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Charcoal kilns dismantled, illegal timber seized in Ratanakiri, Pursat natural resource busts
The past week saw the Ministry of Environment bring a halt to large-scale forestry crimes in Ratanakiri and Pursat provinces, eve as it gears up to begin distributing five million free seedlings to the public as part of its “Green Shoots” campaign. ...
Cardamom mountain rangers busted 20 natural resource crimes in May alone
May saw officials interrupt 20 natural resource crimes across the five province’s Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountain range. ...
Post Staff
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/cardamom-mountain-rangers-busted-20-natural-resource-crimes-in-may-alone/
Koh Kong island will be region’s first ‘carbon neutral community’
Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth announced the official launch of the Kingdom’s first “carbon neutral community”, yesterday, March 26. The Koh Sralao natural protected community area — in Kohn Kong province — will be the first of its kind not just in Cambodia, but the ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-island-will-be-region-s-first-carbon-neutral-community-
Environment official issued warning as minister calls for stricter enforcement of forestry crimes
Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth has ordered stricter enforcement against natural resource crimes, as details emerged of a formal warning issued to the deputy director of the Mondulkiri Provincial Department of Environment for lack of responsibility. ...
Environment and Natural Resources Code officially announced
The Environment and Natural Resources Code has recently been promulgated, according to the Ministry of Environment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501320567/environment-and-natural-resources-code-officially-announced/
Timber trader Try Pheap linked to logging racket
In a new report, U.K. environmental rights group Global Witness places Cambodian timber magnate Try Pheap at the heart of a vast illegal logging operation driving the country’s rarest tree species to the brink of extinction with the collusion of government and military officials. “The Cost ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-trader-try-pheap-linked-to-vast-logging-racket-77466/
