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New access bridges, stairs on way for Koh Kong eco-tourism attraction
Four wooden bridges and staircases leading up to “Phnom Mrech Kongkeb,” located in the Stung Areng eco-tourism community in Koh Kong province’s Thma Bang district, are set to be renovated to better accommodate tourists. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-access-bridges-stairs-on-way-for-koh-kong-eco-tourism-attraction
Recent elephant, gaur sightings herald hopes for conservation efforts
A herd of Asian elephants, including a calf, was recorded on a camera trap recently in the central Cardamom Mountains. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recent-elephant-gaur-sightings-herald-hopes-for-conservation-efforts
Defense Ministry confirm disappearance of helicopter near Cardamom Mountain in Pursat province
Minister of National Defense Tea Seiha confirmed on Sunday morning that relevant units are continuing to search for the helicopter that went missing on July 12, 2024. ...
Phon Sothyroth and Va Sopheanut
https://cambojanews.com/defense-ministry-confirm-disappearance-of-helicopter-near-cardamom-mountain-in-pursat-province/
Royal gendarmerie arrests 11 Pursat residents in wildlife crime crackdown
Cambodia’s Royal Gendarmerie arrested 11 Pursat province residents Tuesday after the military force deployed nearly 300 of its officers to crack down on natural resource crimes. ...
Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/royal-gendarmerie-arrests-11-pursat-residents-in-wildlife-crime-crackdown/
HRW: rights of Indigenous Chong residents violated in Southern Cardamom carbon offset project
A new report alleges that conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance forcibly evicted, arrested and mistreated members of the Indigenous Chong community who live in the Cardamom Mountain National Park in the name of a carbon offset scheme. ...
Leila Goldstein and Soeung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/hrw-rights-of-indigenous-chong-residents-violated-in-southern-cardamom-carbon-offset-project/
Preah Sihanouk police bust 295 for land grabbing
On March 19, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court issued arrest warrants for six brokers and placed six others under court supervision after they led nearly 300 people to occupy state land in the South Cardamom Mountains National Park in Cham village of Kampong Seila commune ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-police-bust-295-land-grabbing
Activist alleges ranger ‘inaction’
Forestry crimes are still occurring in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary and the National Park in the Cardamom Mountains in Pursat province, a prominent environment activist said. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-alleges-ranger-inaction
Governor requested to reclaim land in Kampong Speu
A prominent environmental watchdog head has sent a letter to Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang requesting he reclaim 1,500ha that was encroached on in Oral district’s Tasal commune as state property. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-requested-reclaim-land-kampong-speu
