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Kratie meet pushes dolphin protection

កសិកម្ម និង ការនេសាទ / បរិស្ថាន និងធនធានធម្មជាតិ / ការនេសាទ ការចិញ្ចឹមត្រី និងជលវប្បកម្ម / វិស័យឧស្សាហកម្ម / ទន្លេ និងបឹង
ជីវចម្រុះ / Commission for Mekong Dolphin Conservation and Ecotourism Development / conservation zones / សត្វផ្សោត / ប្រភេទសត្វជិតផុតពូជ

Residents of Kratie province had an education in conservation yesterday as the government and outside partners reiterated a September sub-decree banning gill nets on a sizable stretch of the Mekong in a bid to protect the badly endangered Mekong River dolphin. Touch Seang Tana, head of the Commission ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102559409/National-news/kratie-workshop-pushes-dolphin-protection.html

Obama steers US towards focus on Asia

On his first foreign trip since Tuesday’s election, US President Barack Obama is planning a historic visit to encourage reforms in Myanmar – seen as a key success during his first term – and he’ll also go to Thailand and Cambodia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...

http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=815309

Constructing a safer industry

Construction worker Samnang (not his real name), spent weeks confined to a hospital bed after piles of cement crashed down on him while he toiled without a hard hat. During the ensuing weeks of recovery at his home, the 28-year-old nursed head injuries and a broken ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111459730/National-news/constructing-a-safer-industry.html

The potential of Cambodia

Whenever you build a structure, you always start with a plan that exists first as an idea and then makes its way to paper and then usually a model: and this is true of ships or skyscrapers. Then comes the construction process when you bring in ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856411/Business/the-potential-of-cambodia.html

Korean tourists fuel demand for dog meat in Cambodia

Riding a motorcycle with a cage, Pov Nat scours rural areas for dogs. He pays between 30,000 ($7.38) and 80,000 riel a head and sells the animals to a butcher in Siem Reap. The 21-year-old native of Kampong Cham province began buying dogs after coming to ...

http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120826000233&cpv=0

Cambodia's 'worst year’ for land disputes

More than 200 people were arrested while defending their land in 2012 – a year human rights groups described yesterday as Cambodia’s “worst” for land disputes. Of the 201 people arrested – a figure that more than doubled the 2011 total – 29 were imprisoned, mostly ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012460955/National/cambodia-s-worst-year-for-land-disputes.html

Eviction Protest Held Outside Donor Meeting

Anti-eviction activists from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak and Borei Keila neighborhoods, dressed as white doves, protested yesterday in front of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, where the country’s donors were meeting with top government officials to discuss the country’s reform targets. Donning paper helmets ...

PAL to complete investment in Cambodia Air in July

PAL Holdings Inc., operator of flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc., said Monday it expects to complete a $10-million investment in Cambodia Air by July 15 this year. PAL teamed up with Royal Group of Cambodia in April to establish its first international airline venture known as ...

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/05/28/pal-to-complete-investment-in-cambodia-air-in-july/

Threats after activism: monks

Two monks living a remote pagoda in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district said yesterday that a shot had been fired at their living quarters last Tuesday in what they suspected was a threat motivated by their conservation efforts and participation in an opposition rally. Venerables Sam ...

 Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/threats-after-activism-monks

H&M may raise prices to pay workers

Clothing giant H&M is considering raising retail prices and passing the buck onto the consumer to help pay higher wages to garment workers in poor countries. There won’t be any price increases in the short-term, but it “might be a possibility” in the future, Helena Helmersson, ...

 Daniel de Carteret and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hm-may-raise-prices-pay-workers