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សហគមន៍​ព្រៃឡង់ បាន​អះអាង​ថា មន្រ្តី​អាវុធហត្ថ​និង​នគរបាល​ក្នុង ខេត្ត​ក្រចេះ និង​កំពង់ធំ រួម​នឹង​បក្ខ​ពួក​ផ្សេង​ទៀត​កំពុង​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​ទៅ​នឹង​បទល្មើស​ព្រៃឈើ​យ៉ាង​អនាធិបតេយ្យ​នៅ​តំបន់ ព្រៃ​ឡង់ ដោយ​គ្មាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ជំនាញ​ណា​ធ្វើ​ការ​បង្រ្កាប​ឡើយ។ លោក ហឿន សុភាព សកម្មជន​ការពារ ព្រៃ​ឡង់ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា ក្រុម​ល្បាត ព្រៃ​ឡង់ បាន ...

នៅ​ពេល​លោក ឈុត វុទ្ធី ដែល​ជា​សកម្មជន​ព្រៃឈើ​ដ៏​ល្បី​ឈ្មោះ​ម្នាក់​ត្រូវ​បាន​បាញ់​សម្លាប់​កាល ខែ​មេសា ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ បណ្តាញ​សហគមន៍​ដែល​លោក​បាន​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ដើម្បី​ទប់​ស្កាត់​ការ​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ព្រៃឈើ​ខ្លាំង​ក្លា​នៅ​តំបន់ ព្រៃឡង់ បាន​បែក​ខ្ញែក​គ្នា។ អស់​រយៈ​ពេល​ពីរ​ឆ្នាំ ការ​ល្បាត​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ដែល ...

ក្រុម​អ្នក​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ព្រៃឈើ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា លោក ហ៊ុន ណេង បង​ប្រុស​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន និង​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​កៅស៊ូ​របស់​រដ្ឋ វៀតណាម ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ថា បាន​ជាប់​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​កាប់​ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​នៅ​ក្នុង ខេត្ត​កំពង់ធំ។ ឃ្លីប​វីដេអូ និង​រូបថត ដែល​ក្រុម​អ្នក​តស៊ូ​មតិ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា បាន ...

The Vietnamese embassy fired back yesterday at opposition party leader Sam Rainsy’s claim that Vietnamese companies granted economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest are turning the area into a Vietnamese “colony”. On Wednesday, Rainsy visited the forest and claimed that CRCK, a Vietnamese firm granted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Loggers in Prey Lang forest are under scrutiny once again, after a 21-year-old man was charged with illegally clearing and occupying state-owned land. Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday put suspect Ven Nak of Sandan district’s Dang Kambet commune under pre-trial detention, said Khin Vannak, a deputy ...

At least a dozen companies including some of Cambodia’s most prominent developers have been illegally logging and transporting rosewood since the election without any action from authorities, a pair of local NGOs alleged. In a report released yesterday, the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community and the ...

Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district escalated the defense of their protected land this weekend, confiscating the keys and batteries of bulldozers owned by the Vietnamese company they claim has been illegally clearing the area, community leaders said yesterday. The move comes after a number of ...

More than 10,000 families have poured into an area of Prey Lang forest in Kampong Thom province since January, clearing 20,000 hectares of trees to sell as luxury timber and building houses, Prey Lang Community Network members claimed yesterday. Many are believed to be from ...

More than 400 activists fighting the destruction of the Prey Lang forest held a ceremony yesterday in which they tied Buddhist monk’s robes around the trunks of trees – a gesture of protection – to stop them from being cut down. Six monks and villagers from ...

More than 300 activists from Kampong Thom province’s Prey Lang Community Network were stopped by district police yesterday as they were marching from the Vietnamese-owned CRCK Company to deliver a lawsuit in Sandan district calling for the postponement of alleged forest clearing and the “invasion” ...

For four years now, this mineral-flecked land deep inside the Prey Lang forest has drawn thousands of small-scale seasonal miners. There are perks to working the dry season: space is one, avoiding the unofficial “taxation” system is another. For years, development agencies have urged a sweeping ...

China’s demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia. Illegal logging and economic land concessions are threatening Cambodia’s dwindling forests, which now echo the sound of chainsaws. Prey Lang forest — an eight-hour journey north and east of the capital, Phnom Penh ...

A week after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that he would be cancelling an unknown number of economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest, activists called for details on the annulled concessions, saying such revocations would be meaningless unless they could be policed. On September ...

The Prey Lang community patrol network faced threats from illegal loggers after reporting the loggers’ names to authorities, along with the discovery of more than 120 cubic metres of illegally felled timber and seven chainsaws, a patrol representative said yesterday. Chheang Vuthy, a community representative from Kampong ...

Villagers have found more than 100 cubic metres of timber and three chainsaws in Prey Lang forest during a six-day patrol for illegal logging, community officials said yesterday. Scouring the forest on motorcycles and on foot, more than 300 villagers from four provinces found 100 cubic ...

Villagers who claim their patrols last week uncovered criminal activity in Prey Lang forest presented the government yesterday with a list of 15 people they say are illegally logging in the area. Reoun Sopheap, a representative of about 100 villagers from Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district, ...

Villagers who have spent recent days patrolling Prey Lang forest would file a complaint to the prime minister alleging government officials and private companies are clearing parts of the forest, a spokesman said yesterday. The 70-strong citizen patrol team who scoured the forest this week ...

Community activists patrolling the Prey Lang forest for a second day yesterday claimed to have found more evidence of illegal logging – in the form of hundreds of cubic metres of timber and several hectares of cleared land. Prey Lang network representative Hoeun Sopheap said villagers ...

In a rare victory for those battling to preserve Prey Lang forest, the government has cancelled four economic land concessions in the area totalling more than 40,000 hectares that threatened pristine ecosystems. Another 3,200 hectare ELC in Koh Kong province has also been cancelled, while two ...

Chemical substances used in about 3,000 mining drills operating in the Prey Lang forest in Kratie and Kampong Thom provinces are wreaking environmental havoc and making people sick, a report by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights released yesterday says. Substances used by a number of ...

Kampong Thom province Villagers patrolling Prey Lang forest claimed yesterday that about 600 resin trees they found inside a sawmill in the Kampong Thom province had been cut down illegally – an allegation government officials quickly denied. After resistance from police and soldiers monitoring their actions this ...