An extended drought in Cambodia has caused the tributaries of Tonle Sap lake to dry up, spelling ruin for farmers and fishermen in Battambang province.
Category: Cambodia
Dozens of wild species vulnerable to poaching
Ven Saluth said the community has come across over 100 cases of illegal logging and animal traps this year, noting that some of the equipment used were creative, in which hunters would use a type of fishing trap to catch wild animals that are coming down to the lake.
Encompassing 20% of Cambodia’s coastline, the China-backed Dara Sakor investment zone.
Covering 360 square kilometers of the heavily forested Botum Sakor National Park, Dara Sakor was conceived as a tourism hub in 2008.
‘Cambodia Is Not a Dustbin.’ More Plastic Waste to Be Sent Back to the U.S. and Canada
Cambodia announced that it will send 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste back to the U.S. and Canada.
Illegal logging poised to wipe Cambodian wildlife sanctuary off the map
Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary has lost more than 60 percent of its forest cover since it was established in 1993, with most of the loss occurring since 2010.
Court summons four more suspects over Mondulkiri logging
Mondulkiri provincial Military Police are hunting four more people on court orders after tycoon Soeng Sam Ol and three alleged accomplices were placed in pre-trial detention on illegal logging charges.
Cambodia is urbanising fast with China’s help but the gulf between rich and poor is widening
Cambodia is urbanising fast with China’s help but the gulf between rich and poor is widening