កិច្ចការពារព្រៃឡង់
កិច្ចការពារព្រៃឡង់ វិទ្យាស្ថានគ្រប់គ្រងបូព៌ាបស្ចឹម (EWMI) បានធ្វើការរួមជាមួយក្រុមសហគមន៍ចាប់តាំងពីឆ្នាំ ២០០៧។ ពួកគេបានចាប់ផ្តើមផ្តល់វគ្គបណ្តុះបណ្តាលជាសកម្មភាពនានា រួមទាំងសមាជិកសហគមន៍ព្រៃឈើដែលនៅក្នុងព្រៃនេះ។ ពួកគេបានគាំទ្រដល់បណ្តាញសហគមន៍ព្រៃឡង់ (PLCN) អស់រយៈពេលជាច្រើនឆ្នាំផងដែរ។គម្រោងគាំទ្រព្រៃឈើ និងជីវៈចម្រុះ (SFB) នៅកម្ពុជា (វិច្ឆិកា ២០១២ ដល់ វិច្ឆិកា ២០១៦) ផ្តល់មូលនិធិដោយ USAID និងគ្រប់គ្រងដោយអង្គការ Winrock អន្តរជាតិ ជាមួយនឹងការចូលរួមពីបណ្តាអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលនានាជាច្រើនផ្សេងទៀត។ គម្រោងនេះ មានគោលបំណងជម្រុញអោយមានភាពល្អប្រសើរក្នុងកិច្ចអភិរក្ស និងការគ្រប់គ្រងទេសភាពព្រៃឡង់ និងតំបន់វាលទំនាបភាគខាងកើត។គម្រោង “គម្រោងការកាត់បន្ថយការបំភាយឧស្ម័នផ្ទះកញ្ចក់ពីការបាត់បង់ និងរេចរិលព្រៃឈើ ” (រេដបូក) គឺជាកិច្ចផ្តួចផ្តើមមួយរបស់អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ។ គម្រោងនេះបានបង្កើតនូវប្រព័ន្ធតាមដានផែនទីបង្ហាញផ្លូវសម្រាប់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ គម្រោងថ្មីរបស់ REDD+ នឹងត្រូវចាប់ផ្តើមធ្វើនៅក្នុងតំបន់ព្រៃឡង់នៅឆ្នាំ ២០១៧ ហើយវានឹងផ្តោតគោលដៅលើបំលាស់ប្តូរដី។ ព្រៃឡង់ ជាជម្រកសំរាប់មនុស្ស ២៥០,០០០ នាក់ ដោយភាគច្រើនពួកគេមកពីក្រុមជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចគួយនៅកម្ពុជា ហើយព្រៃឡង់ក៏ជាព្រៃភ្លៀងទំនាបធំចុងក្រោយបង្អស់នៅលើអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ដីគោក ដែលកំពុងទទួលបានការខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងរ ...
អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលទទួលបន្ទុកផ្នែកការកាន់កាប់ដីធ្លី និងការចេញប័ណ្ណកម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លី
(English) There are four major international donors to land rights development and reform in Cambodia: the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada. Their support spans multiple programs and several years with the overall objective of improving land tenure security and promoting stable land markets. ...
NGO Forum Breaks Silence on 'Warning'
NGO Forum confirmed yesterday it had received a “warning letter” from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over its advocacy on behalf of communities affected by a railway rehabilitation project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAID. The warning to the umbrella group of 88 ...
Climate Change Considered as Flooding Hits Cambodia
The wet season had come and gone with almost no rain. Despite the best efforts of the farmers from Tralach commune, in Takeo province’s Traing district, widespread crop failures two years ago brought the community to the economic, and dietary, brinkThis week, farmers in Kratie ...
Boeng Kak families sue - and sued by - government officials
Two-and-a-half weeks after excavators belonging to a CPP senator’s real estate firm demolished the homes of eight families fighting eviction from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake community, those families and the government officials charged with evicting them have taken their battle to court. A pair of ...
Integration of Southeast Asian Stock Exchanges Hits Snag
Just months before stock exchanges in Southeast Asia plan to link up their trading, key players remain divided, with one top bourse official saying the region may be going through a “reality check” on the many hurdles facing further economic integration. The plan for cross-border trading ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203961204577270760343324718.html
ASEAN hits troubled waters
Prime Minister Hun Sen pushed regional unity at the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Summit yesterday, but criticism directed at Cambodia over the South China Sea ensured the dispute remained front and centre. As heavily armed guards lined the streets outside the Peace Palace in Phnom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040455423/National-news/asean-hits-troubled-waters.html
ASEAN senior officials meet ahead of 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting
ASEAN senior officials on energy gathered here on Monday to discuss and prepare documents for the 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting and related meetings to be held on Sept. 12. The two-day preparatory meeting, under the theme “ASEAN Green Connectivity”, was chaired by Tun ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/10/c_131841006.htm
Hundreds of Taxi Drivers Protest for Third Time
More than 200 motorcycle-taxi drivers gathered in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park yesterday, for the third time, to protest against human rights groups who have characterized the recent arrest of two anti-eviction activists as politically motivated. The little known taxi drivers’ union, Cambodia for Confederation Development Association ...
Dozens sentenced in forest-clearing ring
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced 28 people – including several government officials – to between two and five years in jail on charges of clearing state-protected flooded mangrove forest in Kampong Thom province in July of 2012. Presiding Judge Keo Mony said that Cheath Sivutha, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011860868/National/dozens-sentenced-in-forest-clearing-ring.html
Shadow Cast Over Future of Forest Patrols
More than two weeks after the murder of conservationist Chut Wutty in the forests of the Cardamom Mountains, the future of his small NGO remains in doubt. But NGOs and communities who worked with Chut Wutty over the years say the larger fate of his ...
Prey Lang activists halted on road
More than 300 activists from Kampong Thom province’s Prey Lang Community Network were stopped by district police yesterday as they were marching from the Vietnamese-owned CRCK Company to deliver a lawsuit in Sandan district calling for the postponement of alleged forest clearing and the “invasion” ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021461350/National/prey-lang-activists-halted-on-road.html
Mondolkiri, Kompong Thom Face Climate Threat
Mondolkiri and Kompong Thom provinces could suffer some of the most extreme effects of climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin region, such as a high incidence of flash floods and droughts by 2050, according to a new study. Analyzing temperature and rainfall from 84 provinces ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mondolkiri-kompong-thom-face-climate-threat-17224/
Hun Sen Thanks Student Land-Titling Volunteers
Student volunteers from across the country yesterday took a break from their land-measuring duties to attend a pre-Khmer New Year ceremony at Phnom Penh’s Koh Pitch where they were presented with a thank-you letter from Mr. Hun Sen. Since Mr. Hun Sen launched the land titling ...
Sugar firm under fire
Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060366024/National/sugar-firm-under-fire.html
Commune officials to solve factory disputes
In response to a growing number of strikes in the country’s highly profitable garment sector, the government trained 15 handpicked commune officials yesterday to mediate and resolve factory disputes. The training was designed to teach commune councillors to defuse and resolve conflict, Buth Ji, director of ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-officials-solve-factory-disputes
Violent Mob, Police Attack Peaceful Protesters
Riot police and groups of men in plain clothes armed with sticks, Tasers and slingshots violently attacked a group of anti-eviction protesters conducting a hunger strike at Wat Phnom late last night, injuring several people. Protesters from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community began the hunger strike ...
Simon Marks and Kevin Doyle
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/violent-mob-police-attack-peaceful-protesters-42892/
Cambodian-Americans Warn of Dangers of Political Deadlock
As demonstrations continued in Phnom Penh, Cambodian-Americans in Washington said this week that the international community can no longer stay out of Cambodian affairs, lest the political deadlock turn to violence. At a discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, held by the Khmer People’s ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-americans-warn-of-dangers-of-political-deadlock/1776213.html
Kids key in disaster planning
Stronger disaster planning is needed to avoid future devastation and loss of life caused by flooding, according to a report published by World Vision yesterday. The report, titled Cities Prepare, recommends that the Cambodian government and civil society work to place “a stronger emphasis on disaster risk ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-key-disaster-planning
People’s Assembly Will Rally at Freedom Park on Monday
About 1,000 members of the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly—a network of communities throughout the country that includes farmers as well as land and labor activists—will rally at Freedom Park on Monday to demand an end to the current political impasse. The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/peoples-assembly-will-rally-at-freedom-park-on-monday-45440/