Prey Lang villagers on patrol
Kampong Thom province About 500 frustrated villagers, citing the authorities’ inaction as their motivation, rode some 250 motorbikes into Prey Lang forest over the weekend in yet another effort to combat illegal logging they say is decimating the area. The villagers from four provinces surrounding Prey Lang ...
អ្នកភូមិស្រុកព្រៃនប់ ឡើងតវ៉ាស្នើឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរដោះស្រាយជម្លោះដីធ្លី
អ្នកភូមិជិត១០០នាក់មកពីភូមិអូរត្រជាក់ចិត្ត ឃុំសំរុង ស្រុកព្រៃនប់ ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ បានប្រមូលគ្នាឡើងមកតវ៉ានៅមុខសាលាខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ដើម្បីស្នើឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរពន្លឿនដោះស្រាយលើជម្លោះដីធ្លីរាំរៃច្រើនឆ្នាំ ជាមួយរដ្ឋបាលព្រៃឈើខេត្ត។ គ្រួសារប្រជាសហគមន៍ ...
ជា វណ្ណៈ
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តើការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើកំណត់ត្រារបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាកំពុងនាំឱ្យមានគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួតយ៉ាងខ្លាំងយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច?
ការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើដ៏សម្បើម កំពុងតែដើរតួយ៉ាងសំខាន់នៅក្នុងបញ្ហាគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួត ដែលបានកើតមានឡើងនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ យ៉ាងណាមិញ បើទោះជាមានការហាមប្រាមផ្លូវការស្តីពីការនាំចេញឈើក៏ដោយ ព្រៃឈើជាច្រើននៅ ...
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/deforestation-drought-cambodia/
Lao, Cambodian families pay for summit luxuries
As Asian and European leaders gather for high level meetings this month in Cambodia and Laos, the luxury living quarters and extensive security arrangements made for their arrivals have come at considerable human and environmental expense. Government authorities went on a building spree ahead of this ...
Preah Vihear Villagers Protest Clearing of Farmland
About 300 villagers living inside a social land concession in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district protested at Phnom Penh’s Wat Botum yesterday, requesting that Prime Minister Hun Sen stop provincial authorities from clearing their farmland in preparation for the area to be used to house ...
Villagers Protest Loss of Local Crematorium to Private Firm
More than 100 villagers in Russei Keo district’s Prek Liep commune protested outside the Pur Thiproek pagoda on Saturday against plans to remove the crematorium, claiming the head monk had agreed to sell the land to a local property company. “That crematorium was built by ...
Borei Keila evictees given hope
Borei Keila families have slept under staircases near piles of rubbish since they were forced from their homes on January 3, but they are hopeful of compensation following an unexpected visit from city officials last week. Representative Chum Ngan, 39, said village, commune and Phnom Penh ...
Majority of Packages Sent Abroad Contain Local Delicacies
Seventy percent of all outbound parcels leaving Cambodia via the state-owned postal service contain local food products that are delivered to Cambodians living abroad, an official at Cambodia Post said yesterday. Ork Bora, general director of Cambodia Post, said that of the total 26,678 packages, not ...
Two More Villagers Are Arrested Amid Evictions in Pursat
Two more people in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district were arrested Tuesday in connection with what local authorities are calling a secessionist plot, a forestry official said yesterday. Veal Veng district forestry chief Thorn Bunthet said that Kuy Van, 55, and Leng Chhoeuk, 50, were arrested ...
Villagers Fight Evictions Near Int'l Airport
More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International Airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction. The 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation ...
Families stand firm on eviction
A group of families whose homes are in the way of a municipal road-widening project rejected an offer from city hall on Friday to relocate and receive financial compensation, representatives from the community said. Located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in Tuol Kork district, community ...
Families Evicted From Canal as Part of Clean-Up
Three families were evicted and their houses torn down by authorities in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district yesterday after officials claimed that residents there were polluting a canal with rubbish. The authorities last week warned that families living inside 38 houses in Niroth commune were illegally occupying ...
Striving to make finance accessible
Access to finance could reduce violence, empower the most vulnerable in society and improve the livelihoods of Cambodia’s poorest people, a conference on community-led funding heard on Wednesday. Sarah Sitts, country manager of the international NGO Pact, introduced the funding model of savings-led micro-finance (SLMF). In ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964776/Business/striving-to-make-finance-accessible.html
Land Case Involving Minister’s Wife Is Heard
The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the case of a land dispute between a 70-year old woman from Kompong Chhang province and a company owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy over a 3,000 square meter parcel of land. In May ...
Homes, Trees Destroyed, Villagers Say
About 50 police, soldiers and environmental officials yesterday demolished two houses and cut down thousands of trees belonging to families who are locked in a land dispute with MDS Import Export Co, owned by tycoon Try Pheap, villagers in Pursat province claimed. Fellow villager Khouch ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165987/National/homes-trees-destroyed-villagers-say.html
Forest officials involved in logging, villagers say
Communities living in the protected Snuol wildlife sanctuary in Kratie province said yesterday that the sanctuary was being destroyed by private companies acting in collusion with local wildlife officers. Snuol forest community representative Mom Sakim said private interests were claiming large areas of the sanctuary without ...
Jarai Man Exiled After He Opposes Land Deal
Commune authorities in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have allegedly banished a local resident for persisting with a lawsuit that accuses them of selling 500 hectares of community forest to two Cambodian developers for $300,000. Romas Svang, who is a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, filed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051765682/National/jarai-man-exiled-after-he-opposes-land-deal.html
Evictees sick as rubbish piles up
Evictees of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community appealed yet again to municipal authorities for alternative housing yesterday, saying garbage and waste has inundated their current settlement and is making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit the area. Borei Keila residents were evicted from their land ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/evictees-sick-rubbish-piles
‘Political Inheritance’ a Brewing Problem, Rights Activist Says
Cambodia needs to build new leaders to take over the country in the next generation, a leading rights activist says. “This means the party is ready to let their children take over, family style,” he [Cambodian Center for Human Rights head Ou Virak]. “But this younger ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-inheritance-a-brewing-problem-rights-activist-says/1804399.html
ក្រុមហ៊ុនខេឌីស៊ីដាក់កម្លាំងនគរបាលបន្ថែមខណៈដែលកម្មករបន្តសង់របង
ដោយមានការគាំទ្រពីកម្លាំងនគរបាលកាន់តែច្រើនឡើងៗនោះ ក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលកាន់កាប់ដោយ ...
គុច ណារ៉េន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/16918/