Environment and natural resources
NatureLife employing tech to conserve wildlife
NatureLife Cambodia, a national conservation organisation, documented 29 bird species, including six globally endangered ones, and one mammal species. The documentation was made by its community members utilising SMART, a smartphone application for patrolling community protected areas. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/naturelife-employing-tech-conserve-wildlife
ANA replanting vacated Angkor land
APSARA National Authority (ANA) said that since last December, 22,963 saplings have been planted on the land formerly occupied by inhabitants who have now relocate to the newly formed development areas of Pak Snung and Run Ta Ek in Siem Reap province. It said 27,481 ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-replanting-vacated-angkor-land
Ministry of Environment highlights high potential for biodiversity conservation of Kep national park
The Ministry of Environment has highlighted the high potential for biodiversity conservation of Kep National Park, the heart of Kep, stretching along the mountains. ...
Post Staff
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-06-09-1439-251093.html
ASEAN discusses maritime protection
The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) chaired the 2023 ASEAN Coast Guard Forum in Jakarta from June 6-9 to discuss cooperation in protecting waters from various threats, including illegal fishing. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501305974/asean-discusses-maritime-protection/
Plastic control key for Cambodia to create circular economy
Cambodia is about to embark on a major journey to control plastic waste with the avowed purpose of enabling sustainable development and the creation of a circular economy (CE) that can help achieve the country’s 2050 twin targets of becoming carbon neutral as well as ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501306321/plastic-control-key-for-cambodia-to-create-circular-economy/
Heatwave hits seaweed growers
Kampot’s seaweed growers have been hit by a price drop of 1,000 riels per kilogram after the extreme heat of April devastated their harvest ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/heatwave-hits-seaweed-growers
French pledge cont’d welfare, reforms advice
The French Development Agency (AFD) has announced its continued support for poverty alleviation, improved social welfare and the economic growth of developing nations, including Cambodia. The agency said it would do so through a focus on climate change and green financing, in line with the ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/french-pledge-contd-welfare-reforms-advice
Farmers warned to prep for imminent droughts
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued a warning to farmers regarding forecasts of an upcoming drought. It urged farmers to prepare for the absence of rain, in order to prevent any negative impact on paddy rice production. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmers-warned-prep-imminent-droughts
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 officials to beef up crack down on rising land grabbing in Tonle Sap
Prime Minister Hun Sen today instructed the Cambodian armed forces and provincial authorities to crack down on illegal land grabbing at the Tonle Sap Lake. ...
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/
Furniture exports decrease by almost 29% on-year to $164M in January-April
Cambodia earned $164.111 million from the export of “furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings” in the first four months of 2023, down 28.82 per cent year-on-year from $230.544 million and down 52.01 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $341.97 million, according to provisional Customs ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/furniture-exports-decrease-almost-29-year-164m-january-april
Crack down on land opportunists: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered that the pertinent ministries and local authorities take action to prevent forest encroachment and land grabs, saying that these activities always increased during the campaign period and the day of elections. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crack-down-land-opportunists-pm
Climate risks on Cambodian children
A UNICEF report has found various risks that impact children in East Asia and the Pacific, including impacts affecting Cambodian children, while calling for measures to safeguard their rights and future ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-climate-risks-on-cambodian-children
Rare wildlife species released at Angkor park attract tourists
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has collaborated with the Forestry Administration and the Wildlife Alliance on a project aimed at reintroducing wildlife to the Angkor Archaeological Park. Since its inception in 2013, the project has successfully released over 40 animals, representing more than 10 rare ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-wildlife-species-released-angkor-park-attract-tourists
Camera captures endangered serow
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra displayed a photograph of a rare Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis sumatraensis), also known as the southern serow, that was captured by a camera trap in one of the Kingdom’s protected areas. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/camera-captures-endangered-serow
National Assembly approves draft green resources code
The National Assembly approved the Draft Environmental and Natural Resources Code to enhance conservation and development in Cambodia on Tuesday. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501300047/national-assembly-approves-draft-green-resources-code/
Farmer activist case probed
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court is investigating the case against Theng Savoeun, director of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC), who has admitted to wrongdoing including “causing unrest” and “undermining public order”. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmer-activist-case-probed
Environment ministry condemns Mother Nature activists after receiving petition
The Ministry of Environment condemned the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia after its youth activists delivered a petition Monday to halt state land grants to private companies in Kirirom national park, according to a statement. ...
Cambodian delegation attends South Korean Green network conference
Cambodia calls on South Korea to expand bilateral cooperation, including private investment in waste management and recycling, carbon credit projects, green financing and human resource development. ...
Increased royal turtle hatchlings a promising sign: conservationists
A total of 122 royal turtles hatched from nests on an artificial sandbank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre (KKRCC) last week, the third time this has occurred. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increased-royal-turtle-hatchlings-promising-sign-conservationists
Record number of Royal Turtle hatchlings born at WCS Cambodia’s Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia reports a record-breaking 122 Royal Turtle hatchlings at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) during the 2023 breeding season. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501295269/record-number-of-royal-turtle-hatchlings-born-at-wcs-cambodias-koh-kong-reptile-conservation-center/
Interior ministry accuses detained land rights activists of “Peasant Revolution”
Three Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) staff members detained on Wednesday were allegedly plotting a Pol Pot-style “peasant revolution” based on evidence authorities found during a training workshop, Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak told CamboJA. ...
An Vicheth
https://cambojanews.com/interior-ministry-accuses-detained-land-rights-activists-of-peasant-revolution/
Three detained CCFC staff face 10 years imprisonment on plotting, incitement charges
The president of Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) and two of his colleagues were charged with plotting and incitement by the Ratanakiri provincial court on Monday, facing up to 10 years in prison, according to court spokesperson Keo Visoth. ...
Khuon Narim and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/three-detained-ccfc-staff-face-10-years-imprisonment-on-plotting-incitement-charges/