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Siem Reap pagoda monks plan palm tree planting campaign

26 October 2021
The Phnom Penh Post
Community forest / Environment and natural resources / Plants
palm tree / Tree plantation

Monks at the Phnom Preah Thevak pagoda, also known as Sen Chey, in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district plan to plant 50,000 Asian palmyra palm trees in a 60ha community forest to preserve the species represents the national identity. ...

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https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-pagoda-monks-plan-palm-tree-planting-campaign

Sugar Playing Catch-Up With Spice

15 March 2013
Independent European Daily Express
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Pepper / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
arsenic contamination / bio-pesticides / Bridges Across Borders / Cambodian Organic Agricultural Association / COrAA / EBA / EU / European Union aid / Everything but Arms trade agreement / FDI / forced evictions / foreign direct investment / France / Geographical Indication status / GI label / GI registration / GI Status / Japanese aid / Kampong Chhang province / Kampong Chhnang / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association / Kampot / Kampot pepper / Kampot Pepper Promotion Association / KPPA / KPSA / Land grabs / Ministry of Commerce / motorbike taxi drivers / palm sugar / palm tree / palm trees / pepper / Pepper Project / poisonous chemicals / Starling Farm / sugar / sugar cane / sugar cane industry / sugar cane plantations / sugar production / Sun Somnang / Taiwan / Takeo / Takeo Province / Tourism

Dotted with rice fields flanked by palm trees, Cambodia’s southeastern province of Kampong Speu is nothing short of picturesque. But behind the idyllic exterior is an on-going struggle to turn this region’s natural beauty into a global attraction and improve the lot of poor local farmers, ...

http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_1290/sugar-playing-catch-spice

Sweet Prospects

13 March 2013
Southeast Asia Globe
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Investment / Sugar / Trade
baskets / Cambodia / candies / cane sugar / champagne / chocolates / Coffee / Confirel / Dutch government / Ethiopia / Europe / Geographic Indicator status / handicrafts / Indian aid / Indonesia / Kampong Speu Province / local communities / national symbol / natural product / nutritious sugar / palm sugar industry / palm tree / PUM / SAP / sugar palm / sweets / Tanzania / tea / United States aid / vinegar / whisky / wine / World Trade Organisation

The sugar palm is a national symbol for Cambodia. Harvested by the country’s poor for centuries, no part of the palm tree goes to waste in a process that fashions the tree into a range of products. The durable and strong leaves are weaved into ...

http://sea-globe.com/sweet-prospects/

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