Shortly after authorities approved filling in parts of the lake with sand and mud 10 years ago to build malls and apartments, they could not fish or farm anymore.
Category: Cambodia
Huge Chinese influx divides Sihanoukville
Residents of Cambodian resort town question whether its character can be preserved
Cambodian Cabinet Ministers Approves Four More Solar Projects
The four new solar projects are expected to generate in total 140 megawatts to meet the energy shortage in the country
NGO seizes 2,300 chainsaws
This year, 25 forestry offences have been busted, with nine tractors and 50 chainsaws seized. Ten offenders were sent to court in regards to the cases.
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.