Forests and forestry

Forest protection

Government reclassifying biodiversity corridors into protected areas

At least 15 protected areas have expanded to integrate adjacent biodiversity corridors, according to government sub-decrees issued in July and released sporadically over the course of the week. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/government-reclassifying-biodiversity-corridors-into-protected-areas/

930K ha Cardamom park established

The government has announced the establishment of the Cardamom Mountain National Park, a sprawling natural reserve covering nearly 930,000ha across five provinces. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/930k-ha-cardamom-park-established

Royal Government issues sub-decree to amend Preah Monivong “Bokor” National park

The Royal Government of Cambodia recently issued a sub-decree on the revision of Monivong Bokor National Park by expanding it to more than 156,000 hectares located in Kampot, Kampong Speu, and Sihanoukville provinces. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338978/royal-government-issues-sub-decree-to-amend-preah-monivong-bokor-national-park/

Bakan grassland added to protected area

The Ministry of Environment – in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society of Cambodia (WCS), the Pursat provincial administration, the Pursat provincial Department of Environment and relevant partners – held an August 4 workshop to explain “Sub-Decree 144 on the Bakan Grassland in the Tonle ...

Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bakan-grassland-added-protected-area

Forest community report fish poisoning

Buddhist monks and members of the forest community of Sorng Rukhavorn Wildlife Sanctuary have expressed deep concern over illegal fishing activities in the sanctuary. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-community-report-fish-poisoning

Some 1,500 Bantengs counted in Cambodia

Around 1,500 Bantengs (Bos Javanicus) listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List of Threatened Species have been recorded in Cambodia’s forests. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314869/some-1500-bantengs-counted-in-cambodia/

Ministry vows to curb poaching in protected zones

In an ongoing effort to protect wildlife and maintain ecological balance, the Ministry of Environment along with key partners have pledged to tackle the escalating issues of poaching and bush meat trafficking within and around protected zones. Civil society groups, meanwhile, have called for more ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-vows-curb-poaching-protected-zones

Seventeen nests of lesser Adjutant recorded in 2022 breeding season

A total of 17 nests of Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) were recorded in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary (LWS) by the end of 2022 breeding season, according to a news release of NatureLife Cambodia this morning. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312556/seventeen-nests-of-lesser-adjutant-recorded-in-2022-breeding-season/

Senior officials urge park rangers to educate and advertise people about the law and the impact of deforestation and wildlife

Senior officials of the Ministry of Environment has urged park rangers to educate and advertise people living around protected areas to understand the law and the impact of deforestation and wildlife conservation for the long term benefit of the future. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312001/senior-officials-urge-park-rangers-to-educate-and-advertise-people-about-the-law-and-the-impact-of-deforestation-and-wildlife/

P Vihear encroachment crackdown imminent

The National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV) announced that the national authorities will work with their provincial counterparts to take action against state land encroachment – of part of protected area two – in the third week of this month. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p-vihear-encroachment-crackdown-imminent

16 cranes recorded at Lumphat sanctuary, highest in five years

Naturelife Cambodia, a Cambodian conservation organisation, has reported a significant increase in sarus crane (Antigone antigone) numbers during the non-breeding season at Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary for 2022-2023. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/16-cranes-recorded-lumphat-sanctuary-highest-five-years

PM orders immediate crackdown on ‘anarchy’ of deforestation

Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued strict regulations to prevent deforestation and encroachment on state land as the election approaches. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303171/pm-orders-immediate-crackdown-on-anarchy-of-deforestation/

Lumphat villagers consent to REDD+ project: NatureLife

The residents of 16 villages in Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri provinces have consented to the launch of the REDD+ project in the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. NatureLife announced on May 2 that under the auspices of the BirdLife International Cambodia Programme and the USAID-Green Heritage Project, it had ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lumphat-villagers-consent-redd-project-naturelife

Prime minister’s relative receives 30 hectares of Mondulkiri forest land

Government official Dy Panha received 30.79 hectares of land in northeastern Mondulkiri province cut from forest cover in a September sub-decree released publicly earlier this year.  ...

Eung Sea and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-ministers-relative-receives-30-hectares-of-mondulkiri-forest-land/

Officials suspect arson by hunters in sanctuary fire

Environment officials and authorities in Preah Vihear province are investigating a wildfire in the Phnom Tnaot-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary that damaged more than 4,000ha of forest in recent days, said officials on March 6. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-suspect-arson-hunters-sanctuary-fire

Wildlife sanctuary chief dismissed for alleged misconduct

Minister of Environment Say Samal requested that the Mondulkiri provincial governor remove Han Sokhorn from his position as director of the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary office after determining that he was guilty of “professional misconduct”. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-sanctuary-chief-dismissed-alleged-misconduct

Tourism development underway in Kampong Chhnang province

The government has allocated over 600 hectares of land in Phnom Aural wildlife sanctuary in Kampong Chhnang province to a private company for development. ...

Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501242843/tourism-development-underway-in-kampong-chhnang-province/

Phnom Krala Pors declared a Protected Area

The Ministry of Environment is declaring Krala Pors mountain, a protected area in recognition of its biodiversity. Krala Pors is a natural home to many endangered species as well as untouched forests.​ ...

Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238889/phnom-krala-pors-declared-a-protected-area/

More than 120 Asian bird species found in two protected areas

Preliminary reports from NatureLife researchers show that two of Cambodia’s protected areas serve as habitats for more than 120 Asian bird species. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229412/more-than-120-asian-bird-species-found-in-two-protected-areas/

Gaur pair join Preah Vihear cattle herd

Two gaurs have been spotted in the Prey Lang area in Preah Vihear province, grazing amongst the cattle of local villagers. Officials have called for the protection of these two specimens. The gaur, Bos gaurus, also known as the Indian bison, is the world’s largest ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gaur-pair-join-preah-vihear-cattle-herd

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