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Cardamom mountain rangers busted 20 natural resource crimes in May alone
May saw officials interrupt 20 natural resource crimes across the five province’s Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountain range. ...
Post Staff
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/cardamom-mountain-rangers-busted-20-natural-resource-crimes-in-may-alone/
Rangers uncover almost 900 forest crimes Jan-May; 43 sent to court
During the first five months of 2026, Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment suppressed 896 natural resource-related crimes, while 43 suspects were arrested and referred to court, as part of ongoing law enforcement efforts to protect natural resources across the country. ...
Post Staff
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-uncover-almost-900-forest-crimes-jan-may-43-sent-to-court/
Ministry advances community-led forest protection
Providing economic independence to communities in protected areas and empowering local authorities to intervene in cases of natural resource crimes is key to the success and sustainability of development projects. The approach also aligns with the goals of both those implementing and funding the initiatives, ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-advances-community-led-forest-protection
Natural resources crime on the rise
Natural Resources crime in Cambodia is on the rise by 34.42 percent as compared with last year, the Ministry of Environment said today. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799245/natural-resources-crime-on-the-rise/
Bikes, timber pieces seized in Mondulkiri, Ratanakkiri
Three purpose-fitted motorbikes used to carry processed wood and 12 illegal timber pieces of koki and sokrom luxury wood were seized by the Royal Gendarmerie in O’Yadav district, in Ratanakkiri province, and police in Mondulkiri’s Keo Seima district, for further legal action, said the provincial ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bikes-timber-pieces-seized-mondulkiri-ratanakkiri
Government urged to pursue corrupt oknhas
Following the release of the Ministry of Environment’s annual report, eco-activists have urged it to crack down on influential oknhas who allegedly flouted the Kingdom’s environmental protection laws. A total of 278 cases of natural resource crimes were sent to Cambodian courts in the first ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-urged-pursue-corrupt-oknhas
