Environment and natural resources

Million-year-old fossilised tree unearthed for study and eco-tourism development

The remains of a fossilised tree estimated to be between 100,000 years and two million years old has been excavated in Stung Treng province. Almost 20 of its estimated 30 metre length has been uncovered, and be used for research, as well as to promote ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/million-year-old-fossilised-tree-unearthed-for-study-and-eco-tourism-development

Cambodia requests UN support for cleaning up waterways

Cambodia has requested that the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) continue to provide cooperation on key projects aimed at preventing plastic waste pollution in the Tonle Sap Lake, the Mekong River and the sea. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-requests-un-support-for-cleaning-up-waterways

MoWRAM urges sustainable sand management to back infra growth

Thor Chetha, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology (MoWRAM), Wednesday called for efforts to strengthen sustainable sand resource management, emphasising its crucial role in ensuring a steady supply of materials for construction, infrastructure and industrial projects. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501738655/mowram-urges-sustainable-sand-management-to-back-infra-growth/

Rubber exports hit over $387M in first 7 months

Cambodia earned over $387 million from rubber and rubberwood exports in the first seven months of 2025, marking a more than 42 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report by the General Department of Rubber. ...

Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501737074/rubber-exports-hit-over-387m-in-first-7-months/

Happy Elephant Day! Conservationists call for more protections of wild population

Conservation organisations in Cambodia and the Ministry of Environment have released a message marking World Elephant Day on August 12, with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of protecting Cambodia’s wild elephant population. Only between 400 and 600 remain in the Kingdom. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/happy-elephant-day-conservationists-call-for-more-protections-of-wild-population

Environment minitry: monitoring systems prevent over 10M cubic metres of wastewater discharge

The Ministry of Environment calculates that it prevented more than 10 million cubic metres of untreated wastewater from being discharged into and polluting public water sources during the first seven months of 2025. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-minitry-monitoring-systems-prevent-over-10m-cubic-metres-of-wastewater-discharge

Tourism ministry partners up to protect Ratanakkiri’s last domestic elephants

The Airavata Khmer Elephant Foundation, which cares for the last surviving domestic elephants in Ratanakkiri province, will work more closely with the Ministry of Tourism to help protect the remaining animals and promote the province’s eco-tourism potential. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tourism-ministry-partners-up-to-protect-ratanakkiri-s-last-domestic-elephants

‘Ponlork Baitong’ fair cancelled due to border conflict, free sapling distribution continues

The Ministry of Environment has cancelled the planned ‘Ponlork Baitong’ Exhibition and the National One-Million Palm Tree Planting Event 2025, which were scheduled to take place from August 5 to 7. The ministry highlighted the current need to focus efforts on supporting Cambodia’s frontline soldiers ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/-ponlork-baitong-fair-cancelled-due-to-border-conflict-free-sapling-distribution-continues

Five Cambodian towns, districts selected as ASEAN Environmental Sustainability Award finalists

Five of the Kingdom’s towns and districts were included as nominees for ASEAN’s prestigious Environmental Sustainability Awards at the 36th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) in Langkawi, Malaysia, held from July 28 to 31. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-cambodian-towns-districts-selected-as-asean-environmental-sustainability-award-finalists

Forest guardians honoured on World Ranger Day

Cambodia’s environmental rangers are undergoing increasingly intensive training — similar to their brothers and sisters in the military — and learning new how to use the newest technology to boost their effectiveness in protecting natural resources and ensuring their own safety while they are deep ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-guardians-honoured-on-world-ranger-day

Recorded natural resource crimes down a quarter in first half of year

The Ministry of Environments latest report on natural resource crimes reported a 27% decrease in the number of crimes it intervened in from January to June, when compared to last year. It recorded a total of 986 cases, including the seizure of over 10,000 snares, ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recorded-natural-resource-crimes-down-a-quarter-in-first-half-of-year

Government rejects alarming deforestation report despite rise in forest cover loss in Cambodia’s protected forests

A new report by Citizens Engaged in Environmental Justice for All (CEEJA) on forest monitoring revealed that Cambodia has lost 120,829 hectares of tree cover in 2023, with nearly half occurring inside these protected areas. The Ministry of Environment has dismissed the report’s findings. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Long Somneang
https://cambojanews.com/government-rejects-alarming-deforestation-report-despite-rise-in-forest-cover-loss-in-cambodias-protected-forests/

Advanced technology sees rangers detect almost 800 hectares of encroached forests

Nearly 800 hectares of forest land that had been encroached upon and planted with various crops in protected areas of Siem Reap province were identified in 2024 and 2025, thanks to the use of modern technology and information systems. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advanced-technology-sees-rangers-detect-almost-800-hectares-of-encroached-forests

Forest protection activist summoned by court as ‘witness’, not suspect

Tan Kimsour, a well-known forest protection activist, has been summoned by the Kratie Provincial Court’s prosecutor office to provide clarification in a case involving the transportation of forest products without a permit. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-protection-activist-summoned-by-court-as-witness-not-suspect

Families petition for closure of Preah Sihanouk hide processing plant

Nearly 100 families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Teuk La’ak commune, in Prey Nop district , have called for the closure of Kubon (CAMBODIA) Technology Co., LTD., a company that processes cattle hides, if it does not cease polluting local waterways. The pollution has negatively impacted ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-petition-for-closure-of-preah-sihanouk-hide-processing-plant

Dolphin guards request more equipment as illegal fishing persists

Patrol teams and community fisheries officers stationed in Irrawaddy dolphin conservation areas have requested additional equipment from the Ministry of Agriculture. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dolphin-guards-request-more-equipment-as-illegal-fishing-persists

Ministry prosecutes 30 polluters in first half of year

The ministry of Environment has shared that in the first half of the year, it pursued legal action against 30 polluters. In the same period, 50 separate facilities have signed agreements to install automated monitoring systems that will help prevent environmental contamination. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-prosecutes-30-polluters-in-first-half-of-year

Battambang limestone mountains on shortlist as natural heritage sites

Officials from the Ministry of Environment, Battambang provincial authorities, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and development partners are currently assessing the possibility of beginning the process of listing two limestone mountain areas — Phnom Sampov and Phnom Banan — in Battambang as natural heritage sites. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-limestone-mountains-on-shortlist-as-natural-heritage-sites

Tina lauds reforestation efforts: 21 million saplings planted by Forestry Administration

The Forestry Administration – under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – has raised and planted over 21 million tree saplings using state funds, while millions more have been planted by citizens across the country. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tina-lauds-reforestation-efforts-21-million-saplings-planted-by-forestry-administration

King: Tree planting a ‘green investment’ that brings multiple benefits for humanity and the planet

On the occasion of this year’s July 9 National Tree Planting Day, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni shared how planting trees and all kinds of vegetation is a form of green investment in nature, offering a wide range of benefits for humanity and all living ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-tree-planting-a-green-investment-that-brings-multiple-benefits-for-humanity-and-the-planet

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