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ជនជាតិ​ដើម​ភាគ​តិច រួម​នឹង​មន្រ្តី​អាជ្ញាធរ និង​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ជាង ១០០ នាក់​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត មណ្ឌលគិរី បាន​ប្រារព្ធ​ពិធី​សែន​ព្រេន និង​ដុត​ម៉ាស៊ីន​អារ​ឈើ​ចោល កាល​ពី​ចុង​សប្តាហ៍​មុន​ដើម្បី​ព្រមាន និង​អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​បញ្ឈប់​សកម្មភាព​កាប់​ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ព្រៃ​សហគមន៍។ ...

ឈើ​ប្រណីត​ជាង ១០០ ដុំ​ដែល​មាន​តម្លៃ​ប្រមាណ​ជា ១ ម៉ឺន​ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក ត្រូវ​បាន​ក្រុម​ល្បាត​ជនជាតិ​ដើម​ភាគ​តិច​ព្នង​ប្រទះ​ឃើញ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​កាប់​និង​យក​ទៅ​គរ​ទុក​បម្រុង​ដឹក​ចេញ​ទៅ​លក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស វៀតណាម។ ...

ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរជាង២០នាក់ផ្សេងទៀតត្រូវបានទាហានថៃចាប់ខ្លួន​ បន្ទាប់ពីពួក​គេឆ្លងដែន​ខុសច្បាប់ តាមខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យចូលទៅកាប់ឈើក្នុងទឹកដីថៃកាលពីចុងសប្តាហ៏មុន ខណៈ ដែលចំនួន អ្នកស្លាប់ដោយសារទាហានថៃបាញ់បានកើនឡើង​ជាង២០ភាគ​រយ​ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣នេះ។ លោក ស្រី ណារ៉េន មន្ត្រីអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអាដហុកខេត្តបានអោយដឹងថា ប្រជា​ពល​រដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​ ​ចំនួន៣៨នាក់ត្រូវបានទាហានថៃបាញ់ស្លាប់ គិតចាប់តាំងពីខែមករាដល់​ខែធ្នូ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣​នេះ​​បន្ទាប់ពីពួកគេឆ្លងដែនតាមខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យ ចូលទៅ​កាប់និង​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូនឈើ​ក្រញូងខុសក្នុង ច្បាប់ទឹកដីថៃ។ ...

សំឡេង​រណារ​អារ​ឈើ​បាន​លាន់​ឮ​រំពង​ព្រៃ នៅ​ក្នុង​បរិវេណ​ដែន​ជម្រក​សត្វ​ព្រៃ ភ្នំ ឱរ៉ាល់ ចំណែក​ឯ​ឈើ​ជាច្រើន​ត្រូវ​បាន​គរ​ទុក​ដើម្បី​រង់ចាំ​ឈ្មួញ​មក​ទិញ ហើយ​គោយន្ត​ក៏​បាន​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​សកម្មភាព​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន​ឈើ​ចេញ​ពី​ព្រៃ ដោយ​ពុំ​មាន​មន្ត្រី​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ជំនាញ​ណា ...

Resettlement studies are being carried out at the site of the proposed Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, officials said yesterday, amid suggestions that yet another Chinese company is now involved in the controversial project.Tou Savuth, Thma Bang district governor, said staff ...

SAMBOR DISTRICT, Kratie Province – A sharply dressed usher in a crisp black shirt, black pants and a shiny black tie escorted guests to one of several bungalow-style, private booths at the Mloub Dong restaurant on a recent evening. While the privacy the restaurant offers is ...

Since 2011, an estimated 3,000 resin trees have been illegally razed by rogue loggers and a land concessionaire operating in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom district, villagers claimed yesterday. Resin trees are a vital source of income for the Phnong ethnic community in Sokdom commune, according to Thleuk ...

Cambodia’s opposition leader called Wednesday for a halt to land concessions granted by the government to foreign companies in the country’s vast Prey Lang Forest, calling for greater protection of one of Southeast Asia’s last remaining lowland evergreen woodlands. Cambodia National Rescue Party President Sam ...

LUMPHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Ratanakkiri Province – From behind the corrugated metal walls of Daun Penh Agrico’s wood depot, the raspy buzz of a chainsaw rattled through the surrounding forest on Monday afternoon. As the chainsaw revved and cut, a heavy-duty truck packed full of long, sawn ...

A pair of endangered pileated gibbons will be released today into the forest in the Angkor Archaeological Park, the beginning of a project that could see the resettlement of many other animals that had been extirpated from the area, wildlife experts said. “We are hoping that ...

Communities threatened by the planned construction of three hydropower dams in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces will today submit to the Chinese Embassy a petition demanding that the embassy intervene against Chinese companies investing in the dams. The petition, to be presented in Chinese, Khmer and ...

The percentage of Cambodia covered in forest has fallen from about 72 per cent in 1973 to only about 46 per cent in 2013, satellite image data released yesterday shows. A series of animated maps that Open Development Cambodia (ODC) produced from NASA satellite images detail ...

Air pollution from vehicles and electric generators inside the Angkor Archeological Park and in Siem Reap City is soiling and darkening the monuments at the World Heritage Site, an official at the Apsara Authority, which is responsible for the park, said Friday. Options to decrease ...

About 300 cubic metres of luxury timber is being felled every day and transported on boats to Vietnam and Thailand from four districts in Koh Kong province, according to an investigation by a local rights group. Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation ...

Villagers in Mondolkiri province filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc on Friday, saying that they had discovered loggers illegally felling trees in their local community forest who claimed to be working for businessman Try Pheap. Mr. Pheap, who owns plantations, mining concessions and special economic ...

Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand have all called on Laos to submit its planned Don Sahong hydropower dam to an intergovernmental assessment. According to the dam’s opponents, the Laos National Mekong Committee has acted unilaterally in the planning of its second Mekong dam, a project they fear ...

Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority, which manages Angkor Archaeological Park, will this week unveil a “revolutionary” new concept for Angkor’s management that will vastly decentralize responsibility for the preservation of the temple complex, according to Anne Lemaistre, Unesco representative in Cambodia. The new Angkor Heritage Management Framework, ...

Local watchdog groups say they have been forced to take forest protection into their hands, due to a failure of government to do so. “As we have seen: the National Assembly, the Senate and the government do not work,” Ouch Leng, head of the Cambodian Human ...

A district-level Environment Ministry official on Thursday retracted comments he made last week when he claimed proper monitoring of logging inside Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary was impossible because his ministry did not know the boundaries of private land concessions in the protected zone. On November ...

Now about six months old, Hope is still a little clumsy when climbing trees. Hope’s sidekick, named “173,” follows her around as if they were inseparable twins. Together, they swing in a hammock, bathe in a pool and, sometimes, climb up the metal bars of their ...

Ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district have accused border officials of not only allowing illegal Vietnamese loggers to cross the border unimpeded, but also of taking their side in negotiations with a community forest patrol. Members of the patrol in Paknhai commune’s Lam village said ...

A private agro-industrial company has come under fire from villagers in Ratanakkiri province who say it has illegally felled resin-producing trees that are their main source of income. More than 1,000 trees in the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district are under threat, the villagers ...

Former Environment Minister Mok Mareth on Tuesday accused the media of having “twisted the truth” in reporting on illegal logging in Ratanakkiri province, where rights groups and independent forestry monitors say the natural environment is being pillaged and ethnic minority communities impoverished by illegal loggers ...

The rights group Adhoc says it is monitoring “at least 100” individuals who are complicit in forestry crimes across the country. These include “high-ranking officers” of the police and military police; business tycoons; and ordinary citizens across 11 provinces, Chan Soveth, a lead investigator for the ...