-wildlife
Yellow-cheeked crested gibbons see tourist upswing
Endangered species conservation scientists from the NGO Conservation International (CI) have announced the resumption of their mission in the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park in Ratanakkiri and Stung Treng provinces after having made a series of discoveries since 2007 of nearly 400 groups of yellow-cheeked ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/yellow-cheeked-crested-gibbons-see-tourist-upswing
Red muntjac population surveyed in Mondulkiri
Researchers from the Mondulkiri provincial Department of Environment have deployed motion-sensor cameras at 25 sites in Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary to monitor the number of red muntjac, amid concerns that its population may be declining due to illegal hunting and trapping. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-muntjac-population-surveyed-mondulkiri
Kampi village: Home to the endangered freshwater dolphins
The Mekong Dolphin Pleasance of Kampi village is a nature tourism destination located along the Mekong River in Kratie province. Tourists have the opportunity to witness breath-taking scenes as rare freshwater dolphins dance and swim in pairs—mother and child, sister and brother—along the surface of ...
Zul Rorvy
https://cambodianess.com/article/kampi-village-home-to-the-endangered-freshwater-dolphins
Cambodia records highest-ever number of rare white-shouldered Ibis in Sambo wildlife sanctuary
Cambodia has recorded the highest-ever number of critically endangered white-shouldered Ibis in the Sambo Wildlife Sanctuary in north-eastern Kratie province, Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state and spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137852/cambodia-records-highest-ever-number-of-rare-white-shouldered-ibis-in-sambo-wildlife-sanctuary/
Baby dolphin dies from electric shock, initial autopsy finds
Officials are working to determine the exact cause of death of an Irrawaddy baby dolphin that was found dead at the Anlong Kampi conservation area in Sambok commune of Kratie province’s Chitr Borei district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/baby-dolphin-dies-electric-shock-initial-autopsy-finds
Zero-Snaring Campaign kicks off in Mondulkiri
The Ministry of Environment and environmentalists have express of the risk of loss of rare species amid government cooperating with relevant partners to launch the fourth “Zero-Snaring Campaign” in Mondulkiri province to protect the wildlife animal in the last protected areas. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501121632/zero-snaring-campaign-kicks-off-in-mondulkiri/
Cambodia to import wild tigers
After decades of conflict and years of intensive poaching of tigers in Cambodia, the animals disappeared but the country is planning to reintroduce the “big cats” from India for release in protected areas, hoping to rehabilitate the extinct species. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501123059/cambodia-to-import-wild-tigers/
Veterinary officials in Siem Reap call on farmers to vaccinate cattle
A Senior veterinary official said that Siem Reap is conducting a campaign to vaccinate cattle and have called for the participation of farmers in vaccinating their animals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116228/veterinary-officials-in-siem-reap-call-on-farmers-to-vaccinate-cattle/
Gaur mother and calf spotted grazing with herd of cows
Two gaur – a mother and her calf – were spotted with a herd of domestic cattle grazing in the forest in Preah Vihear province, giving new hope to conservationists concerned about the protection of Cambodia’s biodiversity. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gaur-mother-and-calf-spotted-grazing-herd-cows
Ministry of Environment calls for stronger participation for Mekong Dolphin conservation
The Ministry of Environment has urged relevant authorities and the general public to further participate in the conservation of Mekong’s Irrawaddy dolphins in Cambodia, as the mammal ‘population has long been critically endangered. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501098107/ministry-of-environment-calls-for-stronger-participation-for-mekong-dolphin-conservation/
Zero-snaring fight moves to Kratie
The Zero-Snaring campaign has started after seeing considerable success in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear. ...
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501096641/zero-snaring-fight-moves-to-kratie/
Local participation, law enforcement vital to ending snaring crisis in Cambodia
Cambodia’s government officials and conservationists said here on Saturday that the participation by local people and strict law enforcement are essential to ending the snaring crisis and wildlife trafficking in the Southeast Asian country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501096777/local-participation-law-enforcement-vital-to-ending-snaring-crisis-in-cambodia/
Discovery of sea turtle’s nest lifts hope of conservationists
Researchers from the Fisheries Administration (FiA) – and the Coastal and Marine Conservation team at Fauna & Flora International Cambodia Programme (FFI-Cambodia) – expressed joy and pride after they recently discovered a nest of endangered sea turtles on one of the Kingdom’s islands. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/discovery-sea-turtles-nest-lifts-hope-conservationists