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កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ក្រសួងបរិស្ថាន​បាន​ព្រមាន​ថា​ខ្លួន​នឹង​អនុវត្ត​ច្បាប់​ដើម្បី​បញ្ឈប់​ការ​ចោលសំរាម​ រួម​ទាំង​ការ​ផាកពិន័យ​ជន​ដែល​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ល្មើស​ផង​ដែរ​។ អ្នកនាំពាក្យ​ក្រសួង​លោក​ នេត្រ​ ភក្ត្រា​ បាន​ប្រាប់​ក្រុម​អ្នកយកព័ត៌មាន​នៅក្នុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ថា​ ច្បាប់​មួយចំនួន​មាន​រួចហើយ​ដើម្បី​ដោះស្រាយ ...

សកម្មជន​តំណាង​ឱ្យ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ថៃ​ និង​វៀតណាម​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​រៀងៗ​ខ្លួន​ ពិចារណា​អំពី​ជីវិត​របស់​ប្រជាជន​ដែល​រស់នៅ​ជុំវិញ​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​ នៅ​ពេល​សាងសង់​គម្រោង​ហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ​។​ សកម្មជន​មួយ​ចំនួន​បាន​ទទូច​ដល់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ឱ្យ​បង្កើន​គំនិត​ផ្តួចផ្តើម​វាយតម្លៃ​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់ ...

​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​ ធ្វើការ​តវ៉ា​មួយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​ ដើម្បី​ចែករំលែក​ការ​ព្រួយបារម្ភ​ នៃ​១​ភាគ​៤​ នៃ​ប្រជាជន​ជាង​១​លាន​នាក់​ ដែល​កំពុង​អំពាវនាវ​ឱ្យ​ប្រទេស​ឡាវ​ ផ្អាក​ការ​សាងសង់​គម្រោង​ទំនប់​វា​រី​អគ្គិសនី​ដ​ន​សា​ហុង​នៅ​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​។​ ...

Business is booming on Koh Pich. Since development began in 2006—and about 300 families were pushed off what was then farmland—the island has slowly grown into the symbol of commercial modernity in Phnom Penh. The developer, Overseas Cam­bodia Investment Corp., is also extending the island by ...

International donors, including the U.S., Australia, the European Union and the World Bank, have urged the Cambo­dian government to redesign a massive hydropower project in Stung Treng province that environmentalists say will deplete fisheries and submit it to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) for consultation. In ...

The construction of Don Sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ...

China’s expanding investment portfolio in Cambodia has brought into sharper focus the darker side of the Asian giant’s “development projects” in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation. And it is in the southwestern corner of Cambodia—known for its rich biodiversity, forest covered hills and bubbling rivers—where this ...

The government has promised to monitor the progress of local conglomerate Royal Group in its implementation of a $781 million dam project in Stung Treng province, that has been guaranteed by the government, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said yesterday. Mr. Yeap said yesterday that the ...

Energy Minister Suy Sem yesterday defended a draft law on the financing of a massive dam project in Stung Treng province which is slated for debate at the National Assembly on Friday. Environmental groups have called debate of the law premature, as no consultation with local ...

Experts are recommending that a proposed dam on the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia be equipped with earthquake protection measures, after discovering a quake occurred in the area some 30 years ago. The proposed Lower Sesan II dam would be situated on a site in Stung ...

The first well drilled by a major Chinese company looking for oil and gas in Cambodian waters has been completed, though hydrocarbons in the firms offshore block are proving elusive, an official at the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA) has said. ...

The energy exploration and production company said in a statement on Tuesday that its associate company CPHL (Cambodia) has signed a drilling environmental impact assessment (EIA) contract with two environmental consulting firms The firms, the International Environmental Management Company Limited and SAWAC Consultants For Development Company ...

An environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the controversial Stung Chheay Araeng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province has been completed, representing a major step forward towards construction, officials said yesterday. Koh Kong deputy governor Sun Dara said he had yet to see a hard copy of ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) agreed yesterday to delay a decision on Laos’ proposal to build the first hydropower dam on the Lower Mekong River in order to allow Japan to conduct further environmental impact studies on the dam project. Although Cambodian officials welcomed the outcome, ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will officially open the Chinese-made Kamchay dam in Kampot province today, the largest hydropower dam to date to operate in Cambodia and capable of supplying an extra 193.2 megawatts of energy. Environmental and human rights groups yesterday criticized the dam’s builder and ...

An environmental group yesterday criticized Thailand’s announcement last week that it would not oppose Laos’ proposal to build the first Lower Mekong dam at the upcoming Mekong River Commission (MRC) meeting, as long as Laos addresses the dam’s environmental impacts. Water and environment ministers from Cambodia, ...

The Royal Government needs to address the environmental impacts not only from climate change but from man-made, water-based infrastructure such as dams before another natural disaster like the recent flooding claims hundreds of lives, community representatives said yesterday. At the first NGO Forum conference on climate ...

As Mekong River Commission (MRC) countries prepare for a crucial meeting next week to debate Laos’ proposal to build the first Lower Mekong River dam, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for a delay of the controversial project. The US Senate’s concern was echoed ...

The government failed to evaluate social and environmental impacts before granting economic land concessions to private companies, while officials and company staff used the courts to intimidate residents during land disputes, representatives of NGOs said at a conference in the capital yesterday. “The courts are not ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment told a Japanese oil company yesterday to better define the location of its initial onshore operations given the potential impact on the local population and environment. The Ministry of Environment has required Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation to specify where ...

JAPAN Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation has started preliminary surveying as the sole operator in Cambodia’s Block 17 onshore oil field, a 6,500 square-kilometre area of hilly forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap provinces, according to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ...

An environmental group yesterday refuted the validity of a report commissioned by Laos in September claiming that construction of its controversial Xayaburi dam would not have a significant impact on the Mekong River. The report, completed for the Lao government by Swiss engineer Poyry Energy AG, ...