Environment and natural resources
Factory Orders Staff Back to Work Amid Safety Concerns
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Labor
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity Country Manager David Welsh / ASICS / ASICS spokesman Katsumi Funakoshi / building permits / Calmette hospital / Community Legal Education Center / Community Legal Education Center labor program head Moeun Tola / Community Legal Education Centre / Community Legal Education Centre labour programme head Moeun Tola / compensation / construction / construction standards / David Welsh / Factories / Factory collapse / factory construction / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia chairman Van Sou Leng / health and safety regulations / illegal construction / Im Chhun Lim / Japanese aid / Japanese sports brand ASICS / Katsumi Funakoshi / Kobe / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / Kompong Speu provincial construction department / Kompong Speu provincial construction department bureau chief Mam Narey / Kompong Speu provincial department of land management / Kong Pisei district / labor / labor rights / labour / labour rights / Ly Hour / Mam Narey / Minister of Land Management Im Chhun Lim / Ministry of Land Management / Moeun Tola / Phnom Penh / Shoe factories / shoes / Van Sou Leng / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoes / Wing Star Shoes Co Ltd / Wing Star Shoes factory representative Ly Hour / worker conditions / worker rights
Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong Speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-orders-staff-back-to-work-amid-safety-concerns-25192/
Ministers sign deals to bolster trust
- 18 May 2013
- Bangkok Post
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Industries / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Tourism
- 9th General Border Committee / ACM Sukumpol / border disputes / border relations / borders / Cambodian Mine Action Center / Cambodian Mine Action Centre / Cambodian-Thai border / Cambodian-Thailand relations / Col Hun Manith / Deputy Defence Minister Neang Paht / drug smuggling / education / GBC / GBC meeting / General Border Committee / General Border Committee meeting / General Tea Bahn / Health care / Human Rights / ICJ / illegal logging / International Court of Justice / job creation / Joint Working Group meeting / Joint Working Group meetings / JWG / JWG meeting / landmine clearance / logging / Minister of Defence Sukumpol Suwanatat / Minister of Defence Tea Bahn / Minister of Defense Sukumpol Suwanatat / Ministry of Defense / Preah Vihear Temple / Preah Vihear temple dispute / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Rayong / Sukumpol Suwanatat / Tea Bahn / Thai Deputy Supreme Commander Worapong Sanganetra / Thai JWG chief Gen Worapong Sanganetra / Thai Minister of Defence Sukumpol Suwanatat / Thai Minister of Defense Sukumpol Suwanatat / Thailand / Tourism / Wang Chan district / Wangjuntr Golf Park / Worapong Sanganetra
Thailand and Cambodia have signed four new agreements focused on bolstering trust and maintaining security. Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat made the announcement after the 9th GBC meeting at Wangjuntr Golf Park in Rayong’s Wang Chan district. He said one of the four agreements concerned the spread of ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/350635/ministers-sign-deals-to-bolster-trust
ASICS Wants Monitoring Of Cambodian Sub-Contractors After Accident
- 17 May 2013
- The Nation
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources
- ASICS / ASICS spokesman Katsumi Funakoshi / Better Factories Cambodia / Better Factories Cambodia program / Better Factories Cambodia program chief technical adviser Jill Tucker / Better Factories Cambodia programme / Better Factories Cambodia programme chief technical adviser Jill Tucker / Cambodian factories / Cambodian factories program / Cambodian factories programme / Canada / construction / Europe / Factories / factory construction / factory sub-contractors / factory working conditions / fire safety / fire safety monitoring / fire safety regulations / Garment factories / health and safety / health and safety regulations / International Labor Organization / International Labour Organization / Japanese aid / Jill Tucker / Katsumi Funakoshi / minimum wage / Phnom Penh / Shoe factories / sub-contractors / United States aid / US / wages / Wing Star / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoes factory / working conditions
The Japanese athletics brand ASICS said Friday that it would push its four Cambodian sub-contractors to join a programme that monitors conditions in garment and shoe factories. “We will strongly request to our sub-contractors in Cambodia to sign up to this programme,” Katsumi Funakoshi, ASICS ...
Malaysian couple jailed for starving maid to death
- 17 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Gender / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Marine and coastal areas / Water resources / Women in development
- AFP / Agence France Press / Cambodian domestic workers / Cambodian maids / domestic worker abuse / domestic workers / government moratorium / Human Rights / maids / Malaysian aid / Malaysian court / Malaysian employers / Malaysian justice system / Minister of Women’s Affairs Mu Sochua / Ministry of Labor / Ministry of labor deputy director general Hou Vudthy / Ministry of Women's Affairs / moratorium on sending workers to Malaysia / Penag / working conditions
A Malaysian Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 24 years in jail for culpable homicide after their Cambodian maid starved to death while working for them in their home on the northwest coast of Penag, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. Cambodian opposition lawmaker and former ...
After Factory Collapse, Questions Mount Over ILO Monitoring
- 17 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Safety and health at work
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity / American Center for International Labor Solidarity Country Manager David Welsh / Bangladesh / Better Factories Cambodia / Better Factories Cambodia program / Community Legal Education Center / Community Legal Education Center labor program head Moeun Tola / construction standards / David Welsh / Factory collapse / factory construction / factory construction standards / factory working conditions / Garment factories / Garment Industry / health and safety laws / health and safety standards / health and safty / International Labor Organization / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / Kong Pisei district / labor / labor rights / Leng Tong / Ministry of Labor / Ministry of Labor’s occupational safety and health department / Ministry of Labor’s occupational safety and health department director Leng Tong / Moeun Tola / Monitoring in the Dark / Monitoring in the Dark Report / safety regulations / shoes / Solidarity Center / Stanford University Law School / transparency / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoes Co Ltd / working conditions
Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of ineffectiveness in its monitoring of factory conditions following a deadly ceiling collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory in Kompong Speu province. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-collapse-questions-mount-over-ilo-monitoring-24860/
Jarai Man Exiled After He Opposes Land Deal
- 17 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc provincial co-ordinator / Chhay Thy / community forest / Disputed Land / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai minority / ethnic Jarai villagers / ethnic minorities / Forest / indigenous people / O’Yadav district / Ratanakiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Rocham Vin / Romas Svang / Ten Village / villagers / Ya Tung Commune / Ya Tung Commune Chief
Commune authorities in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have allegedly banished a local resident for persisting with a lawsuit that accuses them of selling 500 hectares of community forest to two Cambodian developers for $300,000. Romas Svang, who is a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, filed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051765682/National/jarai-man-exiled-after-he-opposes-land-deal.html
Cambodian factory deaths shine spotlight on conditions
- 16 May 2013
- DW
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Labor
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity / American Center for International Labor Solidarity country director Dave Welsh / ASICS / Bangladesh / Better Factories Cambodia / Better Factories Cambodia technical adviser Jill Tucker / BFC / BFC program / construction / construction standards / Dave Welsh / EU / European Union aid / Factories / Factory collapse / factory working conditions / fire safety / footwear sector / garment indusrty / Garment Manufacturers' Association ecretary-general Ken Loo / garment manufacturing industry / garment sector / GMAC / health and safety / ILO / International Labor Organization / International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia program / Japanese aid / Japanese companies / Jill Tucker / mass faintings / minimum wage / minimum wage increase / Pakistan / Phnom Penh / poor construction / Shoe factory / Strikes / triple shooting / United States aid / US / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoe factory / working conditions
The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian ...
http://www.dw.de/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/a-16819017
Koh Kong Water Shortage Leaves Families Dry
- 16 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- CCP Senator Ly Yong Phat / Cham Yeam reservoir / climate / Dang Tong commune / Dang Tong commune chief Lim Dy / Khmara Phoumint City / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong provincial department of industry mines and energy / Koh Kong provincial department of industry mines and energy director / Koh Kong provincial department of industry mines and energy director Pich Si Yun / Lim Dy / LTP Group / Ly Yong Phat / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Mondol Seima district / Pich Si Yun / Reservoirs / Sihanoukville / Smach Meanchey commune / water / water shortage / water shortages
Hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khmara Phoumint City are suffering from a shortage of water, which is provided by a reservoir that dried up during the hot season, local officials said yesterday. Smach Meanchey and Dang Tong communes typically receive water from the Cham ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-water-shortage-leaves-families-dry-24517/
Two Held For Razing Huts In Land Dispute
- 15 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Cassava / cassava plantation / CRC Company / CRD Chief of Staff Ngvieng Hong Fou / CRD company / CRD rubber company / Deputy District Police Chief Phan Chanthon / destruction / Disputed Land / evictions / forced eviction / Global Witness / HAGL / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) / Hoang Anh Ratanakkiri / land disputes / luxury timber / Meas Pov Bora / Ngvieng Hong Fou / O'Chum district / Phan Chanthon / Plantation Destructions / Provincial Minor Crimes Office / Provincial Minor Crimes Office Chief / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rubber / Rubber plantation / rubber trees / timber / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Firm Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Vietnamese rubber company / Vietnamese Rubber Group / villagers / Watchdog Group
Ratanakkiri provincial police on Monday arrested the chief of staff of a Vietnamese rubber concessionaire and his Cambodian translator who are believed to have burned down more than $5,000 worth of property related to a land dispute in O’Chum district, police said. Meas Pov Bora, chief ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565632/National/two-held-for-razing-huts-in-land-dispute.html
IFC, Deutsche Bank respond to Global Witness report
- 14 May 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rubber
- Deutsche Bank / Deutsche Bank Head of Communications Michael West / Deutsche Bank Managing Director Michael West / Dong Phu Rubber / Dragon Capital / DWS / environmental management / forced evictions / Global Witness / HAGL / Hannfried von Hindenburg / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai company / Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group / IFC / IFC Head of Communications Hannfried von Hindenburg / illegal logging / Investment / land acquisitions / Land grabs / Land rights / Michael West / rubber / Rubber Barons / Rubber Barons report / rubber plantations / social risk management / VEIL / Vietnam Rubber Group / Vietnamese rubber companies / VRG / World Bank
On May 13, we ran an interview with London-based NGO Global Witness accusing the Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation of financing two Vietnamese rubber companies that are allegedly involved in land grabs in Cambodia and Laos. We asked both banks for a response ...
Koh Kong cashes in on conservation
- 14 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Community forest / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
- Australian aid / charcoal / Chinese aid / deforestation / ecotourism / Forest / France / German aid / Koh Kong / kratie / Kratie Province / mangrove forests / mangrove trees / Mangroves / Mekong river / Minister of Tourism Thong Khon / Ministry of Tourism / Netherlands / Peam Krasorb commune chief / Peam Krasorb community / Phnom Penh / Sacombank / Sambo district / Sandan commune / Sok Raksmey / Sophiya / Sophiya Travel and Tour Company / South Korean aid / Switzer / the United Kingdom / Thong Khon / Tourism / United States aid / Yem Yan
Koh Kong province’s mangrove forests have changed from being a source of charcoal to serving tourists who help to protect their biodiversity. The forests have now become a popular destination for Cambodian tourists. Yem Yan, Peam Krasorb commune chief in Koh Kong, said gradually visitors ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051465588/Business/koh-kong-cashes-in-on-conservation.html
Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
- 13 May 2013
- The Nation
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources
- Cambodia / Chinese aid / Chinese nuclear power plant / coal / coal plants / coal-powered plants / Dawei / EGAT / Electricity / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / electricity production / energy / fuel imports / Gulf of Thailand / hydropower / independent power producers / IPP / Krabi / liquefied natural gas / LNG / Myanmar / natural gas / nuclear power / nuclear power plants / Pongsak Ruktapongpisal / Thailand / Thailand Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia – providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity. Egat has also been instructed to negotiate the ...
Navy arrests 4 Cambodian rosewood smugglers
- 10 May 2013
- Pattaya Mail
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Cambodian fishing boats / illegal logging / luxury wood / Rayong Bay / rosewood / Royal Thai Navy / Royal Thai Navy ships / Siamese rosewood / Thailand / The HTMS Chao Phray / Vietnamese waters
Royal Thai Navy ships intercepted a Cambodian fishing boat illegally smuggling 10 million baht in Siamese rosewood out of the kingdom. The HTMS Chao Phraya staffed with military, customs and forestry office personnel captured the 18-meter-long fishing vessel carrying 296 logs in its fish holds ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/navy-arrests-4-cambodian-rosewood-smugglers-25782?ref=pmci
Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
- 10 May 2013
- DW
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S network / 3S rivers / Ame Trandem / Ame Trandem program director International Rivers / Electricity / electricity grid / electricity shortages / Eric Baran / Fish / fish yields / fisheries / food security / hydroelectric dams / Hydropower dams / Hyrdopower / Infrastructure / International Rivers / irrigation / Lower Mekong Basin / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / migratory fish / Mine and Energy Suy Sem / Minister of Industry / national electricity grid / PANAS / PANAS Report / relocation sites / Se Kong River / Se San River / sediment flows / Sesan river / Srekor / Srekor village / Srepok River / Suy Sem / tributary dams / tributary rivers / UN Millennium Development Goals / US journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton / WorldFish / WorldFish senior researcher Eric Baran
Srekor village has stood on the banks of the Se San River in northeastern Cambodia for generations. In a few years it will be gone, submerged along with more than 300 square kilometres of surrounding farmland and forest. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the ...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
As Phnom Penh Grows, So Does Its Sewage Problem
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Infrastructure / Phnom Penh / Pollution and waste / Population and censuses / Rivers and lakes / Transport and shipping / Urban administration and development / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation / Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities / Water pollution / Waterways and ports
- Boeng Trabek / Boeng Trabek pumping station / Boeung Tampoun / Bonna Realty Group / Bonna Realty Group CEO Noun Rithy / Cambodia Environment Outlook UN report 2008 / construction / Construction projects / De Castle Royal / drainage networks / drainage pipes / drainage project / drainage system / environmental damage / Housing Developments / human health / In Chamkar Mon District / Infrastructure / Japan International Cooperation Agency / JICA / lakes / Ministry of Public Works / Noun Rithy / Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation / Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation deputy CEO Touch Samnang / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh canals / Phnom Penh City Hall / raw sewage / Sewage Problem / Sewage system / shopping malls / Tonle Bassac river / Tonle Sap river / waste management / wastewater treatment plant / water pipes / water pipes network / water waste management / waterwatse / waterways
Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...
Residents Call for Foul-Smelling Factory to Move
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities
- environmental damage / Factory owner Seng Kanha / human health / ice-making factory / Kilometer 6 commune / Klaing Hout / Kompong Spue / Kompong Spue deputy district governor Ly Rosamy / Kompong Spue District Governor Klaing Hout / Kompong Spue governor Tong Seng / Kompong Spue province / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Phnom Penh / Russei Keo district / Seng Kanha / Tong Seng / waste management
About 100 people protested Wednesday evening outside a Phnom Penh ice-making factory owned by the daughter of deputy Kompong Spue governor Tong Seng, complaining that the factory causes a bad smell and that the health of residents in Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6 commune was ...
Ratanakkiri Hydropower Dams Deemed Economically Viable
- 9 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S River Protection Network / Andong Meas / Andong Meas district / Chinese aid / Chum Ngil / Dams / Department of Industry Mines Energy / District Governor Chum Ngil / EIA / Geographic Survey and Environmental Impact Assessment / Hem Vanthorn / Huadian Hong Kong Co. Ltd / hydroelectricity / Hydropower dams / Hydropower Dams Feasibility Studies / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Lower Sesan 3 Dam / Meach Mean / MIME / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Provincial Director Hem Vanthorn / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Replacement Compensation Schemes / Sinohydro Group / Social and Environmental Implications of Dams / Srepok 3 Dam / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Veun Sai / Veun sai district
Two massive hydropower dams planned for the Mekong’s tributaries in Ratanakkiri province have been deemed economically viable by two feasibility studies conducted by a pair of giant Chinese conglomerates, a provincial industry, mines and energy official said yesterday. Despite the feasibility studies having been completed, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ratanakkiri-hydropower-dams-deemed-economically-viable-23116/
Firm Given Rights to All ELC Timber in Ratanakkiri
- 8 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Trade
- Adhoch senior investigator for land rights and natural resources Pen Bonnar / Agricultural Minister Chan Sarun / Agriculture & Agri-business / Asean Heritage-listed forest / Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary / casinos / Chheng Kim Sun / conservation area / deforestation / ELC moratorium / ELCs / Export / Forestry Administration / Forestry Administration chief Chheng Kim Sun / Forestry Administration legislation and law enforcement department / illegal logging / Land rights / Lor Raksmey / mining / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture secretary-general Lor Raksmey / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / Pav Horm Phan / Pen Bonnar / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Protected areas / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial governor Pav Horm Phan / Rubber plantation / timber trade / tree felling / Try Pheap Import Export / Virachey National Park
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a deal with Try Pheap Import Export to give the firm the right to purchase all timber felled in economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, according to a letter sent from the Agriculture Ministry to the Forestry Administration ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-given-rights-to-all-elc-timber-in-ratanakkiri-22788/
Work Begins on Controversial Cambodian Dam
- 7 May 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
- "The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" / Ame Trandem / Australian aid / Dams / Eric Baran / Farmland / Fish / fisheries / food security / German aid / hydropower / hydropower projects / inland fisheries / International Rivers Southeast Asia Program Director Ame Trandem / livestock sector / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / marine sector / Mekong river / national election / Relocation / relocation sites / Reservoirs / Se San River / sediment / Sesan river / Sre Pok River / Srekor village / Srepok River / U.S. / US / WorldFish
As work begins on Cambodia’s biggest dam, those advocating against its construction have warned that the region’s rush for hydropower will have a disastrous effect on millions of people who rely on the Mekong River to survive. Last month, workers began preparing an area in northeastern ...
http://www.voanews.com/content/work-begins-on-controversial-hydropower-dam/1656035.html
Cambodian parliament passes fire prevention law
- 7 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Government / Labor / Law and judiciary / Safety and health at work
- Cambodia's Penal Code. / Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng / draft law on fire prevention / Environmental Protection / fire prevention / fires / Investment / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Interior under secretary of state Ouk Kimlek / National Assembly / Ouk Kimlek / property protection / public order protection / Sar Kheng / social safety / social security / Tourism
Cambodia’s National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a draft law on fire prevention with jail term punishment for arsonists, neglected firefighters, and false information providers on fires. Ninety-four out of ninety-seven lawmakers, who were present at the session, passed the law, saying it would help maintain security, ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/07/c_132365226.htm
Flooded Forest Gets Protection
- 7 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Floods / Forests and forestry / Land / Protected areas / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- endangered species / Fisheries Administration / Fisheries Administration Director-general Dr Nao Thuok / flooded forest / Forest / kratie / Kratie Province / Mekong / Mekong Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle / Mekong Flooded Forest / Mekong Irrawaddy Dolphin / Mekong river / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Nao Thuok / Northeastern Mekong River / Phay Somany / protected forest / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / World Wide Fund for Nature / WWF / WWF-Cambodia
A Northeastern section of the Mekong River that is home to a number of endangered species has been designated a conservation site by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. A prakas issued by Minister Chan Sarun on April 23 officially declared a 56-kilometre section of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765443/National/flooded-forest-gets-protection.html
Police seize illegal rosewood; suspect escapes
- 6 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Bos Sin / deforestation / illegal logging / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu provincial police chief Keo Pisey / Keo Pisey / Kreal Pong village / Oral district deputy police chief Bos Sin / rosewood / Tasal commune
Nearly a tonne of rosewood was uncovered in a raid yesterday in Kampong Speu in which the suspect successfully fled after injuring an officer, police officials said. “According to the quality assessment, I can say a rough value of that rosewood is $300,000,” he [Keo ...
Village patrols seize land-clearing tools
- 6 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Public land lease
- Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Chim Savuth / Company 72 / CRCK / deforestation / Forest preservation community of Paknhai commune / Hoeun Sopheap / illegal logging / Jarai / Kampong Thom / Lam village chief Sev Flin / Lom village / Men Sarun Co / Men Sarun Co Ltd / O’Yadav district / Paknhai commune / Prey Lang / Prey Lang Community Network representative Hoeun Sopheap / Prey Lang Forest / Ratanakkiri / Sandan district / Vietnamese company
Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district escalated the defense of their protected land this weekend, confiscating the keys and batteries of bulldozers owned by the Vietnamese company they claim has been illegally clearing the area, community leaders said yesterday. The move comes after a number of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050665426/National/village-patrols-seize-land-clearing-tools.html
Cambodia’s Excess Baggage
- 4 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Industries / Infrastructure / Tourism / Transport and shipping / Waterways and ports
- Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organisation / chief of municipal public order Em Sambath / Daun Penh district / drainage pipes / drainage system / environmental harm / ex Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema / flood control / Ireland / Irish Department of the Environment / Japan International Cooperation Agency / Japanese International Cooperation Agency / JICA / Kep Chuktema / litter / Lucky supermarkets / Ministry of the Environment / Ministry of Tourism / non-biodegradable waste / Pencil Supermarket / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh municipal budget / plastic bag tax / plastic bags / polution / Tourism / waste management
“I don’t know what I was expecting, but I wasn’t going expecting to look out the bus window and see all the blue bags along the roads and in the fields,” said 27-year-old Christopher Convery, who is currently backpacking for the first time in Cambodia. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodias-excess-baggage-22003/