(English) The Forest Law of 2002 provides a legal basis for rural communities to use and help manage forests through community forestry. ...

​សន្និសីទ​តំបន់​ ស្តី​ពី​ កិច្ច​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​មេគង្គ​-​ជប៉ុន​៖​ វឌ្ឍនភាព​ និង​បញ្ហា​ប្រឈម​ចាប់តាំងពី​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៥​ ត្រូវ​បាន​រៀបចំ​ដោយ​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ខ្មែរ​សំរាប់​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ និង​សន្តិភាព​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៣​ ខែមីនា​ នៅ​សណ្ឋាគារ​ រ៉ា​ហ្វិ​ល ​ឡឺ​រ៉ូ​យ៉ា​ល់​ នាទី​ក្រុងភ្នំពេញ​។ ...

នៅក្នុងខែមករាឆ្នាំ២០១៩ អង្គការទិន្នន័យអំពីការអភិវឌ្ឍ (អូឌីស៊ី) ក្រោមកិច្ចសហការជាមួយ វិទ្យាស្ថានគ្រប់គ្រងបូព៌ា-បស្ចឹម (EWMI) និង ក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា (MoEYS) បាន​ចុះ​អនុស្សរណៈ​យោគយល់​ (MoU)​ ថ្មី​មួយ​ ក្នុង​គោលបំណង​ពង្រឹង​កិច្ច​ខិតខំ​ប្រឹងប្រែង​របស់​ក្រសួង​ដើម្បី​ក្លាយ​ខ្លួន​ជា​ “​ឃ្លាំង​សម្រាប់​ធនធាន​អប់រំ​ និង​ទិន្នន័យ​អប់រំ​រដ្ឋបាល​”​។​ កិច្ច​គាំទ្រ​ដល់​ក្រសួង​នេះ​ក៏​នឹង​អាច​ឲ្យ​ អូ​ឌី​ស៊ី​ ប្រមូល​ និង​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ ...

On Monday, October 21st, Open Development Cambodia opened its doors to a group of wonderful supporters here in Phnom Penh. During the open house Terry Parnell welcomed guests to the space, Thy Try introduced himself as ODC Director, and Chunly Serey Vicheth and Chan Penhleak led ...

An anonymous group on Saturday filed a corruption complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against senator Sok Kong’s Sokimex company’s management of the Angkor Wat temple complex. The complaint, dated March 10, alleges Sokimex has siphoned the majority of funds recouped from tourist entrance fees to the ...

a gold rush came to Angkor Borei district over the weekend, with dozens of villagers trying their hand at treasure hunting after word got out that there was gold to be found in the soil of a newly dug road in Prek Phtorl commune. The area ...

The site of Koh Pur village’s new bridge may still be nothing more than pillars in a dusty crevice in the road, but when the link is finished – some time in December, authorities say – it will be a welcome relief for the village ...

The Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Association in Battambang province will establish a biomass-generated electricity plant in Battambang, an insider said. The plant will cost up to US$10 million and generate 10 megawatts of electricity. Phou Puy, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Association (CRMA) and the ...

A dam project set to flood thousands of hectares of protected forest and displace about 1,500 indigenous minority villagers in one of Koh Kong province’s most precious ecosystems should be scrapped, opposition Sam Rainsy Party MP Son Chhay said yesterday. The 109-megawatt dam project in the ...

There were scenes of jubilation in Cambodia’s capital last month when a group of 13 imprisoned women – including a 72-year-old grandmother – was set free by an appeal court. The women were arrested in May during peaceful demonstrations against the forced eviction of thousands ...

KOH KONG, CAMBODIA — A Thai force dubbed the “Rambo Army” couldn’t stop the gangs, armed with battlefield weaponry, as they scoured the forests. Neither could a brave activist, gunned down when he came to investigate. Nor, apparently, can governments across Southeast Asia. The root of the ...

Kampot Port Co will break ground on a Kampot port in September, company officials said yesterday. The port will be an important part of a long-delayed Kampot Special Economic Zone (KSEZ), which is hoped to revitalise trade and commerce in the province. Vinh Huor, president of the ...

More than 600 people, including 50 Buddhist monks, who have been affected by illegal logging across the country arrived in Koh Kong province yesterday ahead of a memorial service to be held today at the site where well-known forestry activist Chut Wutty was shot dead ...

The owner of the $240 million Gold Tower 42 project in Phnom Penh has entered into arbitration with the project’s builder, in a bid to get work started again after construction halted on the project in September 2010 due to poor unit sales and cost ...

Four families who were violently evicted from Borei Keila in January last year built shelters yesterday in the rubbish where their houses once stood, claiming the land still belonged to them. The evictees erected small frames on the land, in the capital’s Prampi Makara district, irritating ...

Even as bulldozers slowly pushed freshly dredged sand into the Tonle Bassac yesterday, expanding Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich, developers and officials could say little about the massive project slated to occupy the new space – a 555-metre tower that would be the tallest in Asia, ...

Following global supply growth and falling prices, Cambodian rubber has decreased in value over the past three months, according to industry experts. Men Sopheak, deputy director-general of the Chop Rubber Plantation, a major rubber exporter in Cambodia, said yesterday that the price of dried [natural] rubber ...

A 555-metre tower planned for Diamond Island is to go ahead, and expert engineers from China and Vietnam are studying the river bank and calculating the strength of the foundations needed to support the building. The building plan will not be changed and now the company ...

The Cambodian National Election Committee (NEC) on Wednesday received more than 10 reports documenting irregularities in last month’s national elections. International and local rights groups and observers have called for further investigation into the allegations of irregularities, which presents a potential roadblock to the formation of ...

About 5,000 Cambodian workers took to the street on Wednesday to mark the International Labor Day, calling for pay rise, better labor conditions and decrease in petrol prices, a union representative said. Marchers, mostly garment workers, held banners and walked from the Freedom Park near the ...