A solution to Cambodia’s climate change and economic development concerns lie in the country’s main natural resource: its forests, according to UNDP Human Development Report released this week.
Category: Cambodia
Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary: Report
Cambodia’s Prey Lang forest was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2016, but illegal land clearing within the protected area continues, a new report has found.
Japan grants $190K for environment education
“In this project, Nature Centre Risen will establish a continuous training system of environmental education from pre-school to lower secondary schools in Cambodia.
Cambodian officials to fight logging in M’kiri
Working group to carry out major roles, such as searching for masterminds and ringleaders behind illegal grabbing, razing, clearing, encroachment on forest land and includes issuing warrants to seize property.
Chinese clampdown pushing drugs deeper into Mekong
Recent clampdowns by China have pushed transnational narcotics networks deeper into the lower Mekong, flooding the area with methamphetamine that has remained cheap, despite record seizures.
Cambodia’s energy conundrum: what are the alternatives to the Sambor Dam?
The recent unprecedented drought and drop of capacity factor raise questions in drought years about the benefits of hydropower along the Mekong.