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កម្លាំង​ចម្រុះ​ស្រុក​ សៀម​ប៉ា​ង​ កំពុង​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​រក​ម្ចាស់​បន្ទាប់​ពី​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ឈើ​ប្រណីត​ជាង​ ៦​ តោន​ ដែល​ពួក​ឈ្មួញ​បាន​ជីកដី​កប់​លាក់​ទុក​រង់ចាំ​ឱកាស​ដឹក​ចេញ​ទៅ​លក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស​ជិតខាង​។​ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Local communities that lost their land via economic land concessions to private companies are now being paid by those same firms to illegally fell the trees that once sustained their livelihoods, a group of five advocacy groups contended yesterday. At a press conference, the NGOs singled ...

Forest land in Asia-Pacific countries has grown overall since 2002, according to a study released last week, but Cambodia was one of only three countries surveyed to buck the trend. Out of 14 countries included in the study by the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), ...

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, ...

A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan II dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed. In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council ...

The Forestry Administration fined 16 ethnic Tumpoun villagers $400 each for allegedly logging within the Yak Oum tourism site in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district on Wednesday, said Chhay Thy, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc. The villagers were accused of logging after clearing a patch of ...

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. ...

A district-level Environment Ministry official in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday claimed that he had no way to determine the legality of logging operations by firms with private land concessions inside the province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. The claim by Chou Sopheak, director of Lumphat district’s environment department, ...

Thai forestry officials killed three Cambodians who were illegally logging on Tuesday, in what they said was a shootout in Thailand’s Sisaket province, a border official said Wednesday. The latest deaths bring the number of Cambodians who have been shot while logging across the border this ...