គ្រោះទឹកជំនន់និងគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួតជាគ្រោះមហន្តរាយដែលប៉ះពាល់ដល់ប្រជាជនច្រើនជាងគេនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដែលជានិច្ចកាលគ្រោះថ្នាក់ទាំងនេះរមែងនាំឱ្យមានការចំណាយខ្ពស់ជាងគេផងដែរ។ ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរអាកាសធាតុនឹងធ្វើឱ្យស្ថានភាពនេះកាន់តែលំបាក ដោយរដូវប្រាំងមានអាកាសធាតុកាន់តែក្តៅហួតហែង និងរដូវវស្សាមានភ្លៀងធ្លាក់ជោគជាំនិងខ្យល់ព្យុះកាន់តែខ្លាំង។តំបន់លិចទឹកនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា, រូបភាព ថតដោយ Adelia Ribier, នៅថ្ងៃទី ២៤ តុលា ២០០១. ក្រោមអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ៖ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0ការរាតត្បាតនៃជម្ងឺក៏អាចនឹងមានផលប៉ះពាល់ទៅកាន់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាច្រើននាក់ផងដែរ បើទោះបីជាការគម្រាមកំហែងពីប្រភេទជម្ងឺ SARSនិងជម្ងឺផ្តាសាយបក្សីក្នុងពេលថ្មីៗនេះ មិននាំឱ្យមានផលប៉ះពាល់ខ្លាំងទៅកាន់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋក្នុងចំនួនច្រើនក៏ដោយ។គ្រោះទឹកជំនន់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាមានតំបន់ជាច្រើនគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់ដែលជាប្រភេទតំបន់លិចទឹក ហើយទឹកជំនន់ទៅលើតំបន់ទាំងនេះតែងតែកើតមានឡើងជារៀងរាល់ឆ្នាំនៅក្នុងរដូវវស្សា(ចន្លោះពីខែឧសភាដល់ខែតុលា)។ បាតុភូតនេះនាំឱ្យមានគុណប្រយោជន៏ជាច្រើន តួរយ៉ាងផ្តល់សំណើមនិងជីរជាតិដី ជួយដល់ការស្តុកទឹកលើដីនិងទឹកក្រោមដី និងផ្តល់គុណប្រយោជន៍មួយចំនួនទៀតទៅកាន់វិស័យជលផល។យ៉ាងណាមិញ ទឹកជំនន់ជោគជាំនាំឱ្យមានបញ្ហាធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ។ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិគ្រប់គ្រងគ្រោះមហន្តរាយ(NCDM) បានប៉ានប្រមាណថា ទឹកជំនន់ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣បានធ្វើឱ្យមានការខាតបង់ទៅកាន់វិស័យកសិកម្ម ហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធនិងលំនៅដ្ឋានប្រជាជនក្នុងទឹកប្រាក់ច្រើនជាង៣៥៥លានដុល្លារ។22 គណៈកម្មាធិការដដែលបានរាយការណ៍ថាទឹកជំនន់នេះបានប៉ះពាល់ដល់ប្រជាជនចំនួន ៣៧៧,៣៥៤គ្រួសារនិងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋប្រមាណ ១.៨លាននាក់ក្នុងខេត្តចំនួន២០។ ទឹកជំនន់បានសម្លាប់មនុស្សអស់ចំនួន១៦៨នាក់ ដែលក្នុងនោះភាគច្រើនជាកុមារ។23ក្នុងករណីគ្រោះទឹកជំនន់ដែលធ្ងន់ធ្ងរបំផុត សេវាសាធារណៈដូចជាវិស័យអប់រំនិងការថែទាំសុខភាពមិនអាចដំណើរការទៅបានយ៉ាងប្រក្រតីនោះទេ។24 ហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ ផ្លូវថ្នល់ ទឹកស្អាតនិងប្រព័ន្ធធារាសាស្ត្រ ព្រមទាំងការចែកចាយអគ្គីសនី(ទៅកាន់កន្លែងដែលអាចទៅដល់)ត្រូវបានខូចខាតឬរងការបំផ្លិចបំផ្លាញ ដែលនេះជាទម្ងន់បន្ថែមលើផលប៉ះពាល់រយៈពេលវែង។ ការធ្លាក់ចុះនៃទិន្នផលវិស័យកសិកម្មបន្ទាប់ពីទឹកជំនន់ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣ត្រូវបានប៉ានស្មានថានឹងកាត់បន្ថយកំណើនទិន្នផលក្នុងស្រុកសរុប(GDP)របស់កម្ពុជាច្រើនជាង០.៥ភាគរយ។25ទឹកជំនន់ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០០០បានប៉ះពាល់ដល់ប្រជាជនចំនួន ៣.៥លាននាក់ រួមមាន ៨៥,០០០គ្រួសារ(ស្មើរនឹងប្រជាជន ៣៨៧,០០០នាក់) ...

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Describing a 5,000-hectare land dispute between Koh Kong villagers and a sugar company owned by CPP Senator Ly Yong Pgat as “a complicated case,” Koh Kong Provincial Court has decided to try it before a three-judge panel, a lawyer for the villagers said yesterday. The ...

THE government expressed disappointment yesterday with the World Bank’s announcement that it had halted new country loans due to the ongoing land dispute at Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh and vowed to raise the issue with the bank’s executive board. “We are very dissatisfied ...

Representatives from German, Finnish and Canadian development agencies were awarded honorary medals by Minister of Land Management Im Chhun Lim on Wednesday for their work in the country’s land sector. The awards ceremony comes just weeks after it emerged that the World Bank had frozen ...

The second mass fainting to hit a factory in Kampong Chnnang that supplies knitwear for H&M this week has prompted intervention from provincial labour officials and an investigation by the Swedish-based company. The International Labour Organisation, which monitors the M&V factory where as many as ...

Phnom Penh’s growing population is driving demand for residential property, with approvals soaring in the first seven months of this year, according to Lao Tip Seiha, director of the construction department at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. A total of 227 ...

A group of independent trade unions yesterday put forth a list of demands for changes to Cambodia’s first trade union law, which will be finalised by the government in the coming months. Unionists said the revisions were necessary, as the current draft law would undermine unions ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday rebuked the World Bank for revising downward its outlook for gross domestic product growth in the Kingdom, claiming the bank’s projections could cause market panic. The premier also announced a new government projection of 6.4 per cent GDP growth this year, ...

Just over a year since the World Bank froze its funds to the government, the bank yesterday reiterated that a decision on whether or not it would start providing loans again remains nowhere in sight. In August, the World Bank announced that it would not provide ...

An 11-year-old HIV-positive girl evicted from Borei Keila moved back to Phnom Penh to live with her aunt because she had no access to medication at her relocation site in Kandal province, she said yesterday. During another day of protests outside the National Assembly, schoolgirl Theng ...

Tired of the rampant destruction of their forests by loggers, villagers in Kratie province on Tuesday took matters into their own hands by briefly detaining loggers and confiscating six chainsaws and a tractor, a forestry official and villagers said yesterday. San Sihan, one of the ...

More than 500 ethnic minority residents of riparian communities in northeastern Cambodia held a peaceful protest Tuesday against the construction of a Vietnamese-led hydroelectric dam that will relocate them from their ancestral land. The villagers, who live along the Se San River in Stung Treng and ...

The governor of a city in southeastern Cambodia was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting that left three workers hospitalized as they took part in protests for better labor conditions at a sportswear factory that supplies goods to German sportswear giant PUMA. Moeun Tola, head ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia and private land developers were exploiting indigenous communities in Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri provinces by signing concession deals for the communities’ land without prior consultation, advocates said yesterday. “We urge the government as well as the private sector to respect [indigenous peoples’] ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Hong Kong rose more than 22 per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to data from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, whose regional base is in Hanoi. Total trade was US$741 million, compared with $607 million in 2010. Cambodia’s exports to Hong ...

The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld its own previous guilty verdict against a farmer from Kompong Chhnang province for defaming KDC, the agri-business firm owned by Chea Kheng, the wife of Industry, Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem. Pheng Rom is a member of one ...

The PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Joint Stock Company (PVFCCo) officially inaugurated its branch in Cambodia on July 29 with an aim to sell products directly to local farmers. Since the establishment of its representative office in Phnom Penh in May 2010, PVFCCo, an affiliate of ...

As the creation of Cambodia’s first law on trade unions enters a final phase this week, labor activists and unions said the draft law as it stands is in urgent need of revision, as it would cripple unions and severely undermine collective bargaining rights. They ...

The postponed 2nd Thailand Trade Exhibition 2011 will not be reorganised this year due to budget restrictions, according to Jiranan Wongmongkol, commercial counsellor based at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. The trade fair was originally scheduled for May 19 to 22 at Phnom Penh’s ...