Environment and natural resources
Water resources
Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Brou ethnic minority / Chaing Rai / Chaing Rai province / Chinese dams / Chinese embassy / Chinese Embassy in Thailand / compensation / dam construction / dam development / Dams / ecosystems / EIAs / Electricity / electricity production / energy / environmental impact assessments / environmentalism / evictions / Fish / fisheries / flooding / Hydrolangcang International Energy Company / hydropower / Hydropower dams / hydropower development / indigenous people / International Rivers / involuntary resettlement / Langcang River / Lower Mekong Region / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong Lanna network / Mekong Lanna network coordinator Somsak Tiyata / Mekong region / Mekong river / NGO Forum / Phnom Penh / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Relocation / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Group / Royal Group Cambodia / Royal Group Conglomerate / Royal Group of Companies / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / transparency / tributaries / Veun sai district / Yali Falls dam
About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-communities-tell-of-hardship-from-hydropower-dams-28793/
Sea tourism along coast needs infrastructure, investors
- 29 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Marine and coastal areas / Sihanoukville / Tourism / Water resources
- An Thoi port / Chanthaburi deputy governor Pongrat Phiromrat / Chanthaburi Province / Chutathip Chareonlarp / Coastal areas / construction / Ha Tien / HCM City / Hon Chong port / Infrastructure / Investment / Kien Giang / Kien Giang deputy chairman Mai Van Huynh / Kien Giang province / Mai Van Huynh / Mekong river / Mekong River Delta / People's Committee / Phu Quoc / Phu Quoc island / Pongrat Phiromrat / Rach Gia / Rach Gia port / Rayong / sea vessels / seaports / Ships / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Tac Cau port / Thailand / Tourism / Tourism Authority of Thailand's director HCM City office director Chutathip Chareonlarp / Tourism Authority of Thailand's HCM City / tourist circuit / Trat Province / Vietnam Star Travel / Vinh Dam international seaport
Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTEzNTNmYzMyZDI
Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams
- 26 May 2013
- The Gulf Times
- Economy and commerce / 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 / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- 3S Basin / 3S Rivers Protection Network / 3S Rivers Protection Network co-ordinator Meach Mean / Ame Trandem / animal protein / animal protein consumption / biodiversity / Cambodian Government / Chinese aid / Chinese hydropower companies / Dams / Electricity / energy / Feasibility studies / fish highways / fish productivity / fish stocks / fisheries / food security / Forests / freshwater fishery / hydropower / Indigenous Communities / indigenous people / International Rivers / Laos / livestock / livestock sector / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Meach Mean / Mekong river / Minister of Industry Mines and Energy Suy Sem / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Myanmar / national election / PNAS / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / River Mekong Basin / Se Kong River / Se San River / sediment transportation / Sekong river / Sesan river / Sre Pok River / Srepok River / tributaries / WorldFish Center
For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams
Hun Sen Tells Landowners in Kep to Obey Tax Law
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Land / Law and judiciary / Marine and coastal areas / Tourism / Water resources
- Hun Sen / Investment / Ken Setha / Kep / Kep province / Kep provincial governor Ken Setha / land investment / Land Law / land tax / land tax law / land tax revenue / landowners / Prime Minister Hun Sen / tax law / tax revenue / Taxes / Tourism / unused land
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday told landowners in the coastal province of Kep to pay their taxes on unused land and increase the amount of investment in the area to attract more visitors. According to the law, unused land is subject to a 2 percent ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/hun-sen-tells-landowners-in-kep-to-obey-tax-law-26172/
Rain Provides Small Respite for Families in Koh Kong Drought
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Disasters / Drought / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Cham Yeam reservoir / construction / Dang Tong commune / Khemara Phoumint City / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Ly Yong Yong Phat / MIME / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Mondol Seima district / Pitch Si Yun / reservoir / reservoir project / reservoir site / Reservoirs / Smach Meanchey commune / Ta Phorn waterfall / water / water channels / water shortage / water supply
Several days of rain have finally brought relief to hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khemara Phoumint City who had been without water for two weeks because the reservoir that provides their supply dried up during hot season. LYP Group, a company owned by ...
Trafficked numbers rising
- 22 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Human rights / Human trafficking / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Marine and coastal areas / Offshore recruitment and employment / Siem Reap / Social development / Water resources
- abused workers / Africa / African coast / anti-trafficking / Anti-trafficking NGOs / Anti-Trafficking project / Argentina / Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies / Bosnia-Herzegovina / child labor / child labour / CLEC / Community Legal Education Centre / Environmental Justice Foundation / exploitative employment sectors / Fishermen / Fishing / fishing boat / forced labor / forced labour / Giant Ocean / Giant Ocean International Fishery / grievance mechanism / Hong Kong / Human trafficking / Indonesia / International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention / International Organization for Migration / IOM / Juliette Williams / Legal Support for Children and Women / Lin Yu Shin / LSCW / Malaysian aid / Mauritius / Ministry of Labour / MLC / Mom Sokchar / Phiev Khay / Philippines / recruitment agency / repatriation / SehaYatim / Shelley Thio / Siem Reap / Singapore / Singapore market / Singapore Ministry of Manpower / Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority / Step Up Marine Enterprise / Taiwan / Thailand / trafficking / trafficking complaint / Transient Workers Count Too / TWC2 / Victor Lim / Work in Fishing Convention
Their stories have become all too familiar – Cambodian fishermen enslaved on fishing boats after being promised lucrative jobs overseas. They’re also becoming increasingly common. Anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from ...
Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265773/National/trafficked-numbers-rising.html
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 ...
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/
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 ...
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/
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
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
Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF
- 3 May 2013
- Channel News Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Rubber / Water resources
- deforestation / hydroelectric project / Junta Rules / Laos / Laos’s Xayaburi dam / Mangroves / Mekong forest / Mekong region / Mekong river / Mekong river Ecosystem / Myanmar / rice / rice paddy / Rubber plantation / Southeast Asia / Southern Mekong Sections / Thailand / wildlife / WWF / Xayaburi dam
BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday. Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mekong-forest-facing-sharp-decline-wwf/661574.html
Tourism: More Info Needed
- 2 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Industries / Marine and coastal areas / Siem Reap / Social development / Tourism / Water resources
- CAA / CAA Chairman Tek Reth Samrath / Cambodian Angkor Air / Council of Ministers / cultural tourism / Eco-tourism / Eco-tourism expansion / eco-tourism sector / Ho Vandy / Intercontinental Hotel / Kampong Kdei Bridge / Kampot / Kampot Province / Kep / Kep City / Khao Ke Temple / Koh Ke Temple / Koh Ker Temple / kratie / Ministry of Tourism / Mondulkiri / Mondulkiri Province / Phnom Kulen / Phnom Penh / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Preah Vihear Temple / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkirri / Ratanakkirri Province / Revenue From Tourism / Roluos / Roluos Temples / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Tek Reth Samrath
In diversifing its holiday attractions, Cambodia’s tourism industry should focus on three key areas – the country’s northeastern region, the coasts and the vicinity around Siem Reap – but efforts to promote these destinations are still lacking, an industry leader says. Statistics from the Ministry ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050265365/Business/tourism-more-info-needed.html
Investors Look For Hotel Opportunities In Southeast Asia
- 30 April 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Cities / Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Siem Reap / Tourism / Water resources
- Accor / Ashurst / Ashurst International Law Firm / Ashurst Real Estate and Hospitality / Ashurst Tourism and Leisure practice in Asia / Asia's Market / Bangkok / Chinese aid / Hoi An / Jones Lang LaSalle Hospitality Group / Jones Lang LaSalle Hospitality Group Executive Vice President Tom Oakden / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotel / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotel Executive Vice President Tom Oakden / Jones Lang LaSalle Real-estate Services Company / Life Resorts / Mandalay / Minor Hotel Group / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / Quy Nhon / Rhonda Hare / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / South East Asia / South Korean aid / Thailand / Tom Oakden / UNESCO / Yangon
Hotel transaction volumes in Asia hit US$620 million (Bt18.18 billion) in the first quarter, up 190 per cent from the same period last year, and properties in Southeast Asia are attracting investor attention, according to real-estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle. “Rising visitor arrivals, robust trading ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NGM4ODkxZTEzMjg
New Kampot Salt Farm Has Big Ambitions
- 29 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Food processing / Industries / Manufacturing / Marine and coastal areas / Salt / Trade / Water resources
- Asia Salt (Cambodia) Co Ltd / Asia Salt chairman Sang Yoo-gi / Asia Salt project / AusAid / Australian government / British government / coastline protection / deputy Kampot Governor Kang Sao Thorn / EEE Korea company / InfraCo Asia / InfraCo Asia Development Pte. Ltd. / Kampot / Kampot Province / Kang Sao Thorn / Kep / Kep province / Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community / Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community secretary Um Chhun / Private Infrastructure Development Group / Salt / salt industry / salt packaging factory / Sihanoukville Port / Singaporean Ambassador Premjith Sadasivan / South Korean aid / South Korean Embassy / Swiss government / Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / Thailand / Toek Chhou district / U.K's Departmrnt for International Development / Um Chhun
TOEK CHHOU DISTRICT, Kampot province – A donor-backed project launched here on Saturday aims to produce Cambodia’s first export-quality sea salt and invigorate the struggling local salt industry. In a ceremony among Kampot’s vast fields of coastal saltpans and low levees, company representatives from Asia Salt ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-kampot-salt-farm-has-big-ambitions-20505/
Hun Sen Demands Answers to Sihanoukville Water Shortage
- 29 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Sihanoukville / Water resources
- Anco Water Supply Co.Ltd / Hun Sen / Kbal Chhay / Kbal Chhay Waterfall / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Preah Sihanouk Province / Prek Tup Lake / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Provincial Governor Sboang Sarath / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville Autonomous Port / Sihanoukville SEZ / tourism industry / tourism sector / water pipes network / water shortages / water supply
Prime Minister Hun Sen chastised local authorities in Preah Sihanouk province on Friday for their inability to prevent a water shortage in early April that crippled businesses in the tourist hub of Sihanoukville and left locals without running water for almost a week. The incident ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-demands-answers-to-water-shortage-20480/
ADB supports integration of regional energy systems
- 26 April 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Multilateral development assistance / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- ADB / ADB Laos senior economist Soulinthone Leuangkhamsing / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Chinese aid / CO2 emissions / Electricity / fossil fuel imports / Greater Mekong Sub-region / hydropower / Laos / power transmission systems / regional power grid connection / regional power grid connectivity / Thailand
Countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region can save US$14 billion over the next 20 years if they integrate their power transmission systems, according to a senior official from the Asian Development Bank. A regional power grid connection would enable countries with hydro-power plants to export energy ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZGE3NWI5YWNjYTV
Long Rainy Season to Help Increase Rice Yields
- 25 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Water resources
- agriculture development cooperative / Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture / fertilizers / Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology / rice paddy / rice paddy yields / Takeo / Takeo Province
Farmers can expect better rice paddy yields this year compared to last year after the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday predicted that the rainy season would run from mid-May until November with only a short dry spell. Chhomg Sopal, agriculture development ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/long-rainy-season-to-help-increase%E2%80%88rice-yields-20266/
Fishermen feeling the heat
- 11 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Marine and coastal areas / Rivers and lakes / Siem Reap / Water resources
- aquaculture / aquaculture seed production / Climate Change / Hav Viseth / marine life / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Say Sorn / Siem Reap / Takeo Province / Vann Po
Rising water temperatures are affecting fisheries and marine life, said several representatives of Cambodia’s aquaculture industry, and the effect is decreasing seed production and lowering aquaculture farmers’ productivity. Say Sorn, president of aquaculture seed production in Siem Reap province, told the Post yesterday that water temperature ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041165024/Business/fishermen-feeling-the-heat.html
Water Supply Begins to Return to Sihanoukville
- 9 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Sihanoukville / Water resources
- Anco Water Supply Co.Ltd / diesel fuel / EdC / Electricite du Cambodge / Kbbal Chhay / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Sbuon Sarath / Prek Tup Lake / Reservoirs / Sbuon Sarath / Sihanoukville / water pipes network / Water Supply Authority
Anco Water Supply, a private company that is supplying Sihanoukville with access to fresh water has alleviated a water shortage that began when a state-owned reservoir dried up more than a week ago. Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Sbuon Sarath said that running water had been restored ...
Cambodia-France discuss tram system project
- 8 April 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / International relations / Investment / Rivers and lakes / Trade / Water resources
- Dams / Foreign Minister Hor Namhong / France / French Ambassador to Cambodia / Hor Namhong / hydro-electric power / hydropower / Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) / Koy Kuong / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Phnom Penh / Serge Mostura / traffic congestion / tram system
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with Serge Mostura, French Ambassador to Cambodia, to discuss a tram system project to benefit the residents of Phnom Penh, an official said Monday. Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said, the two sides discussed ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&title=cambodia&token=YmZhZWE5YzkyNWJ
Xi hails ties with Cambodia
- 7 April 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Government / International relations / Marine and coastal areas / Water resources
- ASEAN / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Beijing / Boao / Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 / Boao town / China-Cambodia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation / Chinese aid / Chinese president Xi Jinping / Hainan Province / Hun Sen / Prime Minister Hun / Xi Jinping
China-Cambodia relations have become a model of friendly coexistence and close cooperation among countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at an international forum that opened on Sunday. China and Cambodia are good neighbors, friends, partners and brothers, Xi said while meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-04/07/c_132290730.htm