Gov’t lifts farming ban on K Thom floodplains

8 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural policy and administration / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Provincial and local governments
Council for Agriculture and Rural Development / Council of Ministers / Prim Rottha / Sok Pheng / Tonle Sap / Tonle Sap Authority / Uth Sam On / Vann Sophanna

The Council of Ministers has granted farmers in Kompong Thom province permission to start farming on the floodplains of the Tonle Sap lake in an area previously off limits and home to flooded forests that provide a critical fish breeding habitat. The Council of Ministers’ notice, dated July 22, lets locals farm inside the province’s portion of a ring that runs around the entire Tonle Sap and is known as Zone Three, where all farming and other development is otherwise strictly prohibited. Despite the ban, people still farm the fertile land and build reservoirs in the dry season, according to authorities, leading to numerous arrests. …

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