បរិស្ថាន និងធនធានធម្មជាតិ

More than 8,000 hectares of land was cut from economic and forest land concessions owned by some of the country’s biggest tycoons and awarded to villagers last month, according to documents from the Council of Ministers. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen order that ...

Laos yesterday defended its decision to begin building the Xayaburi dam amid criticism from Cambodia on a lively final day of the Mekong River Commission’s annual council meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. According to separate sources who attended, Cambodia spoke out against Laos for “misinterpreting” the ...

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, ...

Regional conservationists criticised the Mekong River Commission (MRC) yesterday for leaving the controversial Xayaburi Dam off its agenda at this week’s annual ministerial meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. Laotian authorities said they would confirm their decision to go ahead with the hydropower project in the mainstream ...

យោង​តាម​មន្ត្រី​ជំនាញ​បានឱ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ក្រោយ​ពី​មាន​កិច្ច​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ចុះ​ស៊ើបអង្កេត​រវាង​ប៉ូ​លី​ស​ និង​ទាហាន​កាលពី​ស​ប្ដា​ហ៍​មុន​មក​ មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋបាល​ព្រៃឈើ​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ភស្តុ​តាង​នៃ​ការ​កាប់​ព្រៃឈើ​ខុសច្បាប់​ខ្នាត​ធំ​ ដោយ​មាន​ម្ចាស់​ជា ...

On the heels of a year in which the deaths of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins rose – as much as 100 per cent by some estimates – the government is paving the way for greater enforcement of conservation measures along a protected stretch of the Mekong. Touch ...

When ministers from the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission and donors meet in Luang Prabang, Laos this week, the future role of the agency will be on the table. Questions about the effectiveness of the Mekong River Commission, set up in 1995 to ...

A new tourist promenade is to open in the heart of Phnom Penh’s old French quarter. Scheduled for a February opening, the tourist walk zone will provide an outdoor leisure area on street 13 that will be closed to cars and motorbikes on weekends from ...

For the second time, an investigating judge at Ratanakirri Provincial Court has closed the investigation into the murder of Virakchun Khmer newspaper journalist Hang Serei Oudom. Odom was found dead in the trunk of his car. The murder happened only days after an article about ...

Energy supplies will be more secure once territorial disputes between Thailand and Cambodia are resolved, Department of Mineral Fuels director-general Songpob Polchan said on Friday. Mr Songpob said that the sooner Thailand and Cambodia are able to work out their differences, the sooner they can exploit ...

THE [sic] Ministry of Tourism plans to organize an annual River Festival along the Mekong and Tonle Sap in a move to attract tourists, officials said. Additionally, it wants to raise awareness for environmental protection with a “Clean City Day” on February 27. The Minister of ...

A Vietnamese rubber company in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district yesterday agreed to pay $4,000 in compensation to an ethnic Jarai community whose traditional graveyard was bulldozed by the firm last week, local officials said. During a meeting at the Paknhai commune police station, representatives of the ...

A coalition of NGOs has called on Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee (CNMC) to push for the Xayaburi dam to be added to the agenda of a regional Mekong River meeting next week. Chhith Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum on Cambodia, said it was disappointing ...

More than seven months after government security forces violently evicted hundreds of people living in Kratie province’s Broma village to quell a so-called secessionist movement, more than 70 families are still being prevented by patrolling soldiers from returning to the site of their former homes, ...

រយៈពេល​ជាង​មួយ​ខែ​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​មានការ​រាំងស្ទះ​នៃ​ជំ​លោះ​ដី​សម្បទាន​ក្នុង​ខេត្តរតនៈគិរី​ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​វៀតណាម​មួយ​បាន​រាយការណ៍​ថា​បាន​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​បន្ត​ និង​ប្រគល់​ដី​ព្រៃ​ដែល​សឹក​រិចរឹល​ចំនួន​ ៣០​ ហិ​កតា​ ទៅ​អោយ​ប្រជាជន​វិ​ញុ​ នេះ​បើ​តាម​អ្នកតំណាង ...

Exports of milled rice had fallen dramatically last year because of the poor quality of paddy rice, insiders said yesterday. Milled-rice producers told the Post that a large amount of paddy rice broke. From every 100 kilograms of paddy rice, 20 to 23 kilograms of milled rice ...

About 30 metres of luxury timber were seized in Ratanakirri province on Sunday after national and provincial military police set up a road block near the border with Vietnam, according to police officials. The high-end lumber was being smuggled over a dirt road in Lumphat ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will forgo an opportunity to voice opposition to the Xayaburi dam project – which member state Laos began building in November – when it meets for its annual council meeting next week. Surasak Glahan, communications officer with the MRC secretariat, confirmed ...

មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋបាល​ព្រៃឈើ​ចុះ​ស៊ើបអង្កេត​ ដើម្បី​បញ្ជាក់​ថា​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​នេះ​បាន​កាប់​ព្រៃឈើ​ខុសច្បាប់​ និង​កាប់​ឆ្ការ​ដី​ខុស​ពី​តំបន់​សម្បទាន​ដែល​ខ្លួន​មាន​ ដើម្បី​ឆ្លើយ​តប​នឹង​សំណើរ​ឱ្យ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​អន្តរាគមន៍​ប​ឈ្ឈប់​ការ​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ដី​ព្រៃ​សហគមន៍​របស់​ជនជាតិ​ដើម​ភាគតិច ...

The company of Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, who is currently being detained by Cambodian authorities after a maritime incident off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province last week, is being investigated by the Russian Interior Ministry for fraud, according to a statement on the ministry’s ...

Rights group Adhoc has requested that the government cancel economic land concessions held by two Vietnamese companies in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, on the grounds that the firms are logging and exporting wood illegally. “Adhoc calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia to immediately cancel the ...

Ethnic Jarai villagers and a local rights worker yesterday discovered about 3,000 more logs that have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, according to rights group Adhoc. The logs were found stockpiled in dense forest inside ...

With two Chinese firms due to start work on a 400-km railway, steel mill and port in July, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has yet to be conducted, and affected provinces are still largely in the dark about the massive infrastructure project. In a ceremony in ...

KRATIE (Cambodia): The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely-stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists. But a short distance upstream, river guard Pech Sokhan sighs as he holds up  two large, tangled gill nets ...