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Deminers to get training in China
The Cambodian Mine Action Authority is going to dispatch 40 of its demining staff to China to receive training next month as part of China’s commitment in supporting mine clearance. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50527762/deminers-to-get-training-in-china/
Event to counter bushmeat consumption
As International Vulture Awareness Day approaches, conservationists have called for a boycott of bushmeat and a halt to using poison to hunt wildlife. Ny Naiky, BirdLife International Cambodia Programme coordinator who has been tasked with vulture conservation, said yesterday that red-head, white-romped and slender-billed vultures ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50527300/event-to-counter-bushmeat-consumption/
Clearing along Koh Kong beach raises eyebrows
Concerns have been raised over the clearing of mangrove forests along Bak Khlong beach in Koh Kong province’s Mondul Seima district as land prices in the area increase. Bak Khlong commune chief Eav Kosorl told The Post on Monday that land titles existed for areas ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clearing-along-koh-kong-beach-raises-eyebrows
Sights in Kampot granted new designation
Home to abundant natural resources and biodiversity, the listing of Phnom Kampong Trach, Phnom Chhngouk, Phnom Kbal Romeas and Phnom La’ang as protected cultural and historical sites would be of great benefit to the local communities and environment, said Kampot provincial governor Cheav Tay. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sights-kampot-granted-new-designation
Eighteen of 20 parties now in forum after GDP, OMLP join
Two more parties have decided to participate in the Consultation Forum, which had its inaugural meeting last week. This brings its membership to 18 of the 20 parties that participated in the July 29 national elections. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eighteen-20-parties-now-forum-after-gdp-omlp-join
Adhoc 5 key witnesses absent
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday postponed the hearing of five human rights activists dubbed the “Adhoc 5” due to the absence of key witnesses. Four officials from rights group Adhoc – Nay Vanda, Ny Sokha, Yi Soksan and Lim Mony, and Ny Chakrya, ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adhoc-5-key-witnesses-absent
UXO kills boy, injures three in Kampong Speu
A boy was killed and another three injured after an unexploded ordnance (UXO) they were playing with detonated in Kampong Speu province’s Ka Ek Porng village on Monday. Deputy district police chief Suon Chan said the four friends were minding cattle in a field when ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-kills-boy-injures-three-kampong-speu
Jailed CNRP 14 receive royal pardon
In a royal decree signed on Monday night, King Norodom Sihamoni pardoned 14 former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials, including senior official Meach Sovannara, at the request of prime minister-designate Hun Sen. They were released last night. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jailed-cnrp-14-receive-royal-pardon
Firms back loan relief measures for victims
Representatives from the Kingdom’s microfinance sector on Sunday said the industry was keeping a close watch on those impacted by the Mekong River flooding, and that they were willing to take measures to reduce the financial burden on the victims. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-back-loan-relief-measures-victims
Dry spell prompts pumping measures
The Agricultural Minister on Saturday instructed provincial authorities to find a solution for persisting drought problems in Banteay Meanchey province. Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon said during his visit to Phnom Srok district that while other villagers in the province are facing floods, major parts of ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526757/dry-spell-prompts-pumping-measures/
Illegal fishing crackdown on Chomrouk lake
Fisheries administration officials and local authorities on Saturday cracked down on banned types of fishing along Chomrouk lake in Kampong Cham province and seized fishing nets, wooden poles and various types of fish, the provincial police said. ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526758/illegal-fishing-crackdown-on-chomrouk-lake/
Ministry plans to support pedestrian welfare
The Land Management Ministry announced last week a series of construction projects to increase safe spaces for pedestrians, including new sidewalks and bike lanes in Phnom Penh and provincial cities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526760/ministry-plans-to-support-pedestrian-welfare/
Wildlife busts in Kingdom’s north
The Mondulkiri provincial Environment Department launched a campaign among the Banong, Krueng and Tumpuon ethnic communities to create awareness about the importance of wildlife to the ecology and tourism sector. The communities live close to wildlife sanctuaries. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-busts-kingdoms-north
Villagers block land survey
Kandal provincial authorities on Sunday attempted to measure wetland in Sa’ang district’s Roka Kpuos commune but were stopped by about 100 villagers who said the measurement overlapped with their flooded land. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-block-land-survey
Cassava in focus of Green Leader, UN deal
Hong Kong-based Green Leader Holding Group and the United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP) signed a cost-sharing agreement on Thursday to implement an $800,000 project on accelerating the cassava market. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-focus-green-leader-un-deal
PM: Ease debt load on flood victims
Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen on Thursday urged the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to work with all microfinance institutions (MFIs) to find ways to ease debt burdens on those displaced from flooding in the Kingdom. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-ease-debt-load-flood-victims
Kratie disputants protest in capital
Some 300 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district protested outside the land management ministry in Phnom Penh on Thursday, calling for a solution to their long-running land dispute with a rubber plantation in the province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-disputants-protest-capital
Former KPP leader pardoned by King
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday granted a royal pardon to former Khmer Power Party president Sourn Serey Ratha, who had been jailed for just over a year after being convicted of inciting military personnel disobedience and demoralising the army. .. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526482/former-kpp-leader-pardoned-by-king-2/
Crackdown nets more than one tonne of fish
Authorities in Tboung Khmum province’s O’raing Ov district on Wednesday seized several kilometres of small-hole fishing nets, bamboo poles and more than one tonne of small fish during a crackdown on illegal fishing on Kapit lake, according to officials. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526429/crackdown-nets-more-than-one-tonne-of-fish/
Fishermen and farmers want environmental issues addressed
With the government pushing the sustainable development goals (SDG) agenda forward, fishermen and farmers urged authorities to address the various ecological and environmental challenges they face during an event this week in Siem Reap. ...
Kazi Mahmood
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526423/fishermen-and-farmers-want-environmental-issues-addressed/
Hun Sen defends new Consultation Forum
Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen on Thursday defended his establishment of the Consultation Forum, saying it gives opposition parties an opportunity to contribute to nation-building. Speaking to over 17,000 garment workers in Kandal province, the Cambodian People’s Party leader was responding to criticisms from some members ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-defends-new-consultation-forum
Ethnic group claims forest being illegally cut
Villagers from the Tumpuon ethnic minority group in Keng San community forest are accusing the local authority and some community members of colluding with timber traders to illegally fell large trees and clear dozens of hectares of forest land in their community. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-group-claims-forest-being-illegally-cut
Villagers in Mondulkiri say illegal logging is going on unabated
Villagers claim that rampant illegal logging is taking place at the Phnom Namlear Wildlife Sanctuary and local authorities are not doing enough to curb the activity. Every night about 20 to 30 lorries remove luxury timber from the wildlife sanctuary, which is fast depleting its ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-mondulkir-say-illegal-logging-going-unabated
Plans for World Cleanup Day event
The Environment Ministry has asked the Interior Ministry to help facilitate its World Cleanup Day event planned for next month to raise environmental protection awareness. ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50525760/plans-for-world-cleanup-day-event/