Category: Cambodia
Oddar Meanchey forestry official denies logging collusion allegation
District Forestry Administration chief Cheal Sophal is alleged to have colluded with a soldier who purchased timber from illegal loggers near the Thai border.
Senators approve 2019-2023 development plan, power projects
The Pursat hydro dam project will affect the homes of 347 families and farmland belonging to 296 families in 5,355 hectares of land. He added that 600,724 hectares of forest land will also be affected.
In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare crocodiles have enough food
The Siamese crocodile once lived in Southeast Asian freshwater rivers from Indonesia to Myanmar. But now, fewer than 1000 breeding individuals remain.
Good news for the Mekong
The Director-general of Electricite du Cambodge does not want to see the proposed Mekong River mainstream hydropower projects of Sambor and Stung Treng as part of the energy mix going forward.
National committee set to destroy timber vehicles
“Destroying the vehicles used in forestry crimes is not a good plan. It shows that government officers have opted for violence as a part of law enforcement.”
Gov’t to reduce reliance on hydro
Cambodia will expand its solar energy investment by 12 per cent by the end of next year and increase it up to 20 per cent over the next three years.