Law drafted to enforce environmental reports

The Ministry of Environment has drafted a law that will hand out fines and prison terms for companies that fail to complete and submit Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) on the development projects they undertake. According to a copy of the EIA draft law, fines of 100 million riel, or about $25,000, and prison terms of three years will be doled out to individuals and firms that fail to submit an EIA on any development project…