Environment and natural resources

On 18 October 2018, Preah Sihanouk provincial administration issued a press release on the development of Boeng Prek Tup lake. Based on the sub decree No. 23 ANK/BK, the Royal Government has decided to grant 1150 hectares of Boeung Prek Tup lake to private development. ...

On 03 October 2018, Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) issued a press release to inform national and international journalists, relevant authorities, institutions, partner organizations and the public about the decision to postpone the press conference on the status of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, which is ...

On 23 September 2018, National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zone issued a press release on the construction of roads, drainage systems, and the rocky beach transformation into sandy beach provides benefits for the public and is in line with the development of ...

On 12 September 2018, the Ministry of Environment issued a notification of prohibition of clearing, burning, encroaching, occupying, buying and selling state lands, and illegally certifying state land in natural protected areas.In order to strengthen the management of natural areas and legal rights of development investment ...

On September 18, 2018, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a press release on field inspection of illegal coastal land reclamation in Prek Treng beach, which located in Village 4, Otres Commune, Stung Hao District, Preah Sihanouk Province, for the land to ...

On 12 September 2018, the Ministry of Environment informs the World Cleanup Day which will be held on September 15, 2018 from 6:30 am to 11:30 pm. The Ministry of Environment collaborates with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Tourism, Let's Do ...

On​ 8​ May​ 2018,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Industry​ and​ Handicraft​ showed​ the​ results​ of​ in-field​ testing​ and​ testing​ in​ laboratories​ of​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Industry​ and​ Handicraft​ related​ to​ the​ case​ of​ rice​ wine​ and​ water​ poisoning​ in​ Prek​ Te​ stream​ in​ Sre​ Non​ village​ ...

The goal of the annual ASEAN Water Platform (AWP) is to build capacity in research on water natural resource management (WNRM) within the partner countries’ institutions. The purpose of AWP is to gather together researchers with different backgrounds in order to have an exchange of ...

Prey Lang Community Network will hold the annual Prey Lang ceremony in late March to commemorate and preserve indigenous identities and promote the forest’s potential. According to a PLCN press release on Tuesday, the ceremony and tree blessing will be held from March 26 to 27 ...

On March 02, 2018, the Ministry of Environment issued a press release on the signing of the agreement on the Prey Lang forest conservation project between the Ministry of Environment, the Conservation International and Mitsui & Co., LTD,​ to be held on March 05 2018 ...

The U.S. Mission to Vietnam and the Resource Center for Community Development (RCCD), An Giang University seek candidates for the 2018 YSEALI Regional Workshop: Protecting The Mekong Delta Environment which will be being held from June 4-9, 2018.ASEAN citizens between the ages of 18 and ...

On 25 December 2017, The European Union will be funding $3.3 million on the conservation efforts in Mondulkiri’s Srepok and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries. The ACCESS project: Advancing CSOs’ Capacities, Enhancing Solutions for Sustainability will be implemented from 2018 to 2022 by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), Aide ...

On December 8, 2017, the Minister of Environment signed a guideline for establishing the Community Natural Resource Conservation Alliance as a mechanism contributes to improving the protection and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity in the Kingdom of Cambodia and enhancing co-operation and effectiveness between ...

On 4 September 2017, the Ministry of Environment issued a press release  on the collaborates between Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to prepare state land titles for two protected areas including "Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary" in Koh Kong ...

On 17 August 2017, the Ministry of Environment released a statement, showing the preliminary result of forest cover evaluation in Cambodia for 2016 which indicates the drop of annual average loss of forest cover from 2.7 percent a year between 2010 and 2014 to 0.82 ...

On 25 April 2017, Ministry of Environment officially lunched the lexicon of climate change in Khmer, in both printed and electronic version. To download the app for mobile, Please find the CCLexicon in Appstore (For iOS) and Play Store (For Android). To view through website, Please ...

On 06 March 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia through the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Cambodia Office has signed an Agreement on “The Project for Effective Implementation of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and Pollution Control through the Capacity Development ...

On 25 January 2017, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has released an public announcement on the weather prediction for 2017 including world phenomenon, situation and weather in dry season and early rainy season of 2017 in the central lowland, highland and coastal area, and ...

On  13 September 2016, the Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to establish three new Natural Protected Areas with a total land area of 27 941.06 hectares to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment. Those three Natural Protected Areas include of ...

On 31 August 2016, National Council for Sustainable Development issued a press release on the first meeting of the National council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) which was held at the Ministry of Environment under chairmanship of H.E. Say Samal, Minister of Environment of Environment and ...

On 25 July 2016, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  announced that by the end of the first half of this year, Ministry of Agriculture had collected about $600,000 in taxes from economic land concessions (ELCs) from 21 of the 233 private companies that received ...

Phonm Penh, Cambodia (July 23, 2016)-The Royal Government of Cambodia, through a long-running partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has sold to Disney the first carbon credits from a climate change mitigation project in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, which encompasses to total area of 292,690 ...

On 6th June in Fisheries Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), an agreement was signed by H.E Nao Thuok, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia and Mr. Adachi Itsu, Chief Representative of JICA Cambodia Office for implementation of ...

The Ministry of Environment and Khmer Mekong Films production are working together to produce an educational television program called "Make it Beautiful" to promote public understanding on environment protection, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation, and living sustainability. This program will be showed on every Sunday ...