ព្រៃឈើ និងរុក្ខាប្រមាញ់
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ពលរដ្ឋតវ៉ាមុខសាលាខេត្ត កំពត រឿងហាមដឹកផ្តៅតាមរថយន្ត
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាអ្នកប្រកបរបររកផ្តៅ ឫស្សី ប្រមាណជិត ៥០នាក់ នៅស្រុក ទឹកឈូ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានលើកគ្នាមកសាលាខេត្ត កំពត សូមឲ្យលោកអភិបាលខេត្ត ជួយអន្តរាគមន៍ ករណីដែលអាជ្ញាធរ បានហាមឃាត់រថយន្ត មិនឲ្យដឹកផ្តៅ ឬឫស្សី ធ្វើឲ្យប៉ះពាល់ដល់ ...
សែន ដាវីត
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/109177-2014-01-14-02-52-02
រកឃើញឈើប្រណីតកប់ក្នុងដីជាង ៦ តោន
កម្លាំងចម្រុះស្រុក សៀមប៉ាង កំពុងស្រាវជ្រាវរកម្ចាស់បន្ទាប់ពីបានរកឃើញឈើប្រណីតជាង ៦ តោន ដែលពួកឈ្មួញបានជីកដីកប់លាក់ទុករង់ចាំឱកាសដឹកចេញទៅលក់នៅប្រទេសជិតខាង។ ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/109111-2014-01-13-02-55-49
ជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចដុតម៉ាស៊ីនដើម្បីព្រមានអ្នកកាប់ឈើ
ជនជាតិដើមភាគតិច រួមនឹងមន្រ្តីអាជ្ញាធរ និងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលជាង ១០០ នាក់ក្នុងខេត្ត មណ្ឌលគិរី បានប្រារព្ធពិធីសែនព្រេន និងដុតម៉ាស៊ីនអារឈើចោល កាលពីចុងសប្តាហ៍មុនដើម្បីព្រមាន និងអំពាវនាវឲ្យបញ្ឈប់សកម្មភាពកាប់ឈើខុសច្បាប់នៅក្នុងព្រៃសហគមន៍។ ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/108797-2014-01-06-02-52-38
ចោទប្រកាន់បុរសបីនាក់ពីបទកាប់ឈើខុសច្បាប់ក្នុងដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃក្នុងខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់
ក្រុមមន្ត្រីបាននិយាយកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារសាលាដំបូងខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ បានចោទប្រកាន់បុរសបីនាក់ពីបទរានដីព្រៃខុសច្បាប់នៅក្នុងដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃដែលត្រូវបានការពារ ហើយអាជ្ញាធរកំពុងតាមចាប់ខ្លួន ...
ឃួន ណារីម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8970/
ពលរដ្ឋឆ្លងដែនចូលទៅកាប់ឈើក្រញូងកើនឡើង
ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរជាង២០នាក់ផ្សេងទៀតត្រូវបានទាហានថៃចាប់ខ្លួន បន្ទាប់ពីពួកគេឆ្លងដែនខុសច្បាប់ តាមខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យចូលទៅកាប់ឈើក្នុងទឹកដីថៃកាលពីចុងសប្តាហ៏មុន ខណៈ ដែលចំនួន អ្នកស្លាប់ដោយសារទាហានថៃបាញ់បានកើនឡើងជាង២០ភាគរយក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣នេះ។ លោក ស្រី ណារ៉េន មន្ត្រីអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអាដហុកខេត្តបានអោយដឹងថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ ចំនួន៣៨នាក់ត្រូវបានទាហានថៃបាញ់ស្លាប់ គិតចាប់តាំងពីខែមករាដល់ខែធ្នូឆ្នាំ២០១៣នេះបន្ទាប់ពីពួកគេឆ្លងដែនតាមខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យ ចូលទៅកាប់និងដឹកជញ្ជូនឈើក្រញូងខុសក្នុង ច្បាប់ទឹកដីថៃ។ ...
ផាក ស៊ាងលី
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/108578-2013-12-31-03-55-51
ប្រទះឃើញឈើប្រណីតជាង ៦០ ម៉ែត្រគុបគ្មានអាជ្ញាធរចុះបង្ក្រាប
ឈើប្រណីតជាង ៦០ ម៉ែត្រគុបតម្លៃរាប់ម៉ឺនដុល្លារត្រូវបានក្រុមអ្នកកាសែតប្រទះឃើញនៅនឹងប៉ុស្តិ៍នគរបាលក្នុងស្រុក សង្គមថ្មី ខេត្ត ព្រះវិហារ កាលពីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ ខណៈដែលពួកឈ្មួញកំពុងដឹកឈើទំាងនោះចេញទៅលក់នៅប្រទេស វៀតណាម ដោយគ្មានការទប់ស្កាត់ពីអាជ្ញាធរ និងមន្រ្តី ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/108205-2013-12-23-03-14-15
Government Drops Challenge to Official Forest Cover Figure
The Forestry Administration on Thursday said it could not comment on the accuracy of new, satellite-generated maps that suggest the government has been vastly overstating the country’s forest cover. Open Development Cambodia, an open data website, on Wednesday published a series of maps using U.S. satellite ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-drops-challenge-to-official-forest-cover-figure-49264/
Way of life vanishing: villagers
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 ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/way-life-vanishing-villagers
Credit Suisse’s HAGL holdings drawing fire
Credit Suisse, a financial services firm based in Switzerland, has been accused of aiding land grabbing in Cambodia by becoming a major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group. In a statement released today, Global Witness (GW), an NGO based in England, ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/credit-suisse%E2%80%99s-hagl-holdings-drawing-fire
Cambodia Opposition Leader Urges Halt to Forest Land Concessions
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 ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/prey-lang-12112013181039.html
Forest Falls in Ratanakkiri to the Tune of Chainsaws, Trucks
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 ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forest-falls-in-ratanakkiri-to-the-tune-of-chainsaws-and-trucks-49134/
Can’t see the forest …
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 ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/can%E2%80%99t-see-forest-%E2%80%A6
After Reform Promise, a Return to Statecraft as Usual
In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-reform-promise-a-return-to-statecraft-as-usual-48602/
Try Pheap Firm in Talks to Replicate Timber Deal
Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-firm-in-talks-to-replicate-timber-deal-48511/
Official blames villagers for deforestation
Government officials yesterday laid the blame for Cambodia’s deforestation on villagers gathering firewood. “Every day, they need fuel for cooking – that’s a lot of logging,” Chheng Kimsun, director general of the Forestry Administration, said at a workshop aimed at addressing sustainable forest management. Gathered at the ...
Phak Seangly and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-blames-villagers-deforestation
Villagers Say Illegal Loggers Claim to Work for Try Pheap
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 ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-illegal-loggers-claim-to-work-for-try-pheap-48419/
Local Groups Say They Must Protect Forest, as Government Fails
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 ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/local-grouos-say-they-must-protect-forest-as-government-fails/1800429.html
Official Retracts Comments About Logging in Wildlife Sanctuary
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 ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Wood
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-retracts-comments-about-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-48211/
Ex-Environment Minister Says Deforestation Exaggerated
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 ...
Ben Woods and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-environment-minister-says-deforestation-exaggerated-47930/
New Report Shows Cambodian Forests in Jeopardy
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 ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-report-shows-cambodian-forests-in-jeopardy/1797315.html
Cambodian NGOs Threaten to Expose More Illegal Logging
A group of Cambodian NGOs threatened on Monday to expose more cases of forestry crime involving businessmen and the police, saying they were unshaken by a defamation suit filed by top tycoon accused of illegal logging and land-grabbing. Representatives of the five organizations told reporters Monday ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/logging-11252013185559.html
VN Rubber Company Says It Improves Forest
The Vietnamese Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) company, the majority shareholder of several economic land concessions in Ratanakkiri province, on Friday rebuffed accusations that it had logged forests and forced evictions, claiming that its activities improved the environment and the livelihoods of locals. Through several companies, ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vn-rubber-company-says-it-improves-forest-47771/
Lumber Tycoon Denies Allegations of Illegal Deforestation
The assistant of a lumber tycoon accused of major deforestation and forced evictions rejected Thursday the findings of a recent report by local rights groups. The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force said in its report that some 1,400 families had been pushed from their land by ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lumber-tycoon-denies-allegations-of-illegal-deforestation-cambodia/1794954.html
Environment Ministry Denies Issuing New ELC to Logging Firm
The Ministry of Environment on Thursday denied that a private agro-industry firm had been issued an “unofficial” land concession inside Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, as stated on Monday by the provincial governor. In response to claims by local officials that Daun Penh Agrico Co. Ltd. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/environment-ministry-denies-issuing-new-elc-to-logging-firm-47675/