Water resources
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Dam firm violated law
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Law and judiciary / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Ame Trandem / China Huaneng Group / China’s national auditor / Chinese aid / Chinese law / dam / Dams / Danson Cheong / EIA / Electricity / energy / Environment Impact Assessment / food security / Huaneng / Huangdeng hydropower station / Hydrolancang / Hydrolancang International Energy / hydropower / hydropower dam / International Rivers / Ith Praing / Kith Meng / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / May Titthara / Mekong and 3S Hydropower Dams forum / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Ministry of Industry / Phnom Penh / power projects / reservoir / Royal Group / sesan / Srepok rivers / Stung Treng / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566083/National/dam-firm-violated-law.html
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/
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
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 ...
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
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
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
Price of Water Spikes as Sihanoukville Shortages Drag On
- 4 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 / EdC / Eletricite du Cambodge / Kbal Chhay Waterfall / O’Pi water spring / Pi commune / Prek Tup Lake / Reservoirs / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / water shortages
As Sihanoukville’s water shortage drags on, the price of water being delivered by private suppliers has skyrocketed with residents and business owners growing ever more desperate to get clean water into their homes, hotels and restaurants. Over the past week, since a reservoir supplying the city ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/price-of-water-spikes-as-sihanoukville-shortage-drags-on-17341/
SRP Commune Told to Stop Talking to Media about Dam
- 3 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- 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 / Water resources
- Chap Piseth / dam / Displacement / fisheries / Forestry Administration / Hydrolancang International Energy Co Ltd / hydropower / Kbal commune / Lower Sesan 2 dam / luxury-grade wood / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Group / Sith Samnag / Srekor commune / Srekor commune chief Siek Mekong / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Stung Treng Provincial Forestry Administration / The National Assembly / Triage Forestry Administration / Triage Forestry Administration deputy chief Chap Piseth
Officials from the Stung Treng provincial forestry administration have warned a local SRP commune chief against speaking to the media about the clearing of trees from a 36,000-hectare site to become the reservoir of a giant hydropower dam in the area, the commune chief said ...
No Power Leads to No Water In Sihanoukville
- 2 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Sihanoukville / Water resources
- Anco Brothers / Anco Brothers Co LTD / Anco Water Supply Co. Ltd. manager Ngy Sun / Anco Water Supply Co.Ltd / Budweiser beer / CPP Senator Kok An / diesel fuel / EdC / Electricite du Cambodge / Electricity / electricity shortages / Evian mineral water / Kandal / Kandal Province / Kbal Chhay / Kbal Chhay Waterfall / Kok An / MIME / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Ngy Sun / Phnom Penh / power grid / power plants / Prack Chanroeun / Prek Tup Lake / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Sihanoukville provincial department of industry mines and energy director Prak Chanroeun / Taxes / Thailand / transmission lines / water pipes / water pipes network / water shortages
The water shortage that has led to tens of thousands of households in Sihanoukville without running water for the past week occurred after provincial officials decided to limit power to a water pumping facility operated by the tourist town’s privately-owned distributor, a manager at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-power-leads-to-no-water-in-sihanoukville-16858/
Workers begin Clearing Land for Lower Sesan 2
- 1 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- 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 / Water resources
- dam / environmental impacts / fisheries / Forest / forested land / Hydrolancang International Energy Co Ltd / hydropower / hydropower dam / irrigation / Kompong Cham / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Loy Sophat / luxury-grade wood / National Assembly / Prey Veng / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Group / Srekor commune / Stung Treng Province / Stung Treng Provincial Governor Loy Sophat
Workers in Stung Treng province have begun clearing forested land with chainsaws in order to make way for the reservoir of a massive hydropower dam that has drawn ire from local villagers who say they have not been informed about the dam’s construction plans. The National ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-begin-clearing-land-for-lower-sesan-2-16743/
Sihanoukville Runs Dry During Water Crisis
- 1 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Government services / Hydropower dams / Industries / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Sihanoukville / Tourism / Water resources
- Anco Water Supply / Anco Water Supply Co.Ltd / Anco Water Supply manager Ngy Suy / Beach Road Hotel / Dams / department of industry mines and energy / diesel fuel / diesel fuel price / Electricity / electricity shortages / fire trucks / gasoline price / Government-Private Sector Working Group on Tourism / Government-Private Sector Working Group on Tourism Co-Chair Ho Vandy / Hun Sen / hydropower / Kbal Chhay / Kok Ann / Mick and Craig’s Guesthouse / Monkey Republic Guesthouse / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority / Prak Chanroeun / Preah Sihanouk / Preah Sihanouk Province / Prek Tup Lake / Prime Minister Hun Sen / public services / public utilities / Red Sky Bar and Restaurant / Reservoirs / Serendipity Road / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville provincial department of industry mines and energy director Prak Chanroeun / Taxes / The dive shop / tourism sector / water pipes / water pipes network / water shortages / water supply
A water shortage in the tourist town of Sihanoukville has led authorities to advise scores of businesses to dig their own wells as only 50 percent of local demand is currently being met after high temperatures dried up the water supplier’s only reservoir. On March ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-runs-dry-during-water-crisis-16609/
Climate change to affect Mekong production
- 1 April 2013
- UPI
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Climate change / Development policy and administration / 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
- Agricultural Production / Agriculture & Agri-business / Climate Change / Dams / Economic Development / Electricity / food security / hydropower / International Center for Environmental Management / Laos / Lower Mekong Basin / mainstream dams / maize / Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project / Mekong ARCC project / Mekong countries / Mekong Delta / rainfall / rice / sediment transportation / Thailand / tributary dams / U.S. Agency for International Development / USAID
Climate change will have a significant effect on major industrial and food crops in the Lower Mekong basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, says a new study. The study, conducted by the Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project for the U.S. Agency ...
Pursat Police Official Charged Over Illegal Fishing
- 1 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Judiciary and courts / Land / Protected areas / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Commercial fishing / Fish / fisheries / Fishing / Hong Bunthoeun / illegal fishing / illicit fishing / Komong Luong commune / Krakor district / Krakor Military police headquarters / large scale fishing lots / Pursat / Pursat Province / Tonle Sap lake
The Pursat Provincial court on Friday charged Krakor district’s judicial police bureau chief for taking bribes in order to allow illegal fishing in the Tonle Sap Lake, officials said yesterday. [Hong Bunthoeun] stands accused of accepting bribes to allow illicit fishing in parts of the Tonle ...
In Washington, ‘Mekong Days’ Puts River in Focus
- 29 March 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Agriculture and fishing / Climate change / 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
- “Mekong Days” / “My River My Fish My Life” / A River Changes Course / Agro-business company / Cambodia filmmaker Chum Sophea / Cambodian-American filmmaker Kalyanee Mam / Chinese aid / Dams / dynamite fishing methods / Europe / fish stocks / fisheries / Goethe Institute / hydropower dam / Laos / livestock / Maryland / Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change / Mekong Days events / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Sundance Film Festival / Tonle Sap basin / US / USAID / Washington / Wilfried Eckstein / Xayaburi / Xayaburi dam
Advocacy groups, environmentalists and policy-makers have wrapped up five days of events surrounding Mekong River issues in Washington. “Mekong Days,” a series of talks, films and other forums that ended Tuesday, highlighted issues in the region, where some 60 million people live. The Mekong River, a major ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-washington-mekong-days-puts-river-in-focus/1630640.html