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New draft sub-decree aims to bolster dolphin protection

20 September 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Industries / Tourism
buffer zones / Commission for Mekong River Dolphin Conservation and Eco-tourism Development / Council of Ministers / dolphin habitat / Fishing / Mekong dolphin / Mekong river / protection zones / sub-decree / Touch Seang Tana

A draft sub-decree sent to the Council of Ministers last week aims to strengthen the protection of the critically endangered Mekong dolphin population by designating key protection zones in the 180km stretch of Mekong River where the dolphins live. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of the Commission ...

Lakeside Deal Skips Village 1

19 August 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
Infrastructure / Land / Rail / Transport infrastructure and facilities
Boeung Kak Lake / Cambodia / compensation / evictions / Kep Chuktema / Land dispute / Lao Meng Khin’s Shukaku Inc / Ministry of Transport / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Govonor / Phnom Penh Municipal Hall / Pov Choeurn / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Property tax / real estate development / Sra Chak Commune / sub-decree / Toll Royal Railway / train lines / Village 1 / World Bank

Hundreds of families at Boeung Kak lake would receive land titles next week, Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema announced yesterday, but one village has been excluded from the deal that all but ends Phnom Penh’s highest-profile land dispute. At a meeting with about 500 villagers ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011081951143/National-news/lakeside-deal-skips-village-1.html

Phnom Penh Governor Says Lake Families to Get Land Titles

10 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Land / Phnom Penh
Boeng Kak / Cambodian Government / Center on Housing Rights and Evictions / CPP / development site / forced evictions / Housing Rights Task Force / Kep Chuktema / Land titles / maps / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh Governor / Phnom Penh Municipality / Police / Prime Minister Hun Sen / protests / Real estate / rights groups / Rolando Modina / Sia Phearum / sub-decree / Tep Vanny / World Bank

For the first time since Phnom Penh municipality slated some 4,000 mostly poor families for forced eviction in 2007 to make way for a CPP senator’s controversial real estate project, City Hall yesterday promised them what they have always wanted most: titles to their land. ...

http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/

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New draft sub-decree aims to bolster dolphin protection

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