Forest products

Forestry Industry

Seized M’kiri timber put up for auction, starting bid firmly set at 1.4B riel

The government’s Auction Committee has announced a public auction of more than 1,500 cubic metres of illegally logged timber at a starting price of some 1.4 billion riel (approximately $353,000). This is based on a June 6 announcement by the Ministry of Environment’s General Department ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seized-mkiri-timber-put-auction-starting-bid-firmly-set-14b-riel

Trucks sought to combat logging

The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO) said that on behalf of rangers, it will formally request the Ministry of Environment next week to provide proper vehicles to transport evidence of forestry crimes. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trucks-sought-combat-logging

Kratie timber smuggling vans seized

The Kratie provincial Military Police raided a timber broker’s premises in Kratie town’s O’Russey commune on Tuesday, seizing eight vans which were allegedly attempting to transport logs illegally to Vietnam. Kratie Provincial Court deputy prosecutor Chea Sopheak told The Post on Tuesday that Kratie provincial ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-timber-smuggling-vans-seized

Monitoring group blames rise in forest crimes on authorities turning blind eye

A prominent forest monitoring group on Monday urged the government to combat illegal logging and poaching in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, which it claimed had seen a drastic increase in forestry crimes during the first five months of this year. The Prey Lang Community ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-group-blames-rise-forest-crimes-authorities-turning-blind-eye

Sar Kheng recognises Phnom Samkos logging

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Saturday acknowledged that there had been illegal logging in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Pursat province. Civil society groups lauded the acknowledgement and urged the authorities to immediately combat the crimes. ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-recognises-phnom-samkos-logging

Authorities accused of ignoring logging

Bunong indigenous residents in Dak Dam commune in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district have accused the authorities of ignoring the clearing of community forest land at Chrey Thom waterfall resort and a local cemetery despite repeated complaints since 2017. ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-accused-ignoring-logging

‘No manpower’ to move timber

Nearly 30 pieces of sralao and koki timber measuring 3m long and 30 to 40cm in diameter were found by locals at three sites in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune in Mondulkiri province on Tuesday. The timber was hidden in a forest around 1km from ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-manpower-move-timber

More than 300 kakoh logs seized in Ratanakkiri secret timber stash

More than 300 kakoh logs were confiscated on Monday by Ratanakkiri provincial anti-financial crime police, in cooperation with Banlung district authorities at a secret timber storage site in Yeak Loam commune’s Labo village. The logs have been handed over to local Forestry Administration officials pending legal procedures. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-300-kakoh-logs-seized-ratanakkiri-secret-timber-stash

‘Mondulkiri forestry crime seized evidence should be moved’

Hundreds of cars, thousands of motorbikes and chainsaws and a haul of timber impounded as evidence at Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary are falling into disrepair and should be moved for proper care, said provincial environment department director Keo Sopheak. ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-forestry-crime-seized-evidence-should-be-moved

Villagers file suit against wildlife chief over logging

The director of Mondulkiri province’s Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuary, Han Sokhon, is set to face legal action from an indigenous community. The villagers allege he colluded to exploit the very forest he was meant to safeguard after villagers discovered illegal logging in the protected area. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-file-suit-against-wildlife-chief-over-logging

Stung Treng authorities reject RFA timber trafficking claim

The Stung Treng provincial department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries rejected a Radio Free Asia (RFA) report which claimed that on March 27, there was a resurgence of illegal timber trafficking activities near the Lower Sesan II Dam. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-authorities-reject-rfa-timber-trafficking-claim

Lorry with illegal wood confiscated

A lorry discovered to be secretly transporting illegally logged wood on Monday was impounded by Kampong Thom provincial authorities, with the vehicle’s driver now in hiding, according to a provincial forestry administration official. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lorry-illegal-wood-confiscated

Cambodians arrested in Thailand over logging

A dozen Cambodian migrant workers suspected of cutting down trees in a Thai protected forest were arrested on Sunday by military police at a rubber plantation in Thailand’s Nakhon Reachasima province. According to a report by the Bangkok Post, Thai military police conducted a raid ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50592318/cambodians-arrested-in-thailand-over-logging/

PM: Prevent illegal exports of timber

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday urged relevant authorities to stamp out the export of timber abroad without authorisation and transparency. Speaking during an annual meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Thursday, Hun Sen called on officials to work together in ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-prevent-illegal-exports-timber

Villagers asked to dismantle tents in conservation area

Ten villagers were briefly detained by Ream National Park rangers in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday and instructed to dismantle their tarpaulins from aconservation area. Authorities said the villagers had secretly erected their tents there in order to illegally settle down and clear state forest ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-asked-dismantle-tents-conservation-area

Ratanakkiri Military Police seize first-grade timber logs

The Ratanakkiri provincial Military Police intercepted two four-wheel drive vehicles in Veun Sai district that were used to transport first-grade timber logs. The timber has been seized but the police said the drivers were not found at the scene and authorities are on the lookout ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-military-police-seize-first-grade-timber-logs

Pursat authorites raid sawmill

Pursat provincial authorities on Wednesday raided a sawmill operating without a licence and confiscated 21 logs totalling 13 cubic metres at Kset Borei village in Phnom Kravanh district’s Santre commune, while the owner escaped. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-authorites-raid-sawmill

Police raid lumber mill being operated illegally in wildlife sanctuary

Police forces on Sunday raided a lumber mill that was being operated illegally within Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu province. At least 100 timber logs, three wood processing machines – including one shredder – and several lumber planks had been found and confiscated, ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-raid-lumber-mill-being-operated-illegally-wildlife-sanctuary

Eight arrested for crossing border

Voek Pisei, O’Khla Khmum village chief in Samrong district’s O’Smach commune, told The Post on Thursday that early last month, one villager identified as Roeun Sela was detained by Thai border guards for smuggling luxury wood from Thailand. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-arrested-crossing-border

Environment ministry works to better identify timber sources

Minister of Environment Say Sam Al said on Monday that his ministry is working with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to identify whether transported timber is from legal or illegal sources. Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) president Pich Sros, who is also a member ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-works-better-identify-timber-sources

Illegal logging denied in Mondulkiri province

The Mondulkiri agriculture department yesterday denied claims by an environmental activist that it allowed two private firms to transport timber to Vietnam. Activist Heng Sros, 24, from the Cambodian Human Rights Task Force, yesterday said that the private companies received permission to transport high quality ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50576716/illegal-logging-denied-in-mondulkiri-province/

Ministry tallies forestry crimes

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday stated that last year it cracked down on more than 1,000 cases. In a report, the ministry said that there were a total of 1,093 cases last year, noting that 582 resulted in fines and 511 were ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50575309/ministry-tallies-forestry-crimes/

Joint forces confiscate illegally logged timber

The Pursat provincial Military Police, in cooperation with provincial environmental officers, on Saturday confiscated a total of 150 Reach Kol timber logs, which had been hidden near the Cardamom Mountains in Rovieng village in Phnom Kravanh district’s Samrong commune. ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joint-forces-confiscate-illegally-logged-timber

PM calls on soldiers to end role in Cambodian logging

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called on soldiers to stop colluding with illegal timber traders and work with law enforcement officers to protect natural resources. Hun Sen made the remarks as he presided over the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-soldiers-end-role-cambodian-logging

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