Environment and natural resources
Ministry: 36% of waste dumped outside of landfills
A senior official of the Ministry of Environment said that the management of solid waste in public places remained a challenge. He implored the public to avail themselves of waste management services, warning that 36 per cent of garbage was still being dumped outside of ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-36-waste-dumped-outside-landfills
TEN Network receives ‘widespread’ support
The private sector considers the establishment of the “Tonle Sap Eco-Tourism Network” proposed by Minister of Tourism Thong Khon, and known as the TEN Network, as an important step in attracting national and international tourists to explore the potential of the Tonle Sap Lake. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ten-network-receives-widespread-support
Ministry: Snares threaten biodiversity
Snares remained a challenge for wildlife in Cambodia’s protected areas, and result in the loss of many of the Kingdom’s endangered species. In order to address the problem, in 2021, the Ministry of Environment and partner organisations removed over 60,000 snares from 72 protected areas and ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-snares-threaten-biodiversity
New Tonle Sap eco-tourism network to be established soon
The “Tonle Sap Eco-Tourism Network” will be established on the occasion of the 3rd National Ecotourism Forum on November 21 and 22 2023, said Minister of Tourism Thong Khon, on October 27, at the closing ceremony for a workshop on the establishment of the forum, ...
Keo Kereya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-tonle-sap-eco-tourism-network-be-established-soon
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
2.2 million Cambodian children exposed to high heatwave frequency
Cambodia is one of the countries currently affected, with 2.2 million children – or 37.1 percent of the total child population – exposed to high heatwave frequency, pointed out a UNICEF’s press release issued yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175840/2-2-million-cambodian-children-exposed-to-high-heatwave-frequency/
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/
Battambang provincial governor: natural resource crime and land disputes have been steadily declining
Sok Loo, Battambang provincial governor, told Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 23 that the crackdown on crime in the province included crackdowns crimes against natural resources, such as fishing and forestry, are steadily declining. ...
Keo Kereya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-25-0959-242702.html
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/
Prey Lang community asks government to revoke economic land concessions from companies
Prey Lang Community Network calls on the government to revoke the economic land concessions of companies in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary and the role of civil servants involved in crime and to strictly enforce the law to prevent crimes in this protected area, after ...
Khan Leakhena
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/20/prey-lang-community-asks-govt-to-revoke-economic-concessions-from-companies/
Six Senses resort reopening
Preah Sihanouk province’s Six Senses Krabey Island resort is slated to reopen its doors to tourists on December 2 after ceasing operations during the Covid-19 slump in the tourism industry. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/six-senses-resort-reopening
Siem Reap provincial forestry administration finds more than 20 trees destroyed by traders at Phnom Prasat
Siem Reap Provincial Forestry Administration authorities found more than 20 trees that traders cut down in Phnom Prasat while patrolling the community forest at Veal Anteng ( Peng Lok) in Prey Khmaeng village and Phnom Prasat point in Lvea village, Sre Noy commune, Varin district, ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-22-1514-242604.html
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
Ministry identifies pollution reduction actions, strategies
Senior officials from the Ministry of Environment urged sub-national administrations and stakeholders at all levels to pay closer attention to identifying environmental challenges. They should set out action plans to reduce pollution, in order to participate to promoting the well-being of the public. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-identifies-pollution-reduction-actions-strategies
Koh Kong residents ask government to expedite land settlement as authorities accuse them of entering the protected land
Residents in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, ask the government to intervene with the authorities to expedite the resolution of land disputes as soon as possible and transparently as the authorities accused them of illegally entering the Botum Sakor National Park. ...
Nat Sopheap
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/18/koh-kong-residents-ask-government-to-expedite-land-settlement/
Rosy official forecasts fail to lift freshwater fishermen’s hopes
While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years. Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries Administration (FiA), predicted that ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosy-official-forecasts-fail-lift-freshwater-fishermens-hopes
Environment ministry set to trial e-waste collection
The Ministry of Environment is partnering with a private company to organise the safe collection of electrical waste, or e-waste. The new project comes as the ministry’s pilot battery collection scheme reaches the one year mark. Battery disposal bins have been placed in gas stations, ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-set-trial-e-waste-collection
Forestry administration crackdown on timber traffickers
In Preah Vihear, forestry administration officers seized a car filled with illegal timber which evaded officers in another province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501168934/forestry-administration-crackdown-on-timber-traffickers/
Campaign aims to safeguard the rainforest
To mark International Day for Disaster Reduction, a group of people are launching a campaign aiming to encourage everyone in the Mekong region and beyond to safeguard the rainforest. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/campaign-aims-to-safeguard-the-rainforest
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
Rangers crack down on 4,250 forestry crimes in eight months
Park rangers have cracked down on 4,250 cases, including land encroachments, in the first eight months of the year across the nation, according to officials. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501165926/rangers-crack-down-on-4250-forestry-crimes-in-eight-months/
Hun Sen: Only international cooperation and solidarity can effectively address global environmental challenges
Samdech Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has stressed the significance of international cooperation and solidarity in effectively tackling global environmental challenges. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501164394/hun-sen-only-international-cooperation-and-solidarity-can-effectively-address-global-environmental-challenges/
Prey Lang community forest patrols persist despite being blocked, held, questioned
Twenty activists surveyed the Prey Lang forest for four days last week despite a recent wave of suppression against environmentalists, who have continued their work in defiance of a ban against community patrols. ...
Keat Soriththeavy
https://vodenglish.news/prey-lang-community-forest-patrols-persist-despite-being-blocked-held-questioned/